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Supermarkets
UK food and grocery market set to be worth £174bn by 2024
The UK food and grocery market is set to grow by 15% between 2019 and 2024 to £174.5bn, according to…
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High Street
M&S to shutter two distribution centres putting almost 700 jobs at risk
Marks and Spencer has announced plans to shutter two of its distribution centres in spring 2021, putting nearly 700 jobs…
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High Street
Retail footfall bounces back in January after quiet December
Footfall in non-food stores in the UK fell by just 0.5% year-on-year in January according to Ipsos Retail Performance’s latest…
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High Street
Dunelm profits surge in half-year results
Homeware retailer Dunelm has reported a 19.4% increase in profits before tax to £83.6m for the half-year period ended 28…
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Economy
Retailers suffer ‘stuttering start’ to 2020
Retailers saw a slow start to the year as total sales increased by only 0.4% in January, against an increase…
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High Street
Administrations up 5% in 2019
The number of companies falling into administration across England and Wales increased by just under 5% in 2019, according to…
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Supermarkets
Improved UK supermarket performance sparks property investment surge
Property investors sunk £1.78bn into the UK grocery sector during 2019, with volumes up 80% year-on-year according to Colliers International’s…
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Luxury Goods
Burberry warns on sales impact from coronavirus outbreak
Luxury fashion retailer Burberry has warned that its sales for the year ended March 2020 will be impacted by the…
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High Street
Retail jobs and applications plummet in January
The retail job market took a blow in the first month of 2020, with job numbers and applications both falling…
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High Street
63% of midlands shoppers want to support independents, survey reveals
A new survey on the shopping habits of residents in Birmingham, Derby, Leicester, Lincoln and Nottingham has revealed that 63%…
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