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As well as offering customers the chance to meet with qualified designers to create bespoke pieces of jewellery, the store will stock a small selection of the Harriet Kelsall’s off-the-shelf creations. With the design of the store created by Callum Lumsden, the 47 square metre space acts as both a retail environment and a...

Toys R Us is expected to fall into administration today after failing to find a buyer for the UK business. The toy retailer, which employs around 3,000 people in the UK, has lined up Moorfields to handle the process.  Alvarez & Marsal has been managing the global restructuring of Toys R Us,...

Chinese online retail giant JD.com has launched a new accelerator, AI Catapult, for the development of artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies. Part of JD.com’s AI programme, AI Catapult will begin partnering with innovative blockchain startups from March as it looks to help build new businesses and create and test real-world applications...

John Lewis Partnership’s weekly year-on-year sales have risen 2.1 per cent to £203.87 million as people began to stock up on alcohol and buy spring/summer ranges. Sales at its grocery arm Waitrose in the week to February 24 jumped 3.2 per cent, driven by a 7.5 per cent rise in beer,...

Uniqlo, the Japanese clothing retailer, is to expand into the Netherlands this autumn with the opening of a new store in Amsterdam. Situated in the city centre, the 2,040 square metre space will offer fashion for men, women, kids and babies across three levels and will include a dedicated floor for Uniqlo's UT...

Waitrose has become the first UK supermarket to introduce a gin made in Japan. Roku, a craft gin from Japanese distillery The House of Suntory, has been launched in Waitrose shops across the country. With sales of gin at Waitrose up by 30%, the retailer said it is constantly searching for...

Greggs has reported a “strong” full year performance despite being impacted by rising inflation. In the year to 30 December, underlying operating profit, excluding property profits and exceptional items, grew by 4.6% to £81.7 million. Pre-tax profit including exceptional items fell by 4.3% to £71.9 million. Total sales increased by 7.4% to...

Oak Furniture Land has announced the appointment of Alex Fisher as its new chief operating officer to pioneer the retailer’s ambitious growth plans. With the hardwood furniture chain now opening a new store at a rate of one per month on average as well as a new digital presence in the...

Missguided has launched a new range of store mannequins which include “natural stretch marks” and mixed ethnicities in efforts to represent real women. As part of its #makeyourmark campaign, the mannequins will be featured in both of its stores in Westfield Stratford City and Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent. The mannequins of...

Primark parent company Associated British Foods has announced that its chairman Charles Sinclair will retire and will be succeeded by Michael McLintock. Sinclair will step down on April 11, after a tenure that saw the firm perform strongly since he was appointed to the role in April 2009. He first joined AB Foods...