WH Smith snaps up former Dixons Travel stores to expand InMotion chain in UK
Retailer WH Smith has bought a raft of former Dixons Travel stores in airports as it expands its US InMotion tech and accessories business...
Frozen Food Retailer COOK Celebrates Opening of 100th Shop
Independent frozen food pioneer, COOK, has inaugurated its 100th store in Poynton, Cheshire. This expansion comes at a time when many retailers face downturns,...
Super Saturday predicted to be UK’s busiest in-store shopping day of Peak Trading, according...
Sensormatic Solutions, the leading global retail solutions portfolio of Johnson Controls, today announced its predictions for the UK’s busiest shopping days of Peak Trading...
Card Factory slides to £16m loss following Covid store closures
Card Factory has swung to a loss for the past year after store closures slashed its sales by more than a third.
Shares in the...
Nearly 50 shops closed per day in first half of year, research shows
Almost 50 chain stores per day closed down on British high streets, retail parks and shopping centres in the first half of the year,...
Burberry speeds up high-spending store rollout
Luxury fashion group Burberry has said it will ramp up the rollout of new stores targeted at higher-spending customers as it revealed surging profits...
Morrisons takeover auction battle ends with £7bn bid from private equity giant
The battle to buy supermarket Morrisons has ended with private equity giant Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) outbidding Fortress in a dramatic auction process.
The...
Keep the change: Retailers sign up to ‘cash-friendly’ pledge launched by Which?
Major retailers have signed up to a cash acceptance pledge, helping to ensure that customers who want to pay in coins and banknotes will...
£7bn spent by UK consumers with local independent businesses in 2020
UK consumers spent over an estimated £7.2bn supporting local independent business in 2020, new data from Tyl by NatWest reveals.
The survey, which explored consumers’ pandemic purchasing...
Currys to hand £75m to shareholders as sales remain strong
Currys has announced plans to hand back £75 million to shareholders through a share buyback following strong sales compared with pre-pandemic levels.
Bosses said sales...