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Anne Bruce

(She/Her)
London
Covers:  Business, retail, manufacturing, food and drink, travel
Freelance Multimedia Journalist specialising in B2B food and retail.

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European Union rules: how UK fashion retailers are cracking the continent

European Union rules: how UK fashion retailers are cracking the continent

Drapers — As US tariffs become a turn-off for UK fashion brands, a market closer to home is returning to dominance. Experts and retailers including Marks & Spencer, Seasalt, Dune and Footasylum tell Drapers how they are operating and expanding in the European Union.

How UK fashion has navigated 10 years of Brexit pain

How UK fashion has navigated 10 years of Brexit pain

Drapers — Ten years since the UK voted to leave the European Union, Drapers explores the ongoing pain points for fashion businesses – and how they are fighting back.

Wizz Europe Jun-Jul 26'

Wizz Europe Jun-Jul 26'

lxmgroup.aflip.in — All tomorrow's parties. It's festival season and we've got our wearable glitter and wellies at the ready.

Discovery channels: How consumers are using AI to shop

Discovery channels: How consumers are using AI to shop

Drapers — Consumers are increasingly using Large Language Models to shop online. Drapers examines how retailers can ready themselves for this shift in the ecommerce landscape.

Rise and dine with the latest breakfast trends

Rise and dine with the latest breakfast trends

The Caterer — Breakfast is known as the most important meal of the day. But the pandemic changed the world and customers are dining differently. Anne Bruce looks at the latest trends

From farmhouse to fauxmagerie: the latest trends in cheese

From farmhouse to fauxmagerie: the latest trends in cheese

The Caterer — There's a wealth of cheeses now available for your Christmas cheeseboard, but artisan and plant-based are the latest trends, and diners are voting for the unusual over the everyday. Anne Bruce investigates

Profile: Juliet Ntwirenabo Uganda's leading tea farmer

Profile: Juliet Ntwirenabo Uganda's leading tea farmer

The Grocer — Uganda’s tea lady Juliet Ntwirenabo is a product of her country’s fledgling enterprise economy. Anne Bruce met her on a visit to England.

The A to Z of DPP: What you need to know about digital product passports

The A to Z of DPP: What you need to know about digital product passports

Drapers — Digital Product Passports are on the horizon. Drapers examines how fashion businesses can get started.

What is the best route into fashion retail?

What is the best route into fashion retail?

Drapers — At the start of the new academic year we ask graduates, educators and early-stage employers how the industry can find and nurture future talent.

Sign of the Times’ growth through acquisitions and partnerships

Sign of the Times’ growth through acquisitions and partnerships

Drapers — Luxury fashion resale business Sign of the Times won two Drapers Conscious Fashion Awards in March. CEO Antonia Johnstone tells Drapers about its acquisitions strategy, authentication processes, and partnerships with John Lewis and other retailers

Where next for River Island as High Court hearing looms?

Where next for River Island as High Court hearing looms?

Drapers — River Island’s fortunes rest on a knife edge this week, with the High Court set to rule on its proposed restructuring plan in the coming days. Drapers examines what is next for the retailer.

Where next for River Island as High Court hearing looms?

Where next for River Island as High Court hearing looms?

Drapers — River Island’s fortunes rest on a knife edge this week, with the High Court set to rule on its proposed restructuring plan in the coming days. Drapers examines what is next for the retailer.

Clarks reshapes its business cutting 1,252 jobs

Clarks reshapes its business cutting 1,252 jobs

Drapers — Footwear retailer Clarks said it was fixing the foundations, after it revealed it had reduced its workforce by 17% or 1,252 roles and saw sales drop by 9.4% or almost £100m, in 2024.

Bakery Market Report

Bakery Market Report

British Baker — Bakery Market Report 2025: All you need to know ...The out of home bakery market is proving to be resilient in the face of strong headwinds, but operators will have to adapt their offering and pay even closer attention to their customers’ needs if they want to remain in growth

Inside the new Cordwainers course at London College of Fashion

Inside the new Cordwainers course at London College of Fashion

Drapers — Drapers visits the state-of-the-art footwear facilities of London College of Fashion at its new campus at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and finds out more about plans to future proof the industry-leading course.

How is fashion retail tackling new financial year staffing pressures?

How is fashion retail tackling new financial year staffing pressures?

Drapers — The start of a new financial year marks an increase in wage-related costs for fashion retailers. Drapers examines how this is impacting the approach to staffing in 2025.

Bread & baked goods category report

Bread & baked goods category report

The Grocer — With slumping sales for wrapped and fresh as well as sandwich alternatives, are bread brands doing enough to innovate?

Eye of the tiger: make your menu for Chinese New Year

Eye of the tiger: make your menu for Chinese New Year

The Caterer — As the Year of the Tiger dawns, Anne Bruce explores how the creature can bring promising symbolism when laying on a feast for Chinese New Year

Beyond the gut: probiotics

Beyond the gut: probiotics

Food Manufacture — The benefits of probiotics for digestion is well publicised, but research on their other strengths is growing, as Anne Bruce reports

MAKE BABYCARE BOOM

MAKE BABYCARE BOOM

Retail Express- 4 June 2024 — ANNE BRUCE finds out where profits can be driven through babycare and how retailers can grow basket spend

The New Letters of Sustainability Law

The New Letters of Sustainability Law

Drapers — A slew of regulations including CSRD, CSDDD and ESPR will begin to make waves in the sustainability space this year. Drapers spells out what they mean for fashion retail.

Untangling how the latest round of Trump tariffs will impact fashion retail

Untangling how the latest round of Trump tariffs will impact fashion retail

Drapers — As president Donald Trump invokes a 10% tariff on goods made in China, and the "de minimis" rule is left in a state of flux, Drapers examines how fashion retailers are keeping up to speed with The White House

Marks & Spencer’s new ‘marathon man’

Marks & Spencer’s new ‘marathon man’

Drapers — The job in hand at Marks & Spencer was described as a “marathon” by CEO Stuart Machin in its latest trading update for Christmas, on 9 January 2025. So meet its new marathon man.

Hope on a High

Hope on a High

Drapers — Drapers Menswear Independent of the Year 2024, Lancashire-based Hope, has introduced hit brands such as Lacoste, Henri-Lloyd and UBR to the UK in its 65 years of trade. Drapers finds out what is next for the men's and women's wear mini-chain.
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