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Jul- 2024 -9 July
Cold weather chills consumer spending in June
UK Total retail sales decreased by 0.2% year on year in June, against an increase of 4.9% in June 2023,…
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9 July
Majestic eyes 125 new store locations
Majestic Wine has revealed that it has identified 125 locations for potential new stores across England, Scotland, Wales and the…
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9 July
Ocado to open third CFC with Aeon
Ocado has announced the continued expansion of its partnership with Aeon with plans to construct a third Customer Fulfilment Centre…
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9 July
Naked Wines CFO to step down after securing new credit facility
Naked Wines has announced that CFO James Crawford will be stepping down in the autumn, following the finalisation of the…
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9 July
Over 3,000 Amazon staff to vote over union recognition
Workers at Amazon’s Coventry warehouse are set to vote in a “historic” trade union recognition ballot which will force Amazon…
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8 July
Today’s news in brief-8/7/24
James Timpson OBE, CEO of the Timpson shoe repair chain, has been appointed as the new Minister for Prisons, Parole,…
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8 July
Asda publishes latest ESG report
Asda has today (8 July) published its 2023 Brighter Living Report – its fourth report updating on the progress made…
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8 July
Superdrug FY23 pre-tax profits hit £111m
Health and beauty retailer Superdrug has revealed its pre-tax profits jumped 43% to £111.6m during the 52 weeks ended 31…
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8 July
John Lewis to hire more shop floor staff
John Lewis executive director, Peter Ruis, has reportedly made plans to increase the shop floor staff count across the retail…
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8 July
Asda scraps four-day work week trial
Asda has reportedly scrapped its trial of a four day work week after staff were left exhausted, according to reports…
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