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Majestic celebrates best-ever Christmas trading

Wine retailer Majestic has celebrated its best-ever Christmas trading performance as Friday 22 December became the biggest sales day in its 43-year history. The company posted... View Article
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Pizza Hut appoints chief marketing officer for UK, Ireland and France

Pizza Hut appoints chief marketing officer for UK, Ireland and France

09 January 2024 by Angela Beevers

Pizza Hut UK, Ireland & France has bolstered its leadership team with the appointment Jana Ulaite as its chief marketing officer. Ulaite previously worked in the... View Article

A day in the life … with Mark Baldwin, Head of Products & Services, Sue Ryder

A day in the life … with Mark Baldwin, Head of Products & Services, Sue Ryder

08 January 2024 by Natalie Fresen

In this interview, we talk to Mark Baldwin, Head of Products & Services at Sue Ryder to find out more about his role. Sue Ryder, nominated... View Article

Gunwharf Quays: Contributing to the economic, social and environmental success of Portsmouth

Gunwharf Quays: Contributing to the economic, social and environmental success of Portsmouth

08 January 2024 by Natalie Fresen

Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth has published its first Impact Report which outlines how the shopping centre has contributed to the economic, social and environmental success of... View Article

Matalan invests £35 million in price cuts

Matalan invests £35 million in price cuts

08 January 2024 by Angela Beevers

Matalan is investing £35 million in lowering the prices of more than 700 products as it launches a new multichannel marketing campaign. Starting from January. the... View Article

Ann Summers secures £8 million in new funding

Ann Summers secures £8 million in new funding

08 January 2024 by Angela Beevers

Ann Summers has secured an £8 million asset-based lending facility from Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance to fund future growth. The lingerie retailer will use the... View Article

Asda to price match Aldi and Lidl on core grocery products

Asda to price match Aldi and Lidl on core grocery products

08 January 2024 by Angela Beevers

Asda has become the first supermarket to price match both Aldi and Lidl. Applied to 287 popular grocery products, the prices have been cut by an... View Article

The Entertainer urges companies to match its gift to Thames Valley Air Ambulance

The Entertainer urges companies to match its gift to Thames Valley Air Ambulance

08 January 2024 by Angela Beevers

Toy retailer The Entertainer has donated £17,000 to Thames Valley Air Ambulance, the charity that provides lifesaving care to people in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire. The... View Article

Patou opens first retail store in France

Patou opens first retail store in France

08 January 2024 by Angela Beevers

Patou has opened its first store in France in the heart of the Galeries Lafayette Paris Haussmann department store. Prior to this, the fashion brand had... View Article

StaySafe encourages employers to prioritise employee well-being in 2024

StaySafe encourages employers to prioritise employee well-being in 2024

08 January 2024 by Natalie Fresen

With workplace absences up year on year, Richard Bedworth, at StaySafe, a provider of lone worker safety solutions, is urging employers to make wellbeing a core... View Article

Bodycare celebrates robust Christmas sales and strategic expansion plans for 2024

05 January 2024 By Natalie Fresen

Health and beauty retailer Bodycare reports 8.2% increase in Christmas period sales and 7% rise in golden quarter revenue. In a buoyant start to the new... View Article

Self Space, the world’s first on-demand mental health service on the high street secures funding

05 January 2024 By Natalie Fresen

Self Space, the world’s first on-demand mental health service on the high street, today announces the closing of £2.25m in Seed funding, led by purpose-driven VC,... View Article

Beyond the Shaker: Unveiling HFSS delays and advocating salt consciousness

05 January 2024 By Natalie Fresen

In the wake of the recent postponement of HFSS product restrictions until 2025, Caroline Klinge, spokesperson for the leading reduced sodium brand LoSalt, shines a spotlight... View Article

Comment: Appetite for food and drink fuelling retail footfall

05 January 2024 By Glynn Davis

Over recent years Wood Green high street in North London has undergone something of a shift in its mix of operators as food businesses continue to... View Article

Boots delivers strong first quarter following record Black Friday online sales

05 January 2024 By Angela Beevers

Boots has delivered a strong first quarter performance with retail sales up 9.8% in the three months to 30 November. The uplift marks an 11th consecutive... View Article

Asda and Usdaw sign convenience recognition agreement

05 January 2024 By Angela Beevers

Asda and trade union Usdaw have announced a collective bargaining agreement for the union to represent hourly-paid staff employed in the convenience stores and Leon restaurants... View Article