Spar has appointed former Morrisons director of category development, Jackie Mackenzie, as its new chief information officer. Based in its head office in Harrow, Ms Mackenzie will be responsible for a number of areas such as management information, financial accounts, and supply chain and technology operations. Spar’s new CIO’s previous roles include...
Managing director of Harrods, Michael Ward, will step down this year after working for the company for over a decade. According to Sky News, Ward's departure was announced to the department store's staff on Thursday evening and it is not known whether a successor has been found to take on the...
Tesco has publicised a new charity initiative intended to make sure “no food that can be eaten” from a Tesco store will go to waste. The “Community Food Connection”, in collaboration with Fareshare FoodCloud, will see Tesco sending millions of meals to those in need. According to CEO Dave Lewis, the...
WH Smith has announced that it has opened its first store at Sydney airport T1 international terminal. The company’s long term plan is to operate six convenience stores which will include a 450 square metre landside departures shop and three airside shops. Shops within T1 have evolved from traditional ‘books and news’...
Having opened its first UK store in London in 2014, Australian stationery brand Smiggle will be opening its first store at Bon Accord & St Nicholas shopping centre in Aberdeen in June. Bon Accord & St Nicholas manager, Craig Stevenson, said: “It is a fantastic coup for us that Smiggle has...
Home Retail Group has seen an improvement in sales at its Argos chain, as a new fast-track delivery service delivering “significantly stronger” cash flow across the group. HRG, which sold its Homebase chain to Australian group Wesfarmers, is currently being courted by Sainsbury’s and South African retail group Steinhoff in a...
Supermarket Morrisons has said that profits have been hit in a competitive environment, with like-for-like sales for the year to January 31st down 2.0%. Meanwhile, underlying profit before tax and restructuring costs was at £302 million, at the mid-point of the £295 million - £310 million range previously predicted. Morrisons...
High end chocolate retailer Hotel Chocolat has announced that it intends to float on the Alternative Investment Market, (AIM). AIM is the London Stock Exchange’s international market for smaller growing companies. A wide range of businesses including early stage, venture capital backed as well as more established companies join AIM seeking access to growth...
Wyevale Garden Centres has announced former Toys “R” Us MD Roger Mclaughlan as its new chief executive. Mr Mclaughlan has been in the retail industry for over 25 years and has been with Toys “R” Us since 2012. He has previously held roles at Marks and Spencer, Woolworth's South Africa and...
Toy retailer The Entertainer has announced that it will be opening two new stores north of the border in shopping centres in Dundee and Dunfermline later this month. The new openings bring the total store estate to 120 throughout the UK. To celebrate, the company is holding a ‘trolley dash’ in...
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