APRIL TRADE NEWS Retailers seeing shifting consumer behaviour More empty shops in Edinburgh's Old Town Culture capital status boosting Liverpool retail Retailers 'need more help from government' Bath retailers to target 'affluent women' Birmingham Wholesale Markets to move Nottingham shops banned from using A-boards Trader convicted for selling fake goods from trusted wholesaler OFT warned on newspaper distribution rules Scottish retail sales picking up Ebay fraudster ordered to repay £100,000 Welsh urged to cut down on single use carriers Wholesalers looking for insight from retailers Rural retail initiative to help traders in N.Ireland Hampshire traders fearful of supermarket plans Retail sales surge during sunny April Wholesalers affected by late payments Online retailers 'must convince shoppers of internet benefits' Strongest monthly UK footfall rise in five years Retailers urged to turn to eBay to-sell stock Retailers fight plans for Watford Tesco Express Local retail opinions mixed in Leicester More than one British newsagent closing a day European visitors to The Wholesaler please click here Trade News Archive 2009  January   February   March   April   May Subscribe to our newsletter   Go to The Wholesaler UK Directory 28th May 2009 Culture capital status still boosting Liverpool retail The Liverpool Daily Post reports that the planning which was put into the cultural celebrations and the success that they delivered have placed the City’s traders in good stead, despite the recession. According to the head of the city's Business Improvement District, a number of visitors are returning after discovering it during the Liverpool 08 event. Ged Gibbons told the paper: "People come to places where they feel safe and where they enjoy the environment. "A lot of what we are doing to make Liverpool attractive is telling people it’s a safe place to come and see - and we are now seeing a lot of repeat visitors from people who came and enjoyed the offer during Capital of Culture." In other news, retailers have been urged to carefully check invoices from their suppliers and wholesalers after a range of organisations in Glasgow were targeted with hoax documents as part of a scam, the Kirkintilloch Herald reported. (c) 2009 Comment on this news story   Trade News Archive 2008  December   November   October   September August   July   June   May   April   March   February   January