WH Smith Exploring Sale Of High Street Division
WH Smith is exploring potential strategic options for its High Street business in the UK, including a possible sale.
The group issued a statement confirming...
The Original Factory Shop Close To Being Sold
Discount retail chain The Original Factory Shop (TOFS) looks set to be sold after more than 17 years under the ownership of private equity...
Poundland’s Former MD Returns To Help Tackle Sales Crisis
Less than two years after departing his role as Managing Director at Poundland, Barry Williams has rejoined the struggling retailer to help address its...
Consumer Confidence Sinks And Number Of Businesses In Financial Distress Surges...
New data confirms that people’s concerns about the economy and their personal finances are impacting consumer confidence and spending in the UK.
Amid widespread warnings...
Shoppers Open To Spending More On Food And Trying New Brands
A new survey has found that 36% of people expect to increase their spending on food in 2025 compared to 2024, despite having money...
BRC Data Confirms Downbeat Mood Of Consumers
Amid government warnings of tough times ahead, new research suggests consumers caught the January blues and have been cutting back on their spending as...
Owner Of Poundland Hires Advisers To Help Address Sales Slump
Pepco Group is reported to have drafted in City advisers to explore radical options for arresting the growing crisis at its Poundland chain.
According to...
WH Smith Closing Unsustainable Stores
It has been revealed that WH Smith is closing another 15 of its high street stores across the UK over the coming months.
Two sites...
Consumer Confidence Edged Down In Final Quarter Of 2024 But Expected...
After disappointing retail sales figures for the festive period were released on Friday, latest data from the Deloitte Consumer Tracker shows consumer confidence was...
How An Eye For A Bargain Led A Retail Genius To...
As Poundland and other rivals struggle, shy Liverpool trader Tom Morris’s Home Bargains chain is making so much money he just paid himself £1.2bn.
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