Ƶ

Load mobile navigation
PREMIUM

Retail & High Street

Geek Retreat set to open 100 Ƶ stores amid board game boom
Retail & Consumer
Board games, card trading and tabletop games make up an industry worth £8billion in the Ƶ
Bookmark
Boohoo auditor PwC cuts ties over supply chain issues
Retail & High Street
Boohoo faced questions over minimum wage and working conditions
Bookmark
Record rates of shop closures - and worse is yet to come, study says
Retail & High Street
Research by Local Data Company and PwC found that around 11,000 chain stores shut between January and August this year
Bookmark
"Ethical" play equipment supplier thriving as kids playing outside during lockdown
Retail
Derby company has benefited from increase in children playing outside in the fresh air during lockdown
Bookmark
Men's retailer Suave Owl opens store in Bath after £40,000 funding boost
Retail & High Street
The owners have transformed the three-story building into a retail space and showroom
Bookmark
Co-op invests £2.3m in Birmingham supermarkets
West Midlands
Brace of new stores are creating or supporting 30 jobs in the city
Bookmark
Loungers opens three new restaurants in 'very difficult circumstances'
Food and Drink
The restaurant group is also planning to open three more in the second half of the financial year
Bookmark
Boots hit hard by lockdown, investors told
Retail & High Street
Sales from its high street and travel sites down a third over the summer, but strong online sales helped
Bookmark
Watches of Switzerland appoints ex-Hilton hotels boss as new chairman
Retail
New chairman has helped lead Hilton Worldwide, Black & Decker and Burberry Group
Bookmark
Dunelm handing back £14.5m furlough cash after post-lockdown sales surge
Company Results
Homeware chain said business up more than a third to almost £360 million in last three months
Bookmark
Devon bakery chain goes into liquidation owing more than £1.5m
Employment
Family-owned company had 12 outlets in Devon and Somerset but did not trade during the height of the coronavirus lockdown
Bookmark
AO half-year revenues up 57% as consumers continue to shop online
Retail & Consumer
AO said they have “seen a lasting step change in online penetration” as sales in Q2 maintained the ‘momentum’ in Q1, despite the rivals reopening bricks-and-mortar stores after lockdown restrictions were lifted
Bookmark
Pawnbrokers Ramsdens shakes off effects of pandemic to boast £9m profit
North East
The company furloughed workers but made sure they were paid 100% of their wages
Bookmark
Online giant ASOS sees pandemic profits soar to £142.1 million
Retail & High Street
Customers are buying more carefully and returning less amid Covid-19 restrictions
Bookmark
Fashion suppliers accused of money laundering and VAT fraud
Fashion
One MP said it could be tip of national scandal amounting to "hundreds of millions of pounds” in lost taxes
Bookmark
MAPP takes over management of Potteries Centre after Intu admin
West Midlands
Site in Hanley is the latest to be moved to new management after previous owner Intu fell into administration in the summer
Bookmark
Electricals retailer AO to open first ever in-store ‘experience’ in Middleton
Retail & High Street
The opening is part of a new partnership trial with Tesco, and AO said it’s part of its strategy to reach more customers
Bookmark
Poundstretcher wants to open 50 new stores in 2021 – despite CVA and store closures in 2020
Retail & High Street
A poster produced by the business suggests it is on the look-out for dozens of new sites to open in 2021
Bookmark
Round Corner Brewing plans to double in size thanks to lockdown home drinking
Food and Drink
Brewery stepped up sales to shops, supermarkets, and online, when Ƶ pubs and bars were in lockdown
Bookmark
Priti Patel failing to do enough to stamp out factory sweat shops, says British Retail Consortium
Fashion
"We have not seen any action from Government to bring this injustice to an end"
Bookmark
Amazon warehouses rated like an 'empty farmer’s barn' for business tax, says peer
Retail & High Street
Business rate reform is needed to level the playing field for High Street shops and online competitors
Bookmark
Flooring Superstore moves to new HQ as company aims for continued growth
Retail & High Street
County Durham firm has moved to new base in Bishop Auckland with the coronavirus pandemic in mind
Bookmark
Newcastle shopping centre Eldon Square under new management following Intu collapse
KPMG
Property management company MAPP has been appointed to undertake property management of the shopping centre
Bookmark
North poised for new lockdown measures - Liverpool bars and pubs set to close
Boris Johnson
"Pubs and bars; Betting Shops, Casinos and Adult Gaming Centres and Gyms will close"
Bookmark
Story Saved
You can find this story in  My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.