The sheer pace of retail leaves little time to plan ahead.

Disruptive technology presents opportunities – but brings challenges which stretch beyond data management and into corporate strategy. A carefully-crafted public image has to work hand-in-hand with the perfect customer experience. And managing brand, data and suppliers – all with limited time to react – presents constant challenges. Meanwhile, customers are more prepared than ever to be visible when raising complaints.

Despite its challenges retail remains an exciting, innovative sector in which to do business.

At Foot Anstey, our retail lawyers play an active role in the retail marketplace, flexibly supporting a range of high-profile clients with retail and consumer legal advice.

Our specialist areas

Brand Collaborations

Brand collaborations are one of the latest trends in retail and our retail lawyers will help you navigate them.  From fashion and beauty, to travel and homewares, brands are partnering up to offer fun, quirky and novel experience for consumers.

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Harassment in Retail

Harassment within the retail sector is something that happens far too frequently. We specialise in providing support to organisations and their employees to make sure they have the right support processes and mechanisms to combat the challenges faced.

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Sports & Events

For any organisation connected with worldwide sport, it will be necessary to understand and navigate challenges. This is where Foot Anstey’s team of specialist sports lawyers can help.

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Why choose Foot Anstey?

We understand Retail & Consumer. It’s one of our core sectors and is at the heart of our strategic approach. We continue to develop our reputation as we bring in additional reatil sector experts which helps us to keep improving the way we work with our clients.

Our Chambers-ranked team are on-hand 24/7, providing progressive solutions clients are asking for, in the areas that matter to them everyday. Many of our retail team members are drawn from national, city and international law firms. Our experts have specialist in-house experience who bring with them invaluable sector knowledge and expertise.

Whatever your goals or issues, our dedicated Retail & Consumer team can help you unlock the solutions you’re looking for.

Our people

Our team is ranked for UK-wide Retail in Chamber and Partners UK and have experience covering employment, data, brand, equality, property and dispute resolution. Our retail experts also have extensive in-house experience, enabling them to provide actionable legal advice for your business designed to suit you.

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What do our clients say?

“The team are very savvy on what’s happening in market and very pragmatic in their approach.”

Chambers UK 2024

“Foot Anstey get to know your commercial goals and offer user-friendly support and advice.”

Chambers UK 2024

“Never in my working life have I felt the need to acknowledge that a firm of lawyers has really helped. By helped I mean actually helped get something done and sorted.”

Retail client CEO 2022

“They’re very responsive, they think through problems and they’re great at managing expectations.”

Chambers UK 2022

Our affiliations

British Retail Consortium

An associate member of the British Retail Consortium (BRC), the go-to trade association for UK retail businesses. Their purpose is to make a positive difference to the retail industry and the customers it serves.

We joined the BRC in May 2023 to continually improve and build on our knowledge of the UK retail sector. As members, we engage with, hear from and understand the agendas of retail businesses. Our membership with the BRC truly demonstrates our continued commitment to the Retail & Consumer sector which is a core sector for Foot Anstey.

Retail Trust

We have partnered with the industry charity, Retail Trust. The partnership provides us with the opportunity to engage with people leaders in the sector that are committed to the health and wellbeing of retail.

We joined forces Retail Trust to launch the Retailers Against Harassment Certification, an initiative to support retailers in their efforts to combat the rise in harassment in the retail workplace and foster safer working environments for their employees. We are delighted to have partnered with Retail Trust, a charity that cares for and protects the lives of people working in retail.

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