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The Works to open 50 stores per year and plans to IPO

Discount retailer The Works has unveiled plans to float on the London Stock Exchange and open 50 new stores each…

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Bumper June footfall sees record increase of 11.4%

UK retailers benefited from record month-on-month growth in footfall for June, with a 11.4% increase in high street traffic compared…

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The end of the high street as we know it?

A week doesn’t go by without another retailer hitting the headlines. M&S, Poundworld, Carphone Warehouse, Mothercare and House of Fraser…

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Alternative Oxford Street ‘transformation’ announced

Westminster City Council has announced plans to “transform” – though not necessarily fully pedestrianise – Oxford Street after scrapping the…

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UK Treasury rejects retailers’ business rates reform calls

The UK Treasury has today rejected calls from retailers who say business rates should be reformed to create a level…

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England game could bring additional £860m in grocery sales

Grocery sales could rise by up to 5% ahead of England’s quarter-final match against Sweden on Saturday according to data…

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Primark defies high street strife with 6% sales boost

Budget fashion retailer Primark has reported a 6% increase in sales in the 40 weeks to 23 June compared with…

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Scribbler to stock interracial and LGBTQ greeting cards in UK first

Greetings card retailer Scribbler has become the first UK high street retailer to stock greeting cards featuring interracial and LGBTQ…

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Estate agents join high street casualties as insolvencies rise

Around 153 estate agents have gone insolvent in the last year, up from 148 the year before, according to a…

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London retail properties boost Crown Estate to £329m

The Crown Estate, the Queen’s main source of income, has announced a increase in return to the Treasury of £329.4m,…

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