Pets at Home acquires stake in Tailster
July 16, 2019 7:06 amPets at Home is moving into pet minding and dog walking by acquiring a stake in the online pet sitting service Tailster. With the market worth... View Article
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Last call to join us at the Retail HR Summit
July 15, 2019 10:59 amJoin us at the Retail HR Summit on 8 October to find out what some of the most successful retail HR leaders are doing to attract, retain... View Article
UK retail footfall down 2.9% in June
July 15, 2019 8:11 amNew figures have shown that UK retail footfall declined by 2.9% year-on-year in June. The data from the British Retail Consortium and Springboard reveals that high... View Article
Hobbycraft posts full year sales and profit growth
July 15, 2019 5:54 amHobbycraft has seen its full year revenue climb by 5.4% to £177.7 million. The company’s adjusted EBITDA also rose, increasing by 27.8% to £12.2 million in the... View Article
Marks & Spencer clothing and homewares chief to step down
July 12, 2019 7:15 amMarks & Spencer has announced that its managing director for clothing and homewares will be leaving the business. Jill McDonald has been working in the role for... View Article
Louis de Bourgoing to retire from international role at WH Smith
July 11, 2019 11:40 amLouis de Bourgoing, WH Smith’s international chairman and business development director, is to retire from the business next month. De Bourgoing has worked with WH Smith... View Article
Amazon chooses St David’s for second UK Clicks and Mortar store
July 10, 2019 8:37 amClicks and Mortar, the Amazon and Enterprise Nation pop-up store, is to open at the St David’s shopping centre in Cardiff later this month. The pop-up... View Article
Book reseller ThriftBooks enjoys healthy growth
July 9, 2019 7:33 pmWhen Amazon opened up its website as a marketplace in 2003 to enable the selling of goods from third-parties alongside its own stock, it was a... View Article
UK retail sales decline to mark ‘worst June on record’
July 9, 2019 9:15 amUK like-for-like retail sales fell by 1.6% in June as the uncertainty surrounding Brexit deterred people from spending on non-essential items. The figures from the British... View Article
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