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Nike have opened their new store concept in Los Angeles that has been inspired by the local community and will act as a hub for its local NikePlus members. The store is based on Melrose Avenue and operates as what Nike describes as an experimental digital-meets-physical retail pilot where products and services...

Build-A-Bear Workshop created an offer for UK customers. The offer was a chance to buy any bear, which can cost up to £52, for the price of their child's age. This offer left shoppers with young children queuing for as long as eight hours and due to the chaos. They had to cancel the event. The...

John Lewis are making their biggest own brand launch to date with a new womenswear collection called “John Lewis & Partners”.  Created by the in-house John Lewis design studio team, the collection boasts 300 designs. The first collection will go on sale on 4 September and will include womenswear pieces, handbags and...

Halfords have made Loraine Woodhouse their new chief financial officer. Loraine is due to join the business on the 1st November. Prior to this role she held senior finance roles at the John Lewis Partnership including acting group finance director. In her new position she will succeed Jonny Mason who previosuly announced that he is leaving Halfords at...

B&M have announced that they have had a strong start to the new financial year. In the UK, revenues rose by 8.3% in the April-to-June period. Total group revenues jumped by 21% to £796.3m. B&M is expanding rapidly. It now has 846 stores in the UK, 578 being B&M outlets and 268 of...

Sainsbury’s will be appointing Martin Scicluna as their new non-executive chairman to succeed David Tyler. He will join the Sainsbury’s board as chairman designate and non-executive director from 1 November. Dame Susan Rice, Sainsbury's senior independent director who led the search for Tyler’s replacement, said: "David has been an outstanding steward of...

Net-A-Porter are expanding their inventory to include a new Gucci Childrenswear pop-up shop on its website. The pop-up will last for 6 weeks, it will include Gucci’s “romantic yet light-hearted styles” for babies and girls and boys up to the age of 12. There will also be unisex options.   The garments will feature animal...

Aldi and Lidl have said they will close all stores early on Sunday if England get through to the World Cup final. The chains have promised all staff in stores in England they can go home at 15:00 BST on Sunday 15 July so they can watch the match. Now some are asking...

Burberry saw its sales rise by 3% in their first quarter as customers responded well to its “more complete wardrobe” offer. In the 13 weeks to 30 June sales began to grow in the Asia Pacific region and the Americas but also saw a decline in Burberry’s EMEIA region.  During the period Burberry...

Tiffany is to open a flagship store in London’s Covent Garden. The new store will open on James Street and will feature a new store concept for the brand. Although designed in the Tiffany style, the store will aim to offer an innovative retail experience that encourages interaction. This will include a...