Homewares retailer Dunelm has launched its first own-label paint range. Forming part of the retailer’s Decorate & Co-ordinate offering, it includes over 40 colour shades that can be teamed with 150 coordinating wallpaper designs. Dunelm said the range was inspired by customer insight from the last 12 months and the fact that...
The John Lewis Partnership will become the first UK retailer to offer all staff six months worth of paid parental leave. It will also offer two weeks’ paid leave to any staff member who experiences the loss of a pregnancy. The owner of the John Lewis department stores and Waitrose supermarkets...
London’s Borough Market is extending its produce trading hours to include Sundays for the first time. More than 40 producers offering meats, fish, bread, baked goods, store cupboard essentials and fruit and vegetables will be opening from 10am to 2pm on the day to enable the market to trade seven days...
Gap is planning to close 19 stores across the UK and Ireland this summer. The company has decided not to renew leases on the stores when they expire on 31 July following a strategy review and losses incurred during the Covid-19 pandemic. The locations of the affected stores remain unknown and...
Tommy Hilfiger has teamed up with Viacom CBS Consumer Products to launch a new capsule collection that taps into Tommy Jeans’s long history of pop culture collaborations. Called A Blast From The Past, the collection features iconic characters and logos from Nickelodeon and MTV across a range of t-shirts, sweats and...
The John Lewis Partnership has appointed Tina Mitchell as the new retail director for the Waitrose supermarket chain. Due to join the partnership in November, she will be responsible for setting the shop strategy whilst reporting to Waitrose executive director James Bailey. Bailey said: “This role is pivotal to our delivery of...
Danish furniture retailer JYSK is open two new stores within the Greater Manchester area as part of its UK expansion plans. The first will launch on 10 June in Bury at Angouleme Retail Park while the second will open in Stockport at Manchester Road Retail Park on 8 July. Jenny Johnston, JYSK...
British American Tobacco raised its annual revenue growth forecast on Tuesday as the cigarette maker's focus on e-cigarettes and tobacco-heating devices pays off, sending its shares up 2pc. The London-listed company said it expected revenue growth of more than 5pc at constant currencies, above its previous range of 3pc to 5pc...
JD Sports has agreed to sell Sports Unlimited Retail to Iberian Sports Retail Group, its 50.02% Spanish subsidiary, for €16.5 million. Based in the Netherlands, Sports Unlimited Retail operates under the Aktiesport and Perry Sport fascias. In a statement, JD Sports said ISRG would be better placed to drive growth and higher...
Tesco has announced a new pay deal for hourly-paid staff working in its stores and customer fulfilment centres. Staff will have their hourly rates increased by 2.7% from £9.30 to £9.55 from 5 September 2021. Developed in partnership with Tesco’s elected Usdaw colleague representatives and Usdaw, the deal will also see night...
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