Furniture Village is set to open two new stores on Boxing Day, the shops in Leicester and Crawley will be the retailer’s first new openings since 2017. The 24,000 square foot store in Leicester will be situated at Fosse Park while the Crawley store at County Oak will be slightly larger...
Cake Box, has said it has made a sustained recovery since the height of the coronavirus pandemic when its stores were closed for six weeks. In the six months to 30 September, EBITDA edged up 0.5% to £1.98 million, although pre-tax profit fell by 4% to £1.66 million. Meanwhile, the company’s...
The TJ Hughes department store in Middlesbrough has been issued with fines totalling £17,000 by its local council for breaking lockdown rules. The store was also given a prohibition notice by Middlesbrough Council for failing to close under Covid-19 regulations. The store has voluntarily complied with the notice and closed its...
Lululemon Athletica has promoted Meghan Frank to the position of chief financial officer. Due to take up her role on 23 November, she will be the first female to hold the position at the company. With 20 years’ experience in the retail sector, Frank joined Lululemon in 2016 as senior vice...
Waitrose is relaunching its ECOlogical eco-friendly cleaning range with new packaging that will save an estimated 4.1 tonnes of virgin plastic a year. Some of the packing used in the range includes innovative recovered and recycled ‘Ocean Bound Plastic’, which is a recycled raw material made from plastic waste that...
Superdrug has expanded its category offering to include a range of affordable jewellery. With prices varying between £3.99 and £9.99, the category has been launched with the ‘Core’, ‘Fashion’ and ‘Premium’ ranges and includes earrings, necklaces, rings, bracelets and hair accessories. Superdrug commercial director Simon Comin said “We’re really pleased to...
Aldi has expanded its on-demand delivery trial with Deliveroo to almost 130 Aldi stores across the UK. The move follows an extension to 42 stores last month in new cities such as Bristol, Liverpool and Brighton. Customers living within a six kilometre radius of participating stores will be able to order...
Superdrug has launched a new campaign on Youtube called Superdrug TV is it continues to move more of its marketing to online platforms. The first episode appeared on 17 November and will be followed by two further episodes prior to Christmas before going weekly from the New Year. Each episode will...
The Very Group has appointed Matt Grest as its chief information officer. Due to join the business on 21 December, Mr Grest previously worked as director of digital platforms at the BBC where he oversaw the transformation of the corporation’s digital and broadcast products into a fully integrated tech platform. As part...
Sainsbury’s has launched a pilot ‘Fresh Food Market’ format at its store in Hempstead Valley. The format is based on a market-style presentation of fresh fruit and vegetables with new signage and a focus on seasonality and British heritage. The launch is part of a multi-million pound redevelopment of the store...
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