DIY retailer, Wickes, has seen numbers treble year on year of charities and community organisations seeking support through their community programme. The programme has already supported over 2000 projects with product donations. The highest demand is for soil, timber and other products to create well-being spaces in schools and community areas. Followed...
YouTube collective Sidemen has the opening of its first physical retail space in Kent’s Bluewater shopping centre Spanning 6,000 square feet. the store will be the only place where fans will be able to purchase official Sidemen merchandise, apart from on the Sidemen website. Customers who visited the store on the opening day of...
Currys has teamed up with Samsung to offer customers discounts on selected Samsung products when they trade in any unwanted tech items. During July, customers will be able to get between 10% and 15% off over 390 Samsung products across 17 different categories when they swap old electrical items for a...
Pepco Group, the owner of the Pepco, Poundland and Dealz brands, has posted an uplift in third-quarter revenue despite challenging trading conditions. In the three months to 30 June, group sales rose by 12.5% to €1.370 billion on a constant currency basis as Pepco and Poundland revenue increased by 15.3% and...
Sainsbury’s has rolled out Nectar Prices across the meat, fish and poultry categories for the first time. The move means that the supermarket’s customers can now access discounts on around 3,500 products when shopping in-store or online. Customers will be able to get up to a third off on some products including By Sainsbury’s lamb mince...
Global fashion retailer Oh Polly has joined forces with all-electric courier Packfleet to provide London-based shoppers with carbon-free fashion deliveries. The collaboration will see clothes delivered straight to London-based customer’s doorsteps through the courier’s cutting-edge technology. Aided by Packfleet’s live map tracking, customers can follow their parcel every step of the journey, and the courier’s industry-leading...
Tesco has invested in staff wellbeing with the introduction of virtual GP appointments. For the first time, the supermarket’s benefits package will give staff members and their immediate family access to unlimited appointments with a GP, seven days a week. These will be conducted through an online video consultation or phone...
Morrisons has begun stocking a range of its Savers entry-level products in its convenience stores. The items will be available in over 500 Morrisons Daily stores and will be the same price as in Morrisons supermarkets. The roll-out has started with an initial 10 products including washing-up liquid, toilet rolls and sausages. ...
Lush is currently measuring whether SpongeBob Squarepants will become its most successful collaboration after it hit £1,3 million in sales in its first week since launching on 29 June. Designed with plastic-packaging free alternatives in mind, the collection is having an impact, with over 66,000 products sold so far. Overall like-for-like sales...
Waitrose has announced a new multi-year partnership with Uber Eats as part of plans to grow its position in on-demand grocery shopping and the convenience sector. The partnership has initially launched on the Uber Eats platform in five London stores, including Finchley Road, West Hampstead, Clerkenwell, St Katharine Docks, and Greenwich....
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