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Luxury brand Burberry has created two new leadership roles within its executive team. Giorgio Belloli has been appointed as chief digital, customer and innovation officer while Delphine Sonder has been hired as chief merchandising officer. Both appointments have been made with immediate effect. Belloli previously worked for more than nine years at Farfetch...

Quiz grew its total sales by 11% to £9.8 million in the month of December after it benefited from strong demand from customers for occasion wear.  The uplift helped offset slightly weaker than expected sales in the weeks prior to the period and contributed to a 3% increase in revenues in...

Ocado said it expects trading to improve later in the year after its fourth quarter retail revenue rose by 0.3% to £549.4 million. In the 13 weeks to 27 November, average orders per week at Ocado.com increased by 1.9% year-on-year to 382,000 as the retailer grew its number of active customers...

Pet retailer Jollyes has reported record Christmas sales after trade was boosted by new store openings, buoyant online sales and higher demand at existing stores. Sales in the four weeks to 31 December rose by 31% on the same period a year earlier as sales set new company records for the...

Asda has today published its gender pay figures for 2022 which show a year-on-year reduction in both its mean and median pay gaps. In a report submitted to the Government’s Gender Pay website, Asda confirmed the following: The median pay difference between all male and female colleagues is 4.7% (2021: 6.1%) The mean...

Harrods is trialling a new scheme to help H Beauty customers at its Milton Keynes store to recycle their beauty cosmetics products. Lasting for three months, the My Beauty Recycle & Reward pilot will allow for the recycling of two types of hazardous beauty products that are normally destined for landfill,...

The Just Eat food delivery app has agreed a new partnership with Sainsbury’s to mark its second tie-up with one of the UK’s ‘Big Four’ grocers. Launching with more than 175 stores by the end of February in places like London, Edinburgh and Bristol, the partnership will be rolled out to...

Jewellery brand Pandora has appointed Byron Clayton as its new chief HR officer. Due to take up his role on 1 February, Clayton will join the business from IKEA where he has held the position of deputy chief people officer. Prior to this, he worked in HR leadership positions at Nokia,...

The Estée Lauder Companies has launched a voice enabled app to help the visually impaired to easily apply make-up. Developed using machine learning, the Voice-Enabled Makeup Assistant uses smart mirror technology that is driven by ELC’s augmented reality and artificial intelligence capabilities. The app includes voice instruction technologies to assist the...

Online marketplace Not on the High Street is looking to make some redundancies as the demand for online shopping continues to decline. The retailer has warned staff that it plans to cut jobs, particularly as consumers are more conscious of spending amid the cost-of-living crisis. The company, which stocks personalised gifts from...