One of Germany's leading bakery businesses, Kamps Bäckerei Café, has opened its first store in the UK on London’s Tottenham Court Road.The brand which has over 550 outlets in Germany is expanding rapidly with over 20 new openings per year and has made sales in excess of €240 million,The head...
The high street fashion retailer French Connection saw its sales increase by 2.1% on a like-for-like basis in the 16 weeks to 20 November.In a statement issued today, French Connection saw the performance of its UK/Europe retail business had improved despite the lower levels of clearance activity early in the...
Dixons will be trialling electronic shelf labels in its stores for the first time ever as it continues in its multi-channel strategy.The Pricer labels, which will be trialled across 10 categories at Dixon’s Aylesbury store, will make prices on products easier to be changed by staff rather than having to...
Asda has announced that they will be offering online grocery shoppers an option to collect grocery orders from tube stations on the London Underground.The supermarket group has reached a deal with Transport for London to open six click-and-collect points in the car parks at London Underground stations at East Finchley,...
Barbour has launched a new stand alone store in Central London’s St James’s Gateway.The store which is situated between Piccadilly and Jermyn Street, spans two floors and sells the country style clothing along with its biker style International ranges.Barbour’s national sales and marketing director Ian Beattie said: “Motorcycle clothing first...
The consumer watchdog Which? has launched a new campaign after research revealed that more than 70,000 grocery prices ran misleading offers and discounts.Through its new campaign called ‘Make Special Offers Special’, Which? discovered that 81% of consumers were worrying about rising food prices and were constantly looking out for deals...
The One Stop convenience chain, which is owned by Tesco, has opened its 700th store in Letchworth in HertfordshireOne Stop has also launched 30 new stores in the current financial year and recently went on to purchase 33 Spar stores from Alfred Jones, which will be refurbished and completed by...
The former Marks & Spencer chief executive Sir Stuart Rose has been appointed as chairman of the online retailer Duvet & Pillow Warehouse.Working with founder and chief executive Charlie Hunt, Sir Stuart Rose will help to implement the company’s rebrand which includes a changing of brand name to Soak &...
For the first time this year John Lewis notched up its weekly sales in excess of £100 million in the week ending 17 November.John Lewis saw sales rise by 10.7% to £101.4 million, which marked the earliest week in any one year that the retailer's sales have exceeded £100 million.John...
Majestic Wine has increased its profits by 4.2% in the first half of its financial year.Despite a dip in UK retail like-for-like sales due to the impact of Easter and last year’s Jubilee celebrations, Majestic Wine, which has recently invested in new stores and technology, saw its pre-tax profit grow...
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