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Oliver Bonas has opened a new store in Milton Keynes at the Centre:mk shopping centre. The 1,400 square feet store is located on sunset walk along with similar brands Molton Brown, Jigsaw, White Stuff, and Hobbs. A spokesperson for Oliver Bonas said: “We are hugely excited to now offer our latest unique...

US denim brand DSTLD plan to open a UK showroom and list on London’s junior stock market Aim this year. This comes after the brand smashed through its crowdfunding target at the end of 2018. DSTLD was founded in 2014 by Corey Epstein and Mark Lynn, with the aim to sell jeans directly...

Iceland has reported that its trial of in store reverse vending machines has led to 310,000 bottles being recycled. The trial was run across stores in Wolverhampton, Mold, Fulham and Musselburgh.  The retailer also had one at their head office in Deeside. Results in November saw an average of 2,583 bottles being...

Intu Merry Hill, which is already the largest shopping centre in the Midlands, is ready to invest £10m to transform its main entrance in a bid to become more sustainable and accessible to visitors and retailers. The project will see the installation of a large format screen above the main entrance,...

Marks & Spencer has launched a ‘game changing’ new range of meat and dairy-free plant based fresh food. The Plant Kitchen vegan friendly range includes everything from ‘dirty vegan’ dishes such as Cauliflower Popcorn with Buffalo Dip and Cashew Mac to meals such as Mushroom Stroganoff and Thai Green Curry. M&S also...

Greggs are set to launch a vegan sausage roll this week. The company currently sell around 1.5 million pork sausage rolls per week, have said that the vegan version will mirror some of the classics famous qualities.  It will feature 96 layers of puff pastry made with vegetable oil and a...

The Co-op has released plans to expand with 100 new store openings this year. The company will also give 200 of its existing stores a major makeover. Around one-third of the openings will be in London and the South East, including Soho, Chiswick, Greenwich, Ilford and Queens Park. The brand is also launching...

Menswear retailer Greenwoods has fallen into administration, just 18 months after being rescued. Signs on store windows read: “All outlets of Versatile International Trading Ltd t/a Greenwoods Menswear have now closed for business permanently.”  The website also displays a message saying ‘sorry, this store is currently unavailable.’ Versatile International Trading rescued the 158...

Next is set to lower its full-year profit forecast due to a decline in sales over the Christmas period. According to Jefferies, an analyst firm, the company is set to post a 12.7% drop in in-store sales. It’s not all doom and gloom for the retailer, although store sales are down, the...

HMV has called in administrators after an ‘extremely weak’ Christmas period. The move is set to put 2,200 jobs at risk. In a statement, the company blamed the further deterioration of the UK DVD market, which was down by 30% over the Christmas period from the previous year.   Administrators are currently seeking...