LATEST RETAIL NEWS UK

WHSmith opens new sites in Manchester and Liverpool airports

WHSmith has officially opened three new spaces across Manchester and Liverpool John Lennon airports as it invests in travel hubs in the north of the UK.... View Article

Quiz enters administration after challenging trading

Quiz Clothing has entered administration after experiencing challenging trading over the last 12 months. Alistair McAlinden and Geoff Jacobs from Interpath have been appointed joint administrators... View Article

M&S unveils new flagship store in Bath

M&S has unveiled a new flagship store in Bath’s SouthGate following a relocation of its former store in the city. Spanning four floors, the 83,000 square... View Article

Gymshark appoints Carly Natalizia as chief commercial officer

Gymshark has appointed Carly Natalizia to the position of chief commercial officer. Having joined the fitness clothing brand four years ago as vice president of marketing,... View Article

American Golf acquired by Peter Jones and his investment group

American Golf has been acquired by Dragons’ Den star and Jessops owner Peter Jones and his investment group. The company was purchased from private equity firm... View Article

Watches of Switzerland Group raises full year sales guidance

 Watches of Switzerland Group has raised its full year sales outlook after a strong third quarter. In a trading statement, the group said sales growth was... View Article

Conversation with… Matthew Bourne, retail director at COOK

Here we chat with Matthew Bourne, retail director at COOK, as he returns as a judge for this year’s People in Retail Awards. From standout product... View Article

Kingfisher appoints Stephen Daintith as a non-executive director

Kingfisher has appointed Ocado chief financial officer Stephen Daintith as a non-executive director with effect from 1 April. Daintith has been chief financial officer of  Ocado... View Article

Aldi invests £22 million in price cuts

Aldi has invested £22 million in reducing the prices on hundreds of products as it looks to help customers “save across their weekly shop”. The price... View Article

Wingstop UKI appoints former Ocado executive as group finance director

Wingstop UKI has appointed Alistair Fraser as group finance director, Fraser most recently led the finance function at BKUK, the master franchise for Burger King in... View Article

Rituals grows revenue after opening 200 stores in 2025

Rituals has reported a strong increase in revenue for 2025, its 25th anniversary year. The luxury beauty and wellbeing brand grew its net revenue by 16%... View Article

Dusk hails ‘record’ Christmas

Dusk has said it finished 2025 on an all time high with a record-breaking Christmas and strong sales throughout the year. The furniture retailer also reported... View Article

Comment: Shoppers’ growing appreciation of better food

While visiting my family in Doncaster before Christmas we popped into the food hall of the newly-expanded Marks & Spencer store, which very much gave me... View Article

Cornish Bakery reports ‘record’ trading as it announces brand extension concept

The Cornish Bakery has reported record trading with sales growing by 24% to £36.4 million in the year ending May 2025. EBITDA has also shown a... View Article

Primark to expand into three new markets in the Middle East

Primark is to expand further in the Middle East following the opening of its first store in the region in Kuwait  last year. Working in partnership... View Article

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Combining heritage with contemporary at Pashley Cycles

Walking into the workshop of Pashley Cycles in Stratford-upon-Avon amid craftsmen brazing and welding bike frames was sufficiently exciting to the potential new CEO visiting the... View Article

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