B&M Stops Contesting GCA Governance

B&M has reportedly dropped its appeal against the competition regulator’s decision to place the fast-growing value-orientated chain under remit of Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA)...

Robust Start To The Year For Irish Retail Sector

Data from Retail Ireland’s latest ‘Retail Monitor’ shows that sales values in the country grew by 4.7% in the first quarter of the year...

Amazon The Most Valuable Retail Brand, Followed By Alibaba

Innovative use of technology such as artificial intelligence and data analytics has helped e-commerce deliver numerous human benefits, fuelling a 33% growth in brand...

Amazon Linking Up With High Street Chains For New Click &...

Amazon has partnered with NEXT to launch a new click & collect service called Counter, which is claimed could help boost footfall for struggling...

Ministers Have Helped Strangle Our High Streets

You don’t have to venture far to notice the sad state of many of Britain’s urban High Streets.  Once-thriving market towns and city centres...

Wilko Returns To Profit Despite Fall In Sales

Value chain Wilko is back in the black, aided by a cost-cutting drive. However, sales slipped amidst a “challenging” trading environment. Over the year to...

Tesco CEO: We Must Back Our Nation Of Shopkeepers Or Face...

It doesn't matter whether you are a large retailer such as Tesco, or run an independent corner shop – business rates have a huge...

Debenhams Creditors Back CVA Plan

Creditors of ailing department store chain Debenhams have backed a restructuring plan, which will eventually lead to the closure of around 50 stores and...

Ownership Of Hamleys Changes Again

Iconic British toy retailer Hamleys has been sold to Reliance Industries, a firm owned by India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, in a deal worth...

M&S Fighting For Its Footsie Future

Marks & Spencer could be booted out of the FTSE 100 in a major blow to the 135-year-old High Street stalwart. The retailer has been...

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