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Jun- 2018 -8 June
Games Workshop’s profits continue to rise
Games Workshop, the manufacturer and retailer of fantasy miniatures, continued to grow in sales and profit across all sales channels…
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8 June
Poundland to make history with fastest roll out in retail
Poundland’s fashion brand, PEP&CO, will trade across the UK and Republic of Ireland from more than 300 locations by the…
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8 June
Ikea to remove all single-use plastic products by 2020
Swedish furniture retailer Ikea has launched its updated ‘People and Planet Positive’ scheme, as part of new sustainability strategy. The…
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8 June
Tesco CEO blames business rates for decline of the high street
Dave Lewis the CEO of Tesco has said that business rates have played a “large part” in the decline of…
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8 June
Londoners “betrayed” as plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street scrapped
The mayor of London has described the shelving of plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street as a “betrayal of millions of…
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8 June
Retailers ‘mis-using’ CVA rent reductions, say landlords
Real estate association, the British Property Federation (BPF), believe that retailers have been “mis-using” the CVA process to lower the…
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7 June
Amazon to show 20 Premier League matches a season
Amazon has announced it has won a broadcast package to show 20 Premier League matches per season from the 2019…
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7 June
Pride In London’s pop-up shop opens for business
Pride in London’s pop up shop will welcome the month of Pride Festival as it opens on Old Compton Street.…
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7 June
Beano Studios and Ted Baker partner for 2018 kidswear collection
British luxury retailer Ted Baker and Beano Studios have announced plans to collaborate on a 2018 ‘Beano Baker’ kidswear collection.…
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7 June
Amazon to create 2,500 UK jobs
Online retail giant Amazon has announced that it will create 2,500 permanent jobs in the UK in 2018, taking the…
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