LATEST RETAIL NEWS UK

Grape Tree staff share £100,000 bonus as move to employee ownership trust pays off

More than 900 staff at Grape Tree have shared a £100,000 bonus after the health foods retailer completed its move to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT)... View Article

B&M appoints Asda’s Atheeq Akbar as new chief financial officer

B&M has appointed Asda executive Atheeq Akbar as its new chief financial officer. Due to take up his role next February, Akbar is currently vice president... View Article

ProCook posts record £85.5m revenue after attracting highest-ever number of new customers

ProCook has increased its annual revenue to a record £85.5 million with year-on-year growth of 23%. In the year to 29 March 2026, retail revenue climbed... View Article

UK retail parks ‘effectively full’ after expansion of retailers like Aldi and Lidl

Property advisers have warned that retail parks are “effectively full” following the expansion of retailers such as Aldi and Lidl. New research from Savills has found... View Article

Sephora to bring its Sephoria beauty experience to London for the first time

Sephora will be holding its popular Sephoria beauty experience in London for the first time later this year. Running from 16 to 17 October, the next... View Article

Asda teams up with Amazon on ‘first-of-its-kind’ retail media partnership

Asda is to become the first UK retailer to introduce Amazon Retail Ad Service to its online stores as part of a “first-of-its-kind” retail media partnership.... View Article

Australian menswear brand M.J. Bale to make UK store debut

Australian menswear brand M.J. Bale is to open its first store in the UK on London’s Jermyn Street as it ramps up international expansion. Spanning 2,500... View Article

Harrods unifies operations under new COO Andreas Efstathiou

Harrods has appointed Andreas Efstathiou as chief operating officer in a move that will integrate all of the retailer’s operations under a single leader. Currently Harrods’... View Article

Gear4music reports surge in profits as revenue climbs 30%

Gear4music has reported an “excellent” financial performance in the year to 31 March with profits coming in better than expected. The online musical instrument retailer increased... View Article

Waitrose boosts delivery hours as World Cup fever drives demand

Ahead of England’s World Cup match this evening, Waitrose has announced that it is extending on-demand grocery delivery hours to meet customer demand following late-night and... View Article

Currys names Martin Raper as new head of stores

Currys has promoted Martin Raper to the position of head of stores. Raper has worked with the electricals retailer for nearly 20 years, initially on the... View Article

Gopuff partners with Chelsea footballer Cole Palmer on launch of Col’d

Gopuff has teamed up with Chelsea footballer Cole Palmer on the launch of a new line of premium ice products called Cole’d. The name plays on... View Article

FatFace expands further in Ireland

FatFace is continuing its expansion in Ireland with the opening of  new store in Galway. Spanning 1,500 square feet, the shop on Mainguard Street gives customers... View Article

Asda reshuffles leadership team as Liz Evans departs

Asda has reshuffled its leadership team as it confirmed that Liz Evans, chief commercial officer for non-food and George managing director, has decided to leave the... View Article

Boots introduces new On The Go travel store format

Boots has introduced a new travel format store called Boots On The Go at Belfast International Airport. The retailer said the transformed space has been designed... View Article

Turning Workforce Cost into Competitive Advantage

Turning Workforce Cost into Competitive Advantage

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Q&A: PerfectTed co-founder Marisa Poster

Here Glynn Davis speaks with Marisa Poster, the co-founder of matcha products brand PerfectTed. What’s your favourite colour? Pantone 2256C. I’m biased, but it’s the perfect... View Article

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[ WHITEPAPER ] Reframing Retail Safety: Protecting People, Performance and the High Street

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