Shop Prices Still Falling But Spike In Costs Likely To Lead...
Overall shop prices remained in deflation last month, with non-food categories driving the fall, according to latest figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC)....
Retailers Hit By £5.6bn Of Costs As Budget Bites
UK retailers face a £5.6bn surge in costs this financial year – equivalent to 195,000 full-time retail jobs – forcing the industry to ramp...
Majestic Acquiring Enotria&Coe To Support On-Trade Ambitions
Wine retailer Majestic has entered into a formal agreement to acquire wines and spirits supplier Enotria&Coe.
The company noted that the combination would accelerate its...
Pets At Home Warns Of Profit Drop Due To Cost Increases...
Pets At Home expects its underlying pre-tax profits for the year to 27 March 2025 to come in at £133m, in line with previous...
M&S Ramping Up Investment In The North West
Marks & Spencer has revealed that it is spending £50m on opening new and upgraded stores across the North West of England.
The investment programme...
Retailer Søstrene Grene Joins Nordic Invaders Hoping To Revive UK High...
Family-owned homewares-to-crafting retailer Søstrene Grene is joining a raft of Nordic invaders hoping to revive the British high street, jumping into retail space emptied...
WH Smith’s High Street Business To Be Renamed After Being Sold...
Following weeks of speculation, it was confirmed today that WHSmith-branded stores will disappear from High Streets around the UK following a £76m deal to...
Retail Sales Defy Wider Economic Gloom
Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that retail sales volumes in the UK increased by an unexpected 1% in February despite...
What It Takes To Maintain Brand Relevance In An Era Of...
Consumer products companies have built some of the world’s most recognisable and trusted brands, but the landscape is changing fast. With inflation remaining high,...
Owner Of Hobbycraft And TOFS Circling Lakeland
Homewares retailer Lakeland is reported to have become the latest takeover target for an investment vehicle that has rapidly become one of the industry’s...
