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A year after launching its Dash Buttons, Amazon has now doubled the amount available. The Dash button is a Wi-Fi connected device that will reorder customers’ favourite products with the press of a button. UK customers can now choose from 100 different branded buttons with the expanded selection including brands such...

Debenhams has appointed previous Moss Bros and Jessops chairman David Adams as a non-executive director. He will join the company in January 2018 when Mark Rolfe steps down from the Debenhams board. Mr Adams has over 30 years of retail experience and is currently chairman of Conviviality and a non-executive director at...

Selfridges is the first department store in the world to unveil its annual Christmas window display – more than two months before Christmas. Launched today, the window follows a “With Love From…” theme. The stores interiors will also be decorated with over 85,000 baubles, 200 Christmas trees and 65,000 pieces of...

Outdoor clothing retailer Trespass has agreed a five-year lease at the Kingfisher Shopping Centre in Redditch. Director at Trespass, Afzal Khushi said: “We view Redditch as an important link in the Trespass chain of stores and a location that fills a gap in our representation in the Midlands. We commence fitting...

H&M has partnered with Swedish company Re:newcell to use its technology to recycle used cotton, viscose and other fibres into a new, more sustainable dissolving pulp. The pulp can then be turned into new textile fibres and fed into the textile production cycle. H&M said this partnership will help it take...

Travis Perkins has reported that like for like sales growth at its consumer division, which includes Wickes, Toolstation and Tile Giant, slowed down in its third quarter. In the three months to September 30th, growth fell to 2.4% from 6.3% in the same quarter last year. The company said this was...

Bargain Booze owner Conviviality has announced that its CFO, Andrew Humphreys, will step down from his role on the 30th October after three years. Chief executive of Conviviality, Diana Hunter said: "We are hugely grateful for Andrew's contribution to Conviviality, having played a key role in the company's significant growth, including...

German online fashion retailer Zalando, has grown its third quarter revenue by 27.5 - 29.5% to €1.064 - €1.081 billion according to initial figures. The company now expects to achieve an adjusted EBIT of €-5 to €5 million. In the first nine months of 2017, Zalando’s revenues climbed by 23.5% to...

Smeg has opened its first-ever store in UK with a flagship in Central London. The 6400sq ft store is split over three floors and is located at 14 Regent Street in St James’s Market. While it mainly acts as a retail space showcasing the brand’s full range of appliances and accessories,...

As part of its plan to save on costs, Sainsbury’s is looking to make 1,400 payroll and HR staff redundant. It will also be carrying out a restructure at Sainsbury’s bank and Argos where an additional 600 jobs could be affected. A spokesperson at Sainsbury’s said: “The UK grocery market is...