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Supermarkets
Waitrose to open 100 convenience stores amid £1bn investment
Waitrose has announced plans to open up to 100 convenience shops across the country over the next five years, just…
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Supermarkets
Co-op to invest in over 600 early years apprenticeships
The Co-op, along with other members of The Royal Foundation’s Business Taskforce for Early Childhood, is spearheading an intervention to…
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DIY
Wilko family under pressure to fill £70m pension deficit
Wilko’s founding family is reportedly under pressure to pay £70m to fill the collapsed retailer’s pension hole, This is Money…
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Clothing & Shoes
Boohoo in dispute with suppliers over poor stock quality
Boohoo and its suppliers are reportedly in a dispute over claims the fast fashion group has received a significant amount…
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High Street
WHSmith rolls out café format amid food-to-go popularity
WHSmith has launched Smith’s Kitchen, a new own-brand café format that will offer dine-in and takeaway options, outside of travel…
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Supermarkets
Aldi to retire click-and-collect service
Aldi has revealed it will be discontinuing its click-and-collect offering at the end of this week on 18 August. According…
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Supply Chain
Amazon opens £500m fulfilment centre in Leeds
Amazon has officially opened a £500m “state-of-the-art” fulfilment centre at Gateway45 in Leeds, which will employ more than 2,000 people…
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Clothing & Shoes
Shein scouts Midlands warehouse ahead of London IPO
Shein is reportedly looking to open its first British warehouse within the Midlands’ “golden logistics triangle” ahead of its anticipated…
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DIY
The Floor Room falls into administration, 201 jobs lost
The Floor Room, a sister company of Carpetright, has fallen into administration, causing a total of 201 redundancies across its…
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Sport & Leisure
Mountain Warehouse FY sales hit ‘record’ £386m amid new openings
Mountain Warehouse has revealed that store sales rose 7.1% to a “record” £386m in the year to 25 February, owing…
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