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Clothing & Shoes
Crew Clothing to open 40 brick-and-mortar stores by 2025
Crew Clothing has plans to open 40 new brick-and-mortar stores by 2025 across market towns and coastal resorts in the…
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Economy
Trade bodies urge Govt to reform ‘broken’ apprenticeship levy
Four trade bodies within UK retail and hospitality, including the BRC, have called on the government to reform the “broken”…
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Online & Digital
Amazon profits halve despite strong holiday sales
Amazon’s full-year profits halved to $12.2bn (£9.9bn) in FY22, as international sales fell 8% year-on-year to $34.5bn (£28.1bn). This comes…
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People Moves
Hotel Chocolat appoints new CFO
The british chocolate maker, Hotel Chocolat Group, has announced the appointment of Jon Akehurst as its new chief financial officer…
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High Street
H&M confirms regional UK store closures
Fast fashion retailer H&M has confirmed that it will be closing a number of stores across the UK in Burton,…
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Economy
Nearly half of FTSE retailers issued profit warnings in 2022
Profit warnings from UK-listed retailers increased by 48% in 2022 as rising costs prompted record levels of warnings, according to…
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Supermarkets
Lidl pledges to invest £4bn into UK food industry
Lidl has pledged to invest £4bn in British food businesses this year, as it plans to show its continued support…
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Features
Peter Denby on accessible decision intel for retailers
Can you tell us about how HyperFinity started and what it is trying to achieve within retail? We started out…
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DIY
Bensons for Beds sales up 7% over Christmas
Bensons for Beds saw like-for-like sales rise 7% for the last three months of 2022, compared to the same period…
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DIY
The Cotswold Company appoints three to leadership team
Furniture and homewares brand, The Cotswold Company has announced the appointment of Jim Sharp as chairman, Matt Pollington as chief…
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