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Self service checkouts are on the rise, if you went to your local supermarket im almost certain they would have some form of self service machine. Some may look at them as positive and convienient machines to buy their weekly shopping faster especially when you only have a few bits...

Online grocery retailer Ocado have seen that its quarterly retail revenue climbed up by 11.6% to £373.8 million despite a driver shortage impacting sales growth. The retailer grew its average orders per week by 11.1% to 280,00 in the 14 weeks to 3 December. The average order size was up too, rising by...

The world’s biggest fashion retailer Inditex has reported growing revenues and profits amid its third-quarter results. In the nine months to October 31st the Zara owner posted net sales of £15.83 billion, up 10% from £12.96 billion a year prior. Profits also jumped 9% to £9.08 billion, while gross margins hit 57.4%....

The move into forecout stores is part of Subway’s strategy to increase the number of stores in non-traditional locations such as petrol forecourts, convenience stores, hospitals, transport hubs, universities and colleges. The new store at Eastville Park in Bristol is the first non-traditional location in the UK to carry the new...

In the six months leading up to the 28th October, Dixons like-for-like sales were up 4% as the company experienced like-for-like growth across all of its markets. UK and Ireland like-for-like revenue was up 2% in the period while sales in the company’s Nordic region and in Greece rose by 8% and...

Springboard have released some very interesting data, footfall in the week commencing 4th December saw an uplift of 1.8% on the previous week. Despite only two full trading weeks left until Christmas, this was not enough to translate into an annual increase, with numbers overall dropping by 1.5% against 2016. However,...

Underlying pre-tax profit was £2.1 million compared to £5.1 million during the six months leading up to the 28th October,  in the same period in the previous year although group revenue was up 2.6% to £228.1 million. UK sales in the first half of the year increased by 0.7% with growth of...

Throughout the year Joules sales have grown rapidly by 16.2% in the 26 weeks leading up to the 26th of november. Revenue has climbed up to £65.9million driven by uplifts across both stores and online. Joules believe its a reflection of their growing customer base, which now stands at more than...

Amazon's Treasure Truck will be travelling around Manchester and London several times a month, featuring a large range of great offers. If you want to sign up all you have to do is text 'truck' to 87377 to begin your hunt. When the truck is ready to visit your local area,...