Mothercare suffer a further blow as sales continue to drop after the Christmas period. UK sales dropped by 11.4% in the 13 weeks up to January, compared to the same period the previous year. Online sales also saw a decline, dropping by 16.3%. The retailer entered a CVA last year to close 60...
Hobbycraft’s like-for-like sales increased by 9.5% in the 6 weeks leading to December 24th. Online sales grew by 28% whilst in-store sales were up by 7.1%. The company put this down to its successful online blog and its Christmas ‘look book’, which saw 10% more customers searching for Christmas ideas. Katherine Paterson, customer...
Dunelm increased its like-for-like revenue by 9% in its second quarter. In the 13 weeks to December 29th, like-for-like sales in store increased by 5.7% year-on-year. Online sales also grew by 37.7%. These results mean that the company expects its first half pre-tax profits to be around £70 million after a £3.8...
Oliver Bonas has opened a new store in Milton Keynes at the Centre:mk shopping centre. The 1,400 square feet store is located on sunset walk along with similar brands Molton Brown, Jigsaw, White Stuff, and Hobbs. A spokesperson for Oliver Bonas said: “We are hugely excited to now offer our latest unique...
US denim brand DSTLD plan to open a UK showroom and list on London’s junior stock market Aim this year. This comes after the brand smashed through its crowdfunding target at the end of 2018. DSTLD was founded in 2014 by Corey Epstein and Mark Lynn, with the aim to sell jeans directly...
Iceland has reported that its trial of in store reverse vending machines has led to 310,000 bottles being recycled. The trial was run across stores in Wolverhampton, Mold, Fulham and Musselburgh. The retailer also had one at their head office in Deeside. Results in November saw an average of 2,583 bottles being...
Intu Merry Hill, which is already the largest shopping centre in the Midlands, is ready to invest £10m to transform its main entrance in a bid to become more sustainable and accessible to visitors and retailers. The project will see the installation of a large format screen above the main entrance,...
Marks & Spencer has launched a ‘game changing’ new range of meat and dairy-free plant based fresh food. The Plant Kitchen vegan friendly range includes everything from ‘dirty vegan’ dishes such as Cauliflower Popcorn with Buffalo Dip and Cashew Mac to meals such as Mushroom Stroganoff and Thai Green Curry. M&S also...
Greggs are set to launch a vegan sausage roll this week. The company currently sell around 1.5 million pork sausage rolls per week, have said that the vegan version will mirror some of the classics famous qualities. It will feature 96 layers of puff pastry made with vegetable oil and a...
The Co-op has released plans to expand with 100 new store openings this year. The company will also give 200 of its existing stores a major makeover. Around one-third of the openings will be in London and the South East, including Soho, Chiswick, Greenwich, Ilford and Queens Park. The brand is also launching...
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