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Fashion retailer Missguided will be launching a new refer-a-friend scheme this week. Working with Mention Me, Missguided will be giving customers a platform where they will have the opportunity share their positive experiences of the brand as it looks to drive new customer acquisition. This means that when Missguided's customers talk about...

After opening a concession in Selfridges London two months ago, Smartech is set to expand its consumer tech retail hub with the opening of a new concession in Selfridges, Manchester Trafford Centre. The store will launch on November 5th. Smartech said the Manchester store will offer the same experience as its...

Vodafone has been hit with a £4.6 million fine by Ofcom for "serious and sustained breaches of consumer protection rules".  The fines come from two earlier investigations into Vodafone, which has 20 million mobile customers in the UK. Ofcom said Vodafone had misinformed pay-as-you-go customers, charging them for top-up credits but...

Tesco chairman, John Allan, has warned that food price hikes will be “likely” due to Brexit. Speaking on BBC Radio Four’s today program, Mr Allan said that if the value of the sterling did not recover, inflation would rise by 2% and food prices would be a part of that. Mr Allan...

The John Lewis Partnership announces today that Paula Nickolds will be appointed managing director for John Lewis. Ms Nickolds joined the Partnership in 1994 as a graduate trainee in John Lewis Oxford Street. She held a number of senior roles before joining the John Lewis management board as Buying & Brand...

Fashion group Monsoon Accessorize has hired Elaine Deste, formerly of O2 Telefonica, as its new FD ahead of a restructure that will see the two brands separate. The move will affect just over 140 stores which are dual-branded and is part of a wider five-year strategic overhaul initiated by chief executive...

Carpetright has announced that its UK like-for-like sales decreased 2.9% in the 25 weeks to 22nd October, leaving its full year profit expectations unchanged. Carpetright has however revised its full year guidance of a drop in gross profit percentage to between 150 and 200 basis points, driven by increased sourcing costs...

It has been reported that low cost footwear retailer Shoe Zone expects its full year pre-tax profit to fall in line with its expectations and be slightly ahead of last year. Shoe Zone said it operated well in the second half of it financial year and expects to announce revenues for...

A strong performance from its headline brands Costa Coffee and Premier Inn has once again boosted profits at leisure group Whitbread. In the six months ended September 1st, group total sales grew 8.1%, with like-for-like results up 1.9%. Costa total sales increased 10.7%, with a 2.3% rise in like-for-likes. The continued strong performance...

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling will tell Parliament the Government’s decision on which South East airport to expand with a new runway later on today. The new runway is widely expected to be announced for Heathrow over Gatwick after the case for the west London airport had "strengthened in recent months" to...