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Waitrose hits 25 million meal milestone with FareShare partnership

Waitrose hits 25 million meal milestone with FareShare partnership

18 March 2025 by Natalie Fresen

Waitrose has announced that, as of February 2025, it has diverted the equivalent of 25 million meals from surplus food, delivered from over 300 stores and... View ArticleView Article

Morleys Stores to reopen historic Jollys store in Bath

Morleys Stores to reopen historic Jollys store in Bath

18 March 2025 by Angela Beevers

Morleys Stores has announced plans to reopen the iconic Jollys department store in Bath’s Milsom Street. Having signed a lease on the historic site following the... View ArticleView Article

Desert Island Stores: Richard King, founder of The Cotton Textile Company

Desert Island Stores: Richard King, founder of The Cotton Textile Company

18 March 2025 by Glynn Davis

Richard King is founder of The Cotton Textile Company and owner of Creek Lifestyle store. He is from a family of shopkeepers. His maternal grandfather had... View ArticleView Article

Minka Dink to open new pop-up on King's Road

Minka Dink to open new pop-up on King's Road

18 March 2025 by Angela Beevers

London-based clothing brand Minka Dink is to open a pop-up store in London’s Chelsea. Operating for three weeks from 29 March, the 1,728 square foot space... View ArticleView Article

Currys to support Cancer Research UK through the recycling of unwanted tech

Currys to support Cancer Research UK through the recycling of unwanted tech

18 March 2025 by Angela Beevers

Currys has announced a new initiative to support Cancer Research UK by recycling unsellable donated tech from the charity’s shops. As the UK’s leading tech recycler,... View ArticleView Article

Go Outdoors rolls out body cameras to 25 additional stores

Go Outdoors rolls out body cameras to 25 additional stores

18 March 2025 by Angela Beevers

Go Outdoors is rolling out body-worn cameras to 25 stores following the success of a trial at its shop in Stoke. The move forms part of... View ArticleView Article

Tesco to invest £180 million in staff pay

Tesco to invest £180 million in staff pay

18 March 2025 by Angela Beevers

Tesco is to increase the hourly pay rate for store staff from £12.02 to £12.45 from 30 March, and again to £12.64 from the end of... View ArticleView Article

New Look to open new concept store at Bluewater

New Look to open new concept store at Bluewater

17 March 2025 by Angela Beevers

New Look is to relocate to a new 12,120 square foot concept store within the Bluewater shopping centre. Due to open on 3 April, it will... View ArticleView Article

Dreams unveils new brand platform and campaign

Dreams unveils new brand platform and campaign

17 March 2025 by Angela Beevers

Dreams has launched a new multimillion pound brand platform and campaign to show how it can help customers find a perfect bed tailored to their specific... View ArticleView Article

Screwfix to open 35 stores in UK and Ireland by January 2026

Screwfix to open 35 stores in UK and Ireland by January 2026

17 March 2025 by Angela Beevers

Screwfix is to open up to 35 new stores across the UK and Ireland by the end of January 2026. The retailer said most of the... View ArticleView Article

Asda warns of material hit to profit this year

Asda warns of material hit to profit this year

17 March 2025 by Angela Beevers

Asda has announced that it is to continue cutting prices and putting more staff on the shop floor as it reported that total revenue fell by... View ArticleView Article

Specsavers, Benefit Cosmetics and more revealed as the UK's Best Workplaces 2025

Specsavers, Benefit Cosmetics and more revealed as the UK's Best Workplaces 2025

17 March 2025 by Angela Beevers

Great Place To Work has announced that 17 retail companies feature in its highly anticipated UK’s Best Workplaces list for 2025. This year’s ranking features 350... View ArticleView Article