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Joules increased its group revenue by 17.2% to £218 million in the year to 26th May. In a pre-close trading update, the retailer said the strong drive experienced during its first half and over the Christmas trading period had continued into the second half of the financial year. Retail and wholesale revenue...

In a pre-close trading update, Games Workshop has said the sales and profit growth revealed in its April trading update has continued to the end of its financial year. The retailer said growth has been seen across all sales channels. The company is now expecting group sales for the year to...

John Lewis is to trial a new in-store virtual reality experience called Visualise Your Space to help customers purchasing furniture and homewares. The new service will piloted in the retailer’s Kingston, Cambridge and Horsham shops from late June and early July. Customers will be able to enter the dimensions, doors and...

The Entertainer has joined forces with The Salvation Army to launch a toy rehoming scheme, which has a focus on reducing plastic waste. The collaboration was introduced on World Environment Day, and enables customers to donate toys that are no longer wanted to any of The Entertainers 165 stores.  The Salvation...

Virgil Abloh has designed an all orange capsule collection of accessories for Louis Vuitton. The collection will be sold at a pop-up in Chicago. The pop-up will be open from June 8th to July 7th on West Randolph Street.  The collection will feature sneakers, sunglasses and a backpack....

Morphe Cosmetics has opened a new store at Liverpool One. This comes after the brand opened its store in Birmingham, when YouTube vlogger James Charles brought the city centre to a standstill after 8,000 fans turned up to get a glimpse of the star. The Liverpool opening was much more reserved than...

Superdrug has launched a new podcast series called ‘The beauty of it all’. The series will explore and discuss current issues in the beauty industry, and be hosted by Vick Hope. The first episode features Love Island’s Megan Barton-Hanson and TV psychologist Honey Langcaster-James.  They will discuss the topic of ‘how fame...

Sephora is closing all of its 400 US stores for an hour of diversity training after RnB star SZA said that she was targeted while shopping at a branch in California. According to SZA, an employee called ‘Sandy’ had called security at the store ‘to make sure that she wasn’t stealing’. The...

Uniqlo has announced that it will be opening its first store in Italy in September. The store will be located in Milan’s Piazza Cordusio and will open on September 13th. Kohsuke Kobayashi, chief operating officer of Uniqlo Italy, said: "We are very honored and proud to open our first Italian store in...

Intu has named Robert Allen as its new chief financial officer. Allen will start his new role on June 10th.  Up until 2018, he was group chief financial officer of Crest Nicholson, and had held a number of finance roles at British American Tobacco before that. Matthew Roberts, chief executive of Intu,...