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New figures for the 12 weeks to 12 August have revealed that sales growth of branded products is higher than own-brand products. The figures, which came from Kantar Worldpanel, show that more branded categories such as savoury snacks, ice cream and soft drinks performed well during the heatwave which meant branded growth of 3.9% was...

Photobox Group have bought Dutch online greeting card and gifting retailer Greetz. Greetz sold over 7.5 million cards in the Netherlands in 2017. Commenting on the acquisition, Photobox Group chief executive Jody Ford said: “We’re delighted to welcome Greetz to our family of gifting and personalisation businesses.  “Much like Moonpig in the UK, Greetz...

Debenhams have appointed Rachel Osborne as their new chief financial officer. She previously held the same role at Domino's Pizza Group. She will take up her new position on 17 September. Sergio Bucher, chief executive of Debenhams, said: "I am looking forward to working with Rachel. She has deep experience across a variety...

H&M have opened their first ever store in Ukraine. On the launch day the store in Kyiv had a long queue of customers waiting to enter and the first 1,003 all received gift cards loaded with various sums ranging from 10,000 UAH for the first person in line, 3,000 UAH for the second...

Superdrug have confirmed that they have been the victim of hacking and that there is a possibility that customers’ names, addresses, telephone numbers and dates of birth have been accessed. The company announced the news on Twitter but did not say how many customers had been affected by the breach. As a...

Farfetch have announced plans to list their shares on the New York Stock Exchange. They have said that they're not yet decided on how many shares to issue or what level they would be priced at. However, reports have suggested that the float could value the firm at as much as $5bn (£4bn). Farfetch said it...

Sofology have launched a new £22 million CGI advertising campaign across TV and digital channels. It has been named ‘The ‘Little Things’ and features a voiceover by actor and writer David Duchovny. Explaining the thinking behind the advert, Andy Leadbetter, chief marketing officer at Sofology, said: “Many people choose their sofa based on...

House of Fraser's flagship store situated on London's Oxford Street will continue to be open. It was originally going to be closed under a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) that was announced in June, however James Keany of CBRE, the real estate firm advising HoF, said: "This deal only happened because all parties...

Decathlon have appointed a new PR agency in the UK as part of their marketing drive to increase brand awareness and push footfall forward. PR Agency One will be devising an omnichannel strategy that is aiming to hit media coverage in their leading titles and drive the search visibility of Decathlon’s UK website. The...

Iceland are opening a new store in Halifax. The store will be based at 43-45 Market Street and will be housed in a former Poundland store. The new Iceland store will create 25 new jobs. Chris Wakefield at Kames, the fund manager on behalf of Scottish Equitable, said: "Scottish Equitable are very pleased to have been able...