The bookshop chain Waterstones has seen its sales boosted thanks to the demand of physical books and another multi-million pound investment. It has been four years since Waterstones was set to collapse, however the retailer, which was sold by HMV to Russian businessman Alexander Mamut in 2011, has managed to...
New Look will be opening its first New Look Men store in Wales at Queensberry Real Estate's Friars Walk shopping centre in Newport. This will be the sixth New Look Men store to open nationally. The 1,808 square foot store will benefit from the product enhancements New Look has made to...
Tesco store staff will be receiving a pay rise of up to 3.1% which will take the hourly rate of pay for established staff to £7.62 per hour. This will mean established staff will receive more than the Government’s new National Living Wage of £7.20 per hour. Staff at Tesco will...
With just one day until career event Retail Appointment Live opens its doors, candidates are being urged to pre-register in an attempt to minimise queues on the day. Running on Thursday and Friday in London this week, Retail Appointment Live features some of the UK’s best-known names in retail, fashion and...
Sports Direct rival Kitbag has been sold to US sports merchandise firm Fanatics, despite attempts by the Mike Ashley-owned firm to de-rail the deal. Sports Direct has built a 18.9% stake in the company since 2014 and previously attempted to appoint its own agent, Ben Gardener to render “specialist assistance” to...
Fragrance, body care and fine foods brand Crabtree & Evelyn has launched an experimental new pop-up store on Kings Road. The new concept will be centred around a “welcoming and residential” feeling and will include a ‘fragrance garden’ and multi-sensory experiences with ‘nature sounds’ music and product testing counters. In a statement,...
Pharmacy chain Boots has said that it will be cutting between 300-350 store management jobs as part of plans to simplify its business. The company said that it has begun consultation with assistant store managers in its larger stores over the proposals. Simon Roberts, president of Boots, said: “Everything we do...
Sainsbury’s has made an offer for Home Retail Group (HRG), valuing the business at approximately £1.3 billion, which has been provisionally accepted by the HRG board. The deal will depend on the success of a proposed deal between HRG and Australian firm Wesfarmers for Argos’ sister brand Homebase. The 265 UK Homebase...
John Lewis will be entering the Middle East by opening a shop-in-shop in Dubai in spring 2017. The 15,000 square foot space, the retailer’s largest overseas shop-in-shop to date, will be situated in the new flagship Robinsons department store in Dubai Festival City Mall. Managing director of John Lewis, Andy Street said:...
Lidl is ramping up its expansion plans, having issued almost three times as many planning applications in the last quarter of 2015 as its rival Aldi according to figures compiled by Barbour ABI for The Sunday Telegraph. The retailer has said that it is working to increase its UK presence to...
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