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Amazon and Morrisons have increased the reach of their online tie-up, with the online giant now delivering Morrisons’ groceries to customers in London and Hertfordshire. From today, Amazon Prime customers in selected postcodes can order a full Morrisons shop online via the Prime Now app, which will be picked at a...

Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has enlisted the help of James Corden and Oscar-winning producer and musician Bret McKenzie for this year’s Christmas advert. The advert will launch tonight at 9.15pm on ITV and uses animation to highlight the importance of sharing the gift of time with family and friends over the festive...

Figures show that B&M’s adjusted pre-tax profit increased 17.2% to £77.9 million and revenue rose 18.9% to £1.1059 billion and by 17.7% on a continuous currency basis in the six months to 24th September. Sales also grew 18% in the UK which was helped by B&M’s new store opening programme, which...

Easyjet has said that it is pleased with its “resilient” performance despite a challenging environment, with a record number of passengers flying in the last year. However, pre-tax profits in the year to 30 September fell 27.9% to £495 million, suffering from the impact of terror attacks and air traffic...

American clothing retailer Gap has announced a further drop in profit as sales slid across its Gap and Banana Republic divisions. However, the fall was not as bad as had originally been predicted, which pushed the company’s share price up. The group has confirmed that it will close all of its...

It has been announced that fashion retailer H&M will open its doors to its largest store in the UK at Westfield Stratford City, London. The shopping centre already has an H&M shop, however it will be relocating and expanding into a full-concept, flagship covering 70,000 sq ft. H&M have not provided any...

Andy Bond, ex chief executive at Asda will be kicking off the New Year as the new executive chairman of Poundland. Mr Bond will be replacing Kevin O’Byrne, who resigned last week and will be taking up a chief finance officer role with supermarket giant Sainsbury’s. For the last two years, Mr...

The former owner of BHS who controversially bought the struggling department store chain for £1 from Sir Philip Green, has been arrested in relation to an unpaid tax bill of £500,000 on the profits he made from the business. Mr Chappell confirmed that he had been arrested in an interview...

It has been revealed that Amazon.co.uk will be running its Black Friday Sale for 12 days starting on Monday 14th November until Friday 25th November. Deals will be available from the first day, with new offers launching as often as every five minutes. The shopping event will extend to Amazon Marketplace...

Shop Direct has launched a new WhatsApp-style automated conversational user interface for its MyVery app. Initially available for iOS, the new Very Assistant works by asking the app user if they need any help. The customer is then given a sequence of questions and multiple action options, which the customer taps...