Poundland Returning To £1 Roots
After seeing a heavy fall in its sales and profits over the last year, Poundland appears to be returning to its £1 price point...
Pepco Posts Annual Loss After Impairment Charge Due To Weak Performance...
Pepco Group has reported a loss for its last financial year due to a non-cash impairment charge of €775m (£640m) following a spell of...
Dobbies Confirms Store Closures After Restructuring Plan Secures Court Approval
Dobbies, the garden centre chain once owned by Tesco, is to shed a number of its sites after its restructuring plan was approved by...
Retailers Set For Last Minute Boost From Festive Spending
PwC is now predicting that spending on gifts, food and celebrations this Christmas will reach £22.7bn, marking a 5% increase from last year as...
Retailers Got A Much-Needed Boost From Black Friday
After a tough few months for the non-food retail sector, data suggests that Black Friday gave businesses a much-needed boost.
Analysis by the British Retail...
Black Friday Drives Sales In Tech And Homewares Categories
Latest figures from GfK’s point-of-sale data show there was strong sales performance during Black Friday for the Technology and Homewares categories in particular. The...
Card Factory Makes Acquisition In The US
Card Factory has paid $25m to acquire Garven Holdings, a US company specialising in the design and wholesale of gifts and celebration products.
Marking the...
Owner Of The Range Hires Amazon Exec As New Chief Supply...
CDS Superstores, the owner of The Range, Wilko, and Homebase, has appointed Sam Davies as its Chief Supply Chain Officer.
He has spent the last...
Shoppers Back To Using Cash To Budget, Say Retailers
Cash use in the shops rose for a second year in a row after a decade of falls, according to retailers.
Notes and coins were...
Disappointing Start To The Christmas Trading Season
The latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor confirms November was a tough month for the sector as low consumer confidence and rising energy bills dented...
