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Department Stores
Frasers Group opens 70,000 sq. ft Flannels Leeds flagship
Frasers has opened a new store in Leeds marking its sixth ‘flagship’ store with additional locations in London, Leicester, Liverpool,…
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People Moves
Asda bolsters leadership team with new senior hires
Asda has appointed two new senior leaders to help drive its growth ambitions in 2025. The supermarket giant has named…
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Entertainment
Gear4music returns to revenue growth in Q2
Gear4music, an online retailer of musical instruments and music equipment, has revealed it returned to revenue growth during its second…
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High Street
WHSmith stores to sell vinyl records for first time in 30 years
WHSmith has revealed it is to start selling vinyl records in 80 of its high street stores across the UK…
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Comment
Brilliant customer engagement starts with a strong employee experience
Blair McVicar’s journey through the world of retail may have started in a familiar place—working on the shop floor of…
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Economy
Tech stores help retail sales beat expectations in September
Retail sales volumes are estimated to have risen by 0.3% in September 2024, beating expectations thanks to strong demand in…
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Supermarkets
Increase in visits sees supermarket sales up 4.7% in October
Total Till sales increased 4.7% at UK supermarkets in the last four weeks ending 5 October 2024, up from +4.0%…
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DIY
Victorian Plumbing to close Victoria Plum amid £2m loss
Victorian Plumbing has announced it is to close the recently acquired Victoria Plum, after it incurred a £2m loss in…
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Comment
Why American Golf put its people at the centre of its retail ‘reset’
In the world of retail, few professionals can claim the breadth of experience and transformative leadership that Elaine Wrigley has…
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Clothing & Shoes
Zalando ups FY guidance as Q3 revenues hit £2bn
Zalando has revealed it has upped its full-year guidance after a strong third quarter of the year in which revenues…
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