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DIY
Screwfix to open 40 new stores, 400 jobs created
Screwfix is set to open 40 stores this year, in a move that will create around 400 new jobs in…
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M&A
DFS offloads The Sofa Workshop
DFS has announced an agreement to sell the entire issued share capital of The Sofa Workshop Limited to Halo Furnishings…
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Online & Digital
Online returns hotspots revealed by Royal Mail
Royal Mail has revealed the areas in the UK where customers have returned the most amount of items from online…
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High Street
UK footfall accelerates fourfold
Footfall in UK retail destinations rose by 4.1% last week against the week before, marking a “significant” acceleration in the…
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Sport & Leisure
Frasers Group buys DW Sports out of administration
Frasers Group has snapped up the assets of Dave Whelan Sports (DW Sports) from its administrators for a sum of…
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Health & Beauty
Estée Lauder to axe up to 2,000 jobs
Estée Lauder has announced that it will axe between 1,500 and 2,000 positions across its global business in a bid…
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Entertainment
The Rolling Stones to open flagship Carnaby Street store
The Rolling Stones have announced they will officially open their first flagship store in London next month. The RS No.…
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Health & Beauty
Mothercare unveils new business model
Mothercare has announced the launch of a “more sustainable and less capital-intensive” business model going forward. The new model comes…
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Coronavirus
Pizza Express to close 73 sites, 1,100 jobs at risk
Pizza Express has formally launched a CVA in a bid to reduce its restaurant estate and rental cost base following…
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Supermarkets
Asda delivers ‘record’ online sales in Q2
Asda has announced that like-for-like sales, excluding fuel, increased by 3.8% year-on-year in the quarter ended 30 June. In its…
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