The Very Group, operator of Very.co.uk and Littlewoods.com, has this week donated 300 new laptops as part of educational bundles for 30 primary schools across the East Midlands and the North West with the help of its charity partner, Coram Beanstalk. Each school – including 20 in Liverpool, six in [...]
The pandemic, national lockdowns and the closure of non-essential retail haven’t just changed the way we live and shop. The way things are delivered – and their impact on customers, retailers and the environment, have changed too. In the run-up to Christmas 2020, we delivered 7.8m Very.co.uk and Littlewoods.com parcels [...]
Local Covid-19 restrictions and the closure of non-essential retail in November meant Christmas 2020 was like no other. The way we shopped online changed, with digital retailer Very.co.uk growing sales by 25% year-on-year and attracting 500,000 new customers during the seven weeks up to 25 December 2020. Now Very – [...]
The Very Group has expanded its partnership with InnovateHer to help give girls and non-binary teens the confidence and skills to pursue careers in technology. The operator of Very.co.uk and Littlewoods.com – which has already funded InnovateHer’s education programme in its Liverpool partner secondary school, Calderstones, will now also fund the programme [...]
Multi-category online retailer Very.co.uk increased retail sales by 25.2% year-on-year in the seven weeks up to and including 25 December 2020 to record its best ever Christmas trading period. This follows strong trading throughout 2020. The brand is owned by the UK’s largest integrated online retailer and financial services provider [...]
Cosmetics label Benefit is among 20 new beauty brands now available at Very.co.uk, as the online retailer continues to expand in the category. The launches, which support The Very Group’s plans to improve access to premium beauty brands for Very’s 3.4m active customers, also include L’Occitane, Pixi, Aromatherapy Associates, Philip [...]
Amidst the uncertainty of this year, what impact will the pandemic have on our attitudes and shopping habits this Christmas? As ever, we’ve been speaking to Very.co.uk customers ahead of a festive period like no other to find out what really matters to them. Here’s a run-down from our research [...]
The Very Group, the UK’s largest integrated online retailer and financial services provider, has hired Matt Grest as chief information officer (CIO). He will become part of the Group’s executive board and report to CEO, Henry Birch. Matt will join The Very Group on 21 December 2020 from the BBC, [...]
Very.co.uk has launched a heart-warming and funny new Christmas campaign, created by Grey London, which encourages us to embrace every single moment in the countdown to December 25th instead of focusing on the clichéd portrayal of Christmas day. The charmingly honest film sends the message that the best thing about [...]
Very.co.uk has launched a partnership with second-hand clothes specialist, Re-Fashion, to reduce clothes waste and fashion items being sent to landfill. The partnership aims to to reduce the amount of good quality, wearable clothes going to landfill by encouraging Very’s customers give up their unwanted clothes for new owners to [...]
