John Lewis fashion sales were up 2.6% as knitwear had a record week with sales up by 35%. Menswear sales also saw healthy growth with sales rising by 6.6%. Home technology and electrical sales were down 0.6% year-on-year however sales of Dyson supersonic hairdryers were once again the bestselling electrical item....
In the year to March 2016, sales for The White Company grew by 12.6% to £184.3 million with the UK business achieving “robust” growth across all channels. The company said its US direct business also performed well. The best performing categories included daywear, fragrance and home and dining where sales increased...
Asda has started a discounting scheme across a range of its vegetables for the lead-up to Christmas. Starting yesterday, the retailer will slash the prices of its popular vegetables by up to 57%, charging just 20p for 360g of broccoli, 500g of sprouts and parsnips and 1kg of carrots. The supermarket said...
McColl's acquisition of 298 Co-operative stores has been approved by the CMA. McColl's will begin to integrate the stores at the end of January 2017 and expects all conversions to be completed in late August 2017. After the completion of the conversions, convenience stores will comprise over three quarters of McColl's...
The Coach and Selena Gomez collaboration will kick off with the star featuring in Coach’s autumn 2017 fashion campaign. It will also include her working on a “special design project” with Coach's executive creative director Stuart Vevers. In addition, Selena Gomez will work with the Coach Foundation in its support of...
GAME has unveiled a new gaming experience called BELONG. It provides a dedicated space for gamers to compete in tournaments, play with friends, enjoy gaming nights, celebrate new games and technology launches and share video-game themed events and experiences. Led by a new experience in London’s Soho at GAME Wardour Street,...
Tesco is giving away free ‘Christmas Night In’ gift boxes to 60,000 shoppers as part of its Surprise and Delight initiative until December 19th. The box includes a selection of festive food and drink including a Thornton’s chocolate collection and a Tesco Christmas pudding. Selected customers across the UK are receiving...
The opening of Typo's new Stratford store follows a successful online launch into the UK by the brand’s owner Cotton On Group in April. The Cotton On Group is now looking for its next store location and hopes to open over 100 stores in the UK over the next five to...
Supermarket giant Morrisons have revealed that its chief cheese taster, Russell Haggata has been welcomed into the Guild. Mr Haggata, who tastes more than 1,800 cheeses every year was just one of a handful of people from around the UK to be awarded the membership of Guild des Fromagers. The Guild,...
Figures from retail tourism expert Global Blue support its forecast for a further uplift in retail tourism performance over this year’s festive season and a positive start for the sector in 2017. The figures, which show record international shopping spend in the UK by visitors from outside the EU, have been...
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