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Battersea Power Station celebrates summer of success

Battersea Power Station has reported its strongest summer to date with a 17% growth in footfall year-on-year from mid-July to the end of August. The London shopping and... View Article
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Outlet Shopping at The O2 welcomes three new retailers

Outlet Shopping at The O2 welcomes three new retailers

16 September 2024 by Angela Beevers

Outlet Shopping at The O2 has welcomed three retailers to its line-up including Clarks, Soletrader and Bedeck. Clarks has returned to the North Greenwich scheme after a... View Article

Rough Trade to open seventh UK store on Soho’s Denmark Street

Rough Trade to open seventh UK store on Soho’s Denmark Street

13 September 2024 by Angela Beevers

Rough Trade is to open a new store on London’s Denmark Street in mid-October. Sitting alongside several musical instrument shops, the store will span two floors... View Article

Anthony Hemmerdinger to succeed Sebastian James as managing director of Boots

Anthony Hemmerdinger to succeed Sebastian James as managing director of Boots

13 September 2024 by Angela Beevers

Walgreens Boots Alliance has announced that Anthony Hemmerdinger will succeed Sebastian James as managing director of Boots UK and Ireland. Due to take up his role... View Article

John Lewis Partnership hails success of turnaround as losses narrow

John Lewis Partnership hails success of turnaround as losses narrow

13 September 2024 by Angela Beevers

The John Lewis Partnership has nearly halved its losses in its first half following increased sales at its Waitrose supermarket chain. In the six months to... View Article

Barbour opens standalone store at Victoria Leeds

Barbour opens standalone store at Victoria Leeds

13 September 2024 by Angela Beevers

The Barbour clothing brand has opened its first standalone store in Leeds at the city’s Victoria Quarter. Spanning two floors at 9-11 King Edward Street, the... View Article

Bio-Synergy teams up with Pace Partnership London to take its brand to Japan and South Korea

Bio-Synergy teams up with Pace Partnership London to take its brand to Japan and South Korea

13 September 2024 by Angela Beevers

Bio-Synergy, the UK based supplements and sports nutrition company, is partnering with Pace Partnership London to take its brand to Japan and South Korea. The company... View Article

Lush launches limited edition freshers essentials student starter pack

Lush launches limited edition freshers essentials student starter pack

12 September 2024 by Natalie Fresen

Fresh handmade cosmetics company Lush is launching a new £20 routine box aimed at people returning to school, college or university this month. In stores, customers... View Article

Bird & Blend Tea Co. Unveil Tea-riffic Cookbook

Bird & Blend Tea Co. Unveil Tea-riffic Cookbook

12 September 2024 by Natalie Fresen

Bird & Blend Tea Co., the award-winning independent tea company known for its creative tea blends, is releasing its first-ever cookbook Brew, Bake, Sip & Savour.... View Article

Freemans names Sophie Ellis-Bextor as face of autumn/winter campaign

Freemans names Sophie Ellis-Bextor as face of autumn/winter campaign

12 September 2024 by Angela Beevers

Freemans has announced that Sophie Ellis-Bextor has been appointed as the face of its new autumn/winter fashion campaign. The digital department store will target the 40+... View Article

Iceland expands product range with 800 new lines

12 September 2024 By Angela Beevers

Iceland Foods and The Food Warehouse have launched over 800 new products as part of their latest innovation push. Available in stores and online, the new... View Article

Superdrug celebrates annual Star Awards

12 September 2024 By Angela Beevers

Health and beauty retailer Superdrug has celebrated its annual Star Awards this week at a special evening held at JOIA Battersea. The awards celebrate the best... View Article

Zara owner Inditex posts sales and profit uplifts

12 September 2024 By Angela Beevers

Zara owner Inditex has posted a 7.2% sales increase to €18.1 billion in the first half of the year following the popularity of its  spring/summer collections.... View Article

Charlotte Tilbury to open third standalone store in London

12 September 2024 By Angela Beevers

Charlotte Tilbury is to open its third standalone store in London today at the Westfield Stratford City shopping centre. The move follows the success of the... View Article

B&Q apprenticeship scheme surpasses 2,000 participants as ‘Class of 24’ graduates

11 September 2024 By Angela Beevers

Home improvement retailer B&Q has announced that its latest cohort of apprentices have now graduated. The B&Q ‘Class of 24’ includes 276 graduates aged from 19 to... View Article

Dunelm posts rise in sales and profit

11 September 2024 By Angela Beevers

Dunelm has reported a 4.1% increase in sales to £1.71 billion despite the impact of a softer homewares and furniture market. In the 52 weeks to... View Article