Woking Shopping has welcomed French Connection to its line-up. Situated within the Town Mall, the 1,260 square foot store sits alongside Fat Face and Claire’s. Neil Woodward of Moyallen, asset manager for the Peacocks Centre, said: “The launch of French Connection is a great first stride into 2020, and signals the...
The Debenhams department store has appointed former New Look chief executive, Stephen Sunnucks, as a non-executive director of its parent company, Celine Jersey Topco. Mark Gifford, chairman of Celine Jersey Topco, said: “Stephen’s reputation in the retail industry is second to none. He has been involved in various turnaround and restructuring...
N Brown has strengthened its management team with the appointment of Sarah Welsh to the newly created role of retail chief executive. Ms Welsh will join the business on 30th March and will be responsible for all aspects of product including buying, merchandising, design, fit, trading, sourcing and partnerships. Ms Welsh...
ScS has said trading in the first half of its financial year has been in line with expectations. In the 26 weeks to 25 January, like-for-like order intake declined by 4.4% following a 7.1% drop in the first 17 weeks of the period. However, there was an improvement in the...
IKEA is expanding its Task Rabbit home assembly service to six new areas. It will be launching in Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham, Gateshead, Southampton and Exeter at the end of January. The service will help customers with various jobs around the home including furniture assembly, wall mounting and minor home repairs. Country...
John Lewis saw its total sales decline by 2.5% year-on-year last week as the retailer’s clearance sale came to an end and sales in the home department were impacted by competitor’s promotions. John Lewis saw strong sales of nursery products meaning that sales in the childrenswear, nursery and haberdashery category rose...
Ted Baker has appointed Jennifer Roebuck to the role of chief customer officer. Ms Roebuck is currently a non-executive director of Ted Baker and will be stepping down from the position in April as a result of joining the company’s leadership team full time. In her new role, she will...
H&M has embarked on a fashion collection collaboration with photographer and supermodel Helena Christensen. The capsule range includes t-shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies featuring flower images taken by Christensen. She also photographed the images used in the campaign. Head of womenswear design at H&M, Maria Östblom said: “We’re happy to be collaborating...
Following a successful trial in Waitrose shops in Cheltenham, Hythe, Lincoln, Lyminton and Worthing last year, Waitrose is now planning to extend the scheme to more of its larger cafés across the UK. Director of customer experience at Waitrose & Partners, Simon Burdess said: “We wanted to create an area that...
Just Eat has agreed a nationwide partnership with McDonald’s in the UK and Ireland. Due to be implemented in 2020, the deal will see Just Eat become McDonald’s second exclusive delivery partner. Just Eat’s interim chief executive, Peter Duffy said: “We are delighted to announce that we have agreed to partner...
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