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Angling Direct appoints new non-executive director

03 March 2025 by Angela Beevers
Angling Direct has appointed Neil Williams as a non-executive director with immediate effect. He will also serve on the retailer’s audit and remuneration committees. Williams has... View ArticleView Article
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Desert Island Stores: Alex Murray, founder of Digital Distiller

Desert Island Stores: Alex Murray, founder of Digital Distiller

03 March 2025 by Glynn Davis

Alex Murray founded Digital Distiller, a specialist online English spirits retailer, in late 2022 with a strong focus on the fast-growing English Whisky category. He has... View ArticleView Article

Morrisons strengthens senior team with new hires and promotions

Morrisons strengthens senior team with new hires and promotions

03 March 2025 by Angela Beevers

Morrisons has strengthened its senior leadership team with three new hires and the promotion of Charlotte Exell to online director. Matt Heslop has become director of... View ArticleView Article

Go Outdoors trials body worn cameras in store

Go Outdoors trials body worn cameras in store

03 March 2025 by Angela Beevers

Go Outdoors has begun a trial of body-worn cameras at its store in Stoke as it looks to to find new ways to deter theft and... View ArticleView Article

Mayor of London launches consultation on proposals to pedestrianise Oxford Street

Mayor of London launches consultation on proposals to pedestrianise Oxford Street

03 March 2025 by Angela Beevers

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has launched a public consultation on proposals to improve and pedestrianise Oxford Street. Open from 28 February to 2 May,... View ArticleView Article

Turning the tide on retail crime: new crime measures present hope for retailers, but a proactive multi-prong approach is critical

Turning the tide on retail crime: new crime measures present hope for retailers, but a proactive multi-prong approach is critical

02 March 2025 by Patrick Overall

The British Retail Consortium’s latest survey describes retail crime “spiralling out of control” and reaching worrying record highs; a 440% increase in daily incidents since 2020... View ArticleView Article

The Benefits of a Circular Economy Strategy in Retail

The Benefits of a Circular Economy Strategy in Retail

28 February 2025 by Natalie Fresen

When it comes to consumer preferences and business strategies, sustainability is driving an industry transformation in retail. As nearly one-third of shoppers rank eco-friendliness as the most important... View ArticleView Article

Club L London acquires Lavish Alice

Club L London acquires Lavish Alice

28 February 2025 by Angela Beevers

Club L London has acquired the Lavish Alice contemporary occasion wear brand for an undisclosed seven-figure sum. The purchase includes all aspects of Lavish Alice’s operations,... View ArticleView Article

Wickes expands store footprint through acquisition of four Homebase stores

Wickes expands store footprint through acquisition of four Homebase stores

28 February 2025 by Angela Beevers

Wickes is expanding its store footprint through the acquisition of the leases on four former Homebase stores. Situated in Dunfermline, Bury St Edmunds, Leeds Moor Allerton... View ArticleView Article

Applegreen to open 20 new M&S Food stores in Ireland this year

Applegreen to open 20 new M&S Food stores in Ireland this year

28 February 2025 by Angela Beevers

Applegreen, the Irish roadside hospitality brand, is open 20 new M&S Food stores this year as part of a major expansion of its partnership with Marks... View ArticleView Article