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Clothing & Shoes
Topman removes shirt ‘mocking’ Hillsborough disaster
Topman has come under fire for selling a red football-style shirt that some Liverpool fans believe mocks the 1989 Hillsborough…
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Clothing & Shoes
Zara owner Inditex sees 41% jump in online sales
The owner of Zara and Massimo Dutti, Inditex, saw online sales revenue grow by 41% in 2017, according to a…
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Online & Digital
UK millennials put off by ‘difficult returns’
Research by returns management company ReBOUND has found that 59% of millennial shoppers stop shopping with online retailers which have…
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Economy
Consumer spending suffers weakest start since 2012
The latest Visa UK Consumer Spending Index data revealed a reduction in overall consumer spending in February, calling it the…
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Economy
Quarter of major UK retailers likely to suffer ‘financial distress’
A new study of over 1600 larger UK retailers with total assets of £5m or over by Company Watch, a…
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Clothing & Shoes
Shoe Zone, Karen Millen ‘named and shamed’ over minimum wage
Karen Millen and Shoe Zone are among the firms that have been ‘named and shamed’ by the Department of Business,…
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HR
Violent crime against retail staff doubles
There has been a ‘concerning spike’ in the number of violent incidents against retail staff, according to a survey by…
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Department Stores
Debenhams to rent flagship store space to hot-deskers
Debenhams is reportedly looking for a way to make use of its flagship store’s excess space by renting it to…
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Supermarkets
Morrisons and Tesco fastest growing, Co-op returns to growth
The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, published today for the 12 weeks to 25 February 2018, show…
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HR
Retailers ‘want more apprenticeships’ to develop future workforce
New data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has suggested that retailers want to commit to more apprenticeships in the…
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