Budget airline Ryanair’s passenger numbers shot up by 28% in March, the fourth consecutive month of growth topping 25%. The company’s average plane load was 94% full, up from 90% the previous year and 80% in 2014. Although the figures may have been flattered by the timing of Easter, with more...
The price of groceries has fallen for the fourth month in a row, according to research from the mySupermarket.co.uk Grocery Tracker. The index has monitored the cost of the most commonly bought grocery items such as bananas, broccoli and onions on a monthly basis since December 2014. Managing director of mySupermarket, Kim...
The UK’s National Living Wage (NLW) has come into force, giving over 300,000 retail workers an immediate pay rise and costing retailers £3 billion by 2020. However, the British Retail Consortium has said that the actual costs are likely to be reduced by a narrowing of the differentials in pay for...
Wholesaler Booker has said that its recent acquisition Budgens and Londis saw a strong performance in the fourth quarter, boosting overall sales for the group. In the 12 weeks to March 25th, total group sales increased by 5% year-on-year to £5bn. However, excluding Budgens and Londis, Booker’s like-for-like sales in its...
Fashion retailer Fat Face has revealed that Director Simon Pickering will be leaving the company after six years and they will not be replacing him. Fat Face said it will not be replacing him “for the moment,” and the company heads of buying, design and merchandising will be reporting to Anthony...
It has been announced today that footwear retailer Timberland has opened a new store at 158 Oxford Street. This will be the company’s sixth London store which will cover 90 square metres and will include footwear and accessories across womenswear, childrenswear and menswear. The store will also include a “Cobbler Station” where...
Waitrose has announced that it will be the first supermarket in the UK to launch a cashless store, which will be opened in Sky’s flagship head office. It will also be the first Waitrose branch to open on a workplace campus in nearly 20 years. The Little Waitrose store which will...
Online fashion retailer Boohoo has launched an exclusive website for menswear, boohooman.com which is geared towards men aged between 16-24. Boohoo marketing director, Richard Clark, said: “The core of our business has always been to provide the season’s latest looks, whilst still delivering incredible value, but now we have the opportunity...
Paloma, the Italian designer womanswear brand, has opened its second UK store in the St David’s shopping centre in Cardiff. The 2,000 square foot boutique will be located opposite The White Company and feature the company’s in-house designed Italian womenswear and accessories. Mandhir Shukla, operations director of Paloma, said: “St David’s, Cardiff...
Property investment company Shaftesbury has appointed Karen Baines as its new head marketing. The company owns West End retail, restaurant and leisure destinations, including Carnaby, Chinatown and Seven Dials. Ms Baines is currently head of marketing and communications at the Heart of London Business Alliance, which represents 600 businesses and property...
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