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Mamas & Papas has unveiled a new look website as part of its digital-first strategy. The site has been transformed from a transactional online shop into a content ecommerce experience, where parents and would-be parents are guided through pregnancy and beyond. Anna Tizard and Lydia Barron, founders of Tiba & Marl,...

UK retail footfall fell by 2% year on year in October which has marked the steepest decline since the EU referendum in June last year. The figures from the British Retail Consortium and Springboard in their monthly footfall monitor show that retail parks continued to appeal to shoppers in the East...

London Designer Outlet (LDO) has signed a number of new stores which will include confectionary retailer Haribo’s first UK outlet store. Haribo has signed up for a 1440sq ft store, marking the company’s second retail store in the UK. Haribo’s managing director Herwig Vennekens said: “As a well-loved and internationally recognisable...

Debenhams have revealed their Christmas campaign for 2017, on the same day as John Lewis’ advert. The ‘fairy-tale’ style advert is based around Cinderella and will launch on television screens tonight. Richard Cristofoli, Debenhams managing director of Beauty and Marketing, said: “Customers told us they expect to be entertained at Christmas. ‘You...

John Lewis have revealed this years’ Christmas advert, which will be broadcast tonight on Channel 4 at 9.30pm. The advert tells a story of Joe, a little boy who is kept awake by an imaginary monster, Moz, who lives under his bed. The music in the advert comes from British band...

SuperGroup, Superdry’s parent company, has reported strong growth across the board in its half year trading update. In the 26 weeks to October 28th the fashion retailer’s profits jumped just over 20% to £402 million, while global brand revenues rose 25.2% to £756.3 million. Retail sales performed well, rising 12.8% to £242.7...

Yoox Net-A-Porter has reported that third quarter revenue rose by 17.7% to €481.8 million. Sales in the UK were up 13.2% to €63.8 million while sales in Italy rose by 7.1% to €34.1 million. Meanwhile, sales in the rest of Europe, the North Americas and APAC climbed by 27.9%, 28.8%...

Smart home sound systems retailer, Sonos, will launch its first European concept store in London’s Seven Dials later this month (November 16th). The store has been designed to replicate the home environment. Inspired by Sonos’ flagship store in New York. It will feature state-of-the-art listening rooms where guests will be able...

Marks & Spencer has seen a 5.3% decline in first half profits as it reported that its chief finance officer is to step down. While group revenue rose by 2.6% to £5.21 billion in the 26 weeks to September 30th, pre-tax profit before adjusted items fell to £219.1 million from £231.3...

John Lewis has seen its sales decline by 3.7% to £102 million in the last week. Home sales were down 7% in the week despite a strong performance in the Halloween products category. Electrical and home technology sales fell by 8.4% although the retailer said its own brand audio products had a...