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Interview: Vivobarefoot on Earthed collaboration and limited-edition eco boot

Interview: Vivobarefoot on Earthed collaboration and limited-edition eco boot

04 December 2024 by Natalie Fresen

Vivobarefoot partners with charity Earthed for limited-edition boot Vivobarefoot has partnered with charity Earthed to create a limited edition Earthed Magna Lite Boot, with 100 percent... View ArticleView Article

Comment: The customer is not always right

Comment: The customer is not always right

04 December 2024 by glynn-davis

Whether customers like it or not they will have to accept that stores will be kitted-out with increasing amounts of technology that is replacing many of... View ArticleView Article

Marks & Spencer to support a further 2,000 people into work

Marks & Spencer to support a further 2,000 people into work

04 December 2024 by Angela Beevers

Marks and Spencer has pledged to train and support nearly 2,000 hard to reach young people through its Marks & Start programme over the next three... View ArticleView Article

Sofology managing director to step down as DFS simplifies management structure

Sofology managing director to step down as DFS simplifies management structure

04 December 2024 by Angela Beevers

DFS has announced that Sofology managing director Emma Dinnis is to step down at the end of December as part of the furniture retailer’s plan to... View ArticleView Article

Tesco Mobile expands sensory support boxes to 500 stores to support neurodiverse shoppers

Tesco Mobile expands sensory support boxes to 500 stores to support neurodiverse shoppers

04 December 2024 by Angela Beevers

Tesco Mobile has begun a roll out of its Sensory Support Box initiative to all of 509 of its Phone Shops across the UK. Launching on... View ArticleView Article

Gymshark chief financial officer leaves after two years

Gymshark chief financial officer leaves after two years

04 December 2024 by Angela Beevers

Gymshark’s chief financial officer Mat Dunn has left the business after two years in the role. In an update at Companies House yesterday, it was confirmed... View ArticleView Article

Charity Super.Mkt announces new store drive

Charity Super.Mkt announces new store drive

04 December 2024 by Angela Beevers

Charity Super.Mkt, the UK’s first multi-charity shop, has revealed that it will be opening several new permanent stores in 2025, including in places like Canary Wharf... View ArticleView Article

Langar brings warmth and unity to Warrington’s streets

Langar brings warmth and unity to Warrington’s streets

03 December 2024 by Natalie Fresen

Nisa retailers and the local community joined forces to serve hot meals to vulnerable individuals in Warrington, embodying the spirit of Langar—a centuries-old Sikh tradition symbolising... View ArticleView Article

The Perfume Shop opens two new experiential stores in Derby and Southampton

The Perfume Shop opens two new experiential stores in Derby and Southampton

03 December 2024 by Natalie Fresen

The Perfume Shop is celebrating its 32nd birthday in style with the opening of two new and improved experiential stores in Derby and Southampton. These stylish... View ArticleView Article

Magnet offers support to Homebase employees facing redundancy

Magnet offers support to Homebase employees facing redundancy

03 December 2024 by Natalie Fresen

From redundancy to leadership: Magnet’s career opportunities Homebase, a prominent British DIY and garden retailer, entered administration on 13 November 2024, placing approximately 2,000 jobs at... View ArticleView Article

Retail sales declined in November amid later Black Friday

Retail sales declined in November amid later Black Friday

03 December 2024 by Angela Beevers

UK retail sales declined in November after trading was impacted by the timing of this year’s Black Friday and cautious spending by consumers. Figures from the... View ArticleView Article

Go Outdoors to launch store at Manchester Arndale

Go Outdoors to launch store at Manchester Arndale

03 December 2024 by Angela Beevers

Go Outdoors is to open a city centre store at Manchester Arndale. Due to launch on 14 December, the 12,000 square foot space will stock brands... View ArticleView Article