Card Factory reaches 900th store milestone
October 4, 2017 7:20 amGreeting cards retailer Card Factory will open its 900th UK store tomorrow. The landmark opening comes after a sustained period of expansion for the retailer which... View Article
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BRC to create flexible job design programme in diversity push
September 29, 2017 8:50 amThe British Retail Consortium has embarked on a partnership with Timewise, the change agent for the flexible recruitment market, to help retailers to improve talent attraction,... View Article
Richard Pennycook to become chairman of British Retail Consortium
September 29, 2017 8:17 amRichard Pennycook has been appointed to the British Retail Consortium’s board as chairman elect and will become the new BRC chairman on 1 February. He will... View Article
Philip Morris opens third IQOS store
September 29, 2017 8:17 amPhilip Morris has opened its third UK IQOS store at Boxpark in London’s Shoreditch. The move follows the launch of the brand’s first UK store on... View Article
Insight: new research shows a drop in free returns
September 28, 2017 8:27 amNew research has found that there has been a significant drop in the number of UK and European retailers offering customers free returns. The report by... View Article
Richard Pennycook becomes non-exec chairman of Ideal Shopping Direct
September 28, 2017 8:16 amFormer Co-op chief executive Richard Pennycook has been appointed as Ideal Shopping Direct’s non-executive chairman. Acquired by Blackstone in 2015, Ideal Shopping Direct operates three live... View Article
Card Factory profits impacted by foreign exchange and National Living Wage
September 26, 2017 8:19 amCard Factory has reported what it described as solid first half results with an uplift in like-for-like sales and revenue although profits were hit by the... View Article
Insight: new research reveals significant gender pay gap for retail managers
September 26, 2017 8:19 amNew ways of measuring how much men and women are paid under Government reporting requirements have shown that the gender pay gap in the retail sector... View Article
Usdaw signs new agreemnent with B&M
September 25, 2017 8:28 amShopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has secured a new recognition agreement with B&M which will allow the union to recruit and organise the company’s retail staff. Prior... View Article
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