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Crew Clothing has promoted head of finance Angharad Carter-Clout to finance director. Carter-Clout will replace chief financial officer Stuart Owens, who stepped down last month. Her promotion also comes less than a month after Crew Clothing hired David Butler as its new chief executive, replacing Louise Barnes who also stepped down after...

Poundland has revealed plans to roll out over more 150 store-in-stores with budget fashion chain and Steinhoff stablemate Pep&Co. Over the 12 months from February 1 Pep&Co fashion outlets will be opened in Poundland stores across the UK bringing the total to over 300. The budget retailer has also set its sights...

Fashion and lifestyle retailer Seasalt has had a record year for Christmas trading, recording a 52 per cent year-on-year increase in overall sales. For its five week period leading up to January 6 strong sales growth was recorded both online and in-store, with 72 per cent online year-on-year growth, and store...

Luxury brand Burberry has said it is on track for its next phase of transformation as it posted its third quarter trading figures. In the three months to 31 December, like-for-like sales rose by 2%. However, retail revenue edged down 2% to £719 million in the period but was up 1%...

Kingfisher has welcomed John Colley back into the fold after seven years, appointing him as its group trading director. Colley had served as commercial director for Kingfisher fascias B&Q and Screwfix before he left the company to become the chief operating officer of Maxeda DIY Group based in the Netherlands and...

JD Sports have stated that they have had a very positive performance. Announced in its interim results had continued through the second half, including the Christmas trading period. As a result, JD Sports now expects its headline pre-tax for the year ended 3 February to reach around £300 million compared to previous...

Budget fashion retailer Primark is to open a 46,000 square foot store at the Bluewater shopping destination. Due to launch in 2019, the shop on Thames Walk will stock clothing for women, men and children as well as footwear, accessories, beauty and homeware products. Landsec, Bluewater’s owner and asset manager, said insight...

Total retail sales at Network Rail managed stations grew by 9% in the lead-up to Christmas despite concourse footfall being flat against the previous year. On a like-for-like basis sales were up 3%. From 18 November to 23 December, station retailers took over £110 million in sales with gifting and food...

Tesco has pledged its support for a plastic bottle deposit return scheme (DRS) in efforts to reduce the billions of single-use drinks bottles Britons throw away every year. Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee have called on the government to introduce the scheme, which could boost recycling rates by around 90 per cent. The...

Luxury retail giant Kering has announced plans to distribute a majority stake in sportswear brand Puma among shareholders, moving instead to focus on higher margin brands like Gucci and Stella McCartney. Kering plans to keep just a 16 per cent stake in Puma, offloading 70 per cent, as well a 29...