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Dec- 2020 -23 December
Tesco limits sale of essential items
Tesco has limited the number of sales customers can make on essential goods such as toilet roll, flour, dried pasta,…
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23 December
L Brands announces new president and chief HR officer
L Brands has announced new leadership appointments at Bath and Body Works which includes Julie Rosen as president and Deon…
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22 December
DFS sales bolstered by soaring online business
DFS has announced that sales were up by 19% in the half-year ended 13 December 2020, while online sales soared…
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22 December
Card Factory appoints new CEO
Card Factory has announced the appointment of Darcy Willson-Rymer as CEO, which will come into effect on 8 March 2021.…
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22 December
Waitrose appoints new trading director
Waitrose has announced the appointment of Charlotte di Cello as the supermarket chain’s new trading director, after a competitive internal…
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22 December
Matalan sells head office for £25m
Matalan has completed the £25m sale of its head office in Knowsley, Liverpool to a company already owned by the…
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21 December
Boohoo appoints new auditor after PwC departure
Boohoo has announced that it has appointed PKF Littlejohn as the group’s new auditor, with immediate effect. PKF Littlejohn will…
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21 December
City Chic Collective acquires Arcadia’s Evans for £23m
City Chic Collective has announced it has entered into a binding asset purchase agreement to acquire the Evans retail brand…
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21 December
Hammerson seeks admission to Euronext Dublin
Retail property management group Hammerson has revealed its intention to seek admission to Euronext Dublin and to trade on the…
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21 December
Tier 4 will bring ‘severe’ consequences to retail sector, warns BRC
Retail will face “severe” consequences in light of heightened restrictions across much of the UK, the British Retail Consortium (BRC)…
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