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Sep- 2021 -14 September
Dobbies Garden Centres opens new London store
Dobbies Garden Centres has announced that it has opened its second London-based store located on Chiswick High Road. The opening…
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14 September
Footfall declines 4.2% despite signs of office return
Footfall in UK retail destinations declined by -4.2% last week from the week before, despite Central London starting to show…
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10 September
UK economic growth slows, ONS reveals
UK economic growth slowed down in July, growing by 0.1% compared with 1% in June 2021, according to the latest…
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9 September
Costa Coffee to increase staff pay by 5%
Costa Coffee has announced that all 14,500 of its store team members in UK company-owned stores will receive a 5%…
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9 September
61% of shop workers subjected to offensive behaviour, study finds
Some 61% of shop workers have experienced some form of offensive behaviour while working for their current employer, for whom…
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9 September
B&M HY results to beat expectations
B&M European Value Retail S.A has revealed that whilst group revenues year to date have been “broadly in line with…
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9 September
Gear4music acquires AV online for £9.2m
Gear4music has announced that it has acquired AV Distribution Ltd, which is trading as AV Online, for an aggregate consideration…
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8 September
August online retail sales growth slows down
Online retail sales growth in August fell by 9.3% year-on-year, which was only a small improvement compared with July’s fall…
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7 September
Tihara Smith opens its first store in Seven Dials
Seven Dials retail destination has announced that Caribbean-inspired lifestyle brand Tihara Smith has opened its very first brick and mortar…
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7 September
Oxford Street to launch sustainability initiative
Oxford Street has announced the launch of a sustainability campaign on 15 September as a part of its ‘Beyond Now’…
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