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Lidl has reached the milestone of its 100th store in London with the opening of a new shop in Beckton. The supermarket has also unveiled plans for the launch of 30 new stores in the capital by the end of 2023 which will create around 1,400 jobs. Lidl GB chief executive...

M&S has expanded its food range with hundreds of new products in the run-up to the launch of its new grocery partnership with Ocado. Customers can now view the full range of items that will be available to buy on the Ocado site when delivery slots from 1 September become...

Data has shown that UK retail footfall improved to a decline of 39.4% in July as visitor numbers to shopping destinations were boosted by the reopening of cafes and restaurants after lockdown. According to figures from retail specialist Springboard, the uplift was an improvement of nearly a fifth on June which...

Chipotle Mexican Grill is launching its own responsibly sourced fashion and accessories range. Called Chipotle Goods, the line’s clothing items are made with organic cotton and include many unisex items such as t-shirts, sweatshirts and jeans jackets that have all been dyed using avocado pits from the company’s restaurants. Chris Brandt,...

Adidas has extended its chief executive Kasper Rorsted’s contract by a further five years. Mr Rorsted has been a member of the Adidas executive board since August  2016 and became the company’s chief executive two months later. Igor Landau, Adidas chairman, said Mr Rorsted had driven the implementation of the company’s...

The owner of Northern Ireland designer outlet The Boulevard has confirmed that Molton Brown will open a temporary pop-up at the centre in the run-up to Christmas. Molton Brown will set up shop in a 1,075 square foot unit from September until January 2021 and will have the option to...

Pets at Home has reported a decline in revenue in the first quarter of its financial year as sales in the initial weeks of the period were impacted by the Covid-19 lockdown. In the 16 weeks to 16 July, total revenue and like-for-like revenue fell by 1% and 0.7% respectively.  Although...

Furniture retailer ScS has said trading has been very strong both in its shops and online since the reopening of its stores following the Covid-19 lockdown. Group order intake climbed by 92.2% from 24 May to 25 July compared to the same period in the prior year. The retailer said the...

The government has announced that the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy is bringing in a new law to make sure all furloughed employees receive redundancy payments at 100% of their normal pay, rather than a reduced furlough rate. The law is said to come into force today. At present, employees...

B&M has said it has made a strong start to the new financial year with group revenue increasing by 27.7% to £1.15 billion in its first quarter. In the three months to 27 June, B&M UK revenue rose by 33.7% to £987.8 million as like-for-like sales climbed  by 26.9%. B&M said...