Year: 2019

Inventive independent retailers attract cautious customers

We’ve been hit with a barrage of reports that suggest big box retail is struggling to keep up with changes…

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Halfords sales fall 3.9% amid poor weather and consumer confidence

Halfords has reported a 3.9% drop in revenues for the 20-week period ending 16 August, after it revealed “wetter weather”…

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M&S to be relegated from FTSE 100

Marks and Spencer is set to be removed from the FTSE 100 for the first time since the index launched…

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UK back to school market to reach £1.7bn

UK shoppers are set to spend £1.7bn on back to school items in 2019, with the market forecast to grow…

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Sports Direct wants to ‘eliminate Debenhams as a competitor’, court hears

Sports fashion retailer Sports Direct is reportedly seeking to “eliminate Debenhams as a competitor” by funding a lawsuit which would…

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Fast fashion and the role that retailers have to play in tackling it

The fashion industry has never been without its critics, but today it seems to be drowning in them. PETA’s iconic…

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Retail sales ‘flatline’ as discounting and poor footfall ‘hit hard’

Retail sales “flatlined” in August according to the BRC-KPMG sales monitor, as summer discounting and “poor” footfall hitting in-store sales…

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Arcadia COO resigns after 25 years at the group

Arcadia has confirmed that COO David Shepherd has resigned following 25 years at the group. He had begun his career…

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Debenhams engages Deloitte for legal challenge against CVA

Debenhams has engaged ‘Big Four’ accounting and audit firm Deloitte in preparation to fight a legal challenge to its restructuring…

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Retail business rates could rise by £169m over the next 12 months

Retailers could see a £169m increase in business rates next year, prompting renewed calls for the government to overhaul the…

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