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High Street
Low-skilled jobs rebadged as apprenticeships by firms, says report
Employers are relabelling low-quality, low skilled and and often low-wage roles as ‘apprenticeships’, according to a new report. As part…
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Clothing & Shoes
American Apparel set for UK relaunch
Retail brand, American Apparel plans to relaunch online in April in the UK. The brand will return with its basics…
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News
Rise in profits for Central England Co-operative despite “challenging trading environment”
Central England Co-operative has announced its year end results, to 27 January 2018. Gross sales and operating profit were up…
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Clothing & Shoes
Asos enjoys 22% sales growth
Fashion giant Asos has generated retail sales growth of 27% for the six months to 28 February 2018. The UK…
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High Street
Easter retail sales ‘didn’t measure up’: KPMG
Easter retail sales did not “measure up” to expectations, with overall UK retail sales increasing by 1.4% in March from…
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High Street
Small firms hit by pension auto-enrolment scheme, claims FSB
Small firms and startups will be “hit the very hardest” by the doubling of auto-enrolment employer pension contributions, according to…
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News
Co-op profits rise as membership increases by 1.2 million
Co-operative has reported a 25% increase in underlying profit before tax, improving business performance. The retailer reported profits before tax…
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News
HMV CEO resigns after five years at the helm
HMV chief executive, Ian Topping, has resigned in order to “take on a variety of part time challenges”. After leading…
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High Street
UK shop prices plummet to lowest point in a year
UK shop prices in March fell at their fastest rate since February 2017. Deflation in non-food prices decreased at a…
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Economy
21,000 retail jobs lost or threatened so far this year
Over 21,000 jobs have been axed or put at risk in the first three months of the year as retailers…
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