Marks & Spencer to open new distribution centre
January 18, 2018 7:46 amMarks & Spencer is to open a new clothing and homewares distribution centre in Hertfordshire early next year. The existing 495,000 square foot former Tesco site... View Article
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House of Fraser reports Christmas sales decline
January 12, 2018 8:24 amHouse of Fraser saw its in-store sales decline by 2.9% in the six weeks to 23 December although sales edged up 0.8% on Black Friday. Online... View Article
Debenhams hires Richard Jones as trading director, global sourcing
January 11, 2018 8:26 amDebenhams has appointed Richard Jones to the position of trading director, global sourcing. Jones is a former divisional director for clothing at Sainsbury’s where he played... View Article
John Lewis sales down 4.7% last week
January 10, 2018 6:49 amJohn Lewis has reported that sales declined by 4.7% year-on-year to £98.5 million in the week to 6 January. Sales at the beginning of the week... View Article
Debenhams reports weak festive sales
January 5, 2018 7:43 amDebenhams saw its UK like-for-like sales fall by 2.6% over the Christmas trading period as it battled against a “volatile and highly competitive” market. In the... View Article
John Lewis sales down 0.4% last week
January 4, 2018 8:03 amSales at John Lewis edged down 0.4% year-on-year to £137.9 million last week as trading was impacted by snow in some parts of the country. Nevertheless,... View Article
Marks & Spencer sells retail business in Hong Kong and Macau to Al-Futtaim
January 2, 2018 7:51 amMarks & Spencer has sold the franchise of its retail business in Hong Kong and Macau to its longstanding franchise partner Al-Futtaim. The sale means that... View Article
Debenhams appoints new fashion and home director
December 21, 2017 8:14 amDebenhams has appointed Steven Cook, the former chief merchant of Canada’s Holt Renfrew, as managing director of fashion and home. Due to join the department store... View Article
John Lewis extends click & collect order cut-off so shoppers can pick up purchases on Chrstmas Eve
December 21, 2017 7:25 amJohn Lewis is to extend its click and collect order cut off by 24 hours to Saturday 23 December at 8pm to enable customers to collect... View Article
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