Sainsbury’s has appointed Rhian Bartlett as director of fresh food. This marks Bartlett’s return to the retailer, where she worked between 2006 and 2015 in the roles of category manager, head of online merchandising and business unit director for non-food grocery. She will report directly to Sainsbury’s commercial director Paul Mills-Hicks. Bartlett also...
Clintons has been sold out of administration. This means that all 2,500 jobs that were originally at risk, have now been saved. The retailer has been purchased by Esquire Retail, a company set up by Clintons current owners, the Weiss family. Clintons was founded in 1968, but has been struggling against mounting cash...
Balmain’s CEO Massimo Piombini steps down from his role due to “personal reasons”. Piombini was hired by Balmain in 2017 from Valentino, and has previously discussed his vision for the brand, however he will not be around to see his work come to fruition. Balmain has begun the hiring process for a...
Boohoo has said that trading has been strong across its key brands since the end of the first half of its financial year. The company also reported a record performance over the Black Friday weekend. The retailer has integrated its newest brands such as Karen Millen, Coast and MissPap onto its platform,...
H&M has opened its first store in Tunisia at Centre Commercial in Tunis City. The store opening will be followed by the launch of a second store at Azur Mall in Tunis on December 27th. Customers that queued for the opening experienced entertainment in the form of a dance troop, as well...
Selfridges is collaborating with Instagram to launch an exclusive pop-up at its flagship store on Oxford Street. The pop-up will be open from the 5th to 15th December, The Instagram Edit will be housed in the store’s Designer Studio and will feature a collection of fashion, jewellery, beauty and homeware brands...
Gant has appointed Patrik Söderström as its new chief executive. He will start the role on February 1st, after current chief executive Brian Grevvy leaves on January 31st. Söderström started at Gant in 2016 as executive vice president of global markets. He will continue to build value for customers and ensure future...
Russell & Bromley has opened a new store in Covent Garden. The store is located opposite the Covent Garden tube station, and is a relocation from the retailers previous Covent Garden store. It spans 3,461 square feet over two floors, and has been designed by an in-house team, adding to the retailers...
Luxury life and style brand, Kate Spade New York, has officially selected Liverpool ONE, managed by Grosvenor Europe, for the launch of the global style house’s only dedicated pop-up store in the UK. The New York City-based brand has hand-picked a 2,625 sq ft unit on Peter’s Lane to be the...
A brand-new bar and community hub, Glass House, has launched on Brick Lane. The 1,000 sq ft site in Shoreditch was secured by leading specialist UK leisure property agency, Shelley Sandzer, on behalf of Alex Peffly and Z He, the husband and wife team behind Bun House, Wun’s, and Pleasant...
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