Celesio, owner of LloydsPharmacy has been granted approval from the Competition and Markets Authority to welcome over 2700 new staff members to the company on the 1st September as part of plans to obtain Sainsbury’s pharmacy business for £125 million. LloydsPharmacy will be taking on 281 pharmacies which will include 277...
Supermarket giant Tesco will be launching free fruit for kids in over 800 stores across the UK. The idea is that whilst parents shop, a selection of fruit will be available such as bananas, soft citrus and apples for parents to hand to their kids. This came about after a colleague at...
It has been reported that Bluewater is welcoming Penhaligon’s, the traditional British perfumer. The new standalone store, covering 253 sq ft and opening in early August will stock the brand’s full range of grooming products and fragrances and will be situated on the lower Guildhall joining Bluewater’s line up of premium...
Very.com and Littlewoods.com owner Shop Direct has announced it has appointed Sally-Anne Newson as its first business development director as the company look to increase its commercial partnerships. Ms Newson has 16 years experience in the industry and previous roles have included business development director at ASOS, head of multichannel retail...
Online retailer Amazon has said that earnings exceeded expectations in its second quarter, strengthened by its cloud computing arm. Figures show that earnings of $857 million (£650 million) with sales rising 31% to $30.4 billion (£23 billion) which beat last year’s $23.2 billion (£17.6 billion) for the same time and more...
Online musical instrument retailer Gear4music has reported a 66% rise in sales as sales in Europe soared 137%. The company is hoping to open its first European distribution centre before the end of the year, in the wake of European sales growing to account for 34% of all sales compared to...
Health and beauty retailer Superdrug has reported a significant rise in sales of budget skincare products as customers chose to spend less on premium products. Sales of Superdrug’s own-brand Simply Pure range saw a 30% increase overall with sales of the Simply Pure Hydrating Serum seeing a 700% rise. Simon Comins, Superdrug...
A raid by immigration officials has led to the arrest of 35 people from Albania, Brazil, Nepal and Egypt who were working illegally at burger chain Byron. The home office said that the burger chain had carried out right to work checks, but had been shown false documents and thus will...
Bonmarche has said that poor weather hit sales in its first quarter, although expectations for the full year remain unchanged. In the 13 weeks to June 25th decreased by 3.6% whilst store like-for-like sales declined by 8.1%. Beth Butterwick, CEO of Bonmarché, said: "Sales were down 3.6% in a challenging quarter, due...
The chief executive of Majestic Wine Rowan Gormley has said that he will not be accepting his £7 million bonus and instead requested his potential award be redistributed to staff. The retailer’s 493 staff, from store manager level up, will now have a chance to gain over £14,000 each in performance-related...
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