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ASOS has announced that it has come to a global settlement with regard to the trademark infringement disputes with Assos of Switzerland, who produce high-performance cycle wear and Anson’s Herrenhaus, a German menswear retailer. The disputes have resulted in several cases being heard in court, as well as multiple trade mark...

It has been revealed that following the transaction agreed in 2015 between supermarket giant Sainsbury’s and Celesio, 281 Sainsbury’s pharmacies have now been rebranded as LloydsPharmacy. As of the 1st September, 277 in-store pharmacies got new counters and shelf-edge point of sale materials, as well as new uniforms and name badges...

Research from the Federation of Small Businesses has found that small firms are being hit by the challenge posed by the new National Living Wage (NLW) with the majority (59%) absorbing the costs by taking lower profits. In its 2016 Q2 Small Business Index the FSB said that, following the introduction...

West Cornwall Pasty Company has seen earnings before tax increasing 85%, as the company continues its financial turnaround. Underlying like-for-like sales for the year to March 25th rose 7.6%, with sales totalling £13 million. The company went into administration almost two years ago, a victim of George Osborne’s ‘pasty tax’, before...

In a new report, figures have revealed that consumer confidence grew in August as UK shoppers’ incentive to save money fails. According to GfK Consumer Confidence Index, it rose five points last month to -7 after it dropped by the quickest rate in 26 years in July following Brexit. Head of market...

It has been reported that after a £35 million redevelopment, Fenwick Colchester will finally reopen its doors on September 15th. Taking two and a half years to finish and labelled the biggest department store outside of London, the footprint will expand by 50% to 120,000 sq ft. Fenwick purchased the store, previously...

Fashion brand River Island has launched a new Snap and Share campaign in partnership with Snapchat. The campaign will also run over 280 stores over the next three months. The campaign works through a number of tailored branded filters that shoppers will be able to fully use on their Snapchat stories...

The late summer heatwave and sunny Bank Holiday weekend played out across John Lewis last week, with sales finishing the week down 3.5% at £78.9 million thanks to warmer weather hitting fashion sales and a later start to the school term. the sunshine meant that sales of Antler luggage rose by...

Staff at Lush are to relocate to Germany following the results of Britain’s European referendum. The natural cosmetics and bath product retailer said that its intention to move European production to mainline Europe had been in the pipeline for some time, but that the Brexit vote had accelerated the process. "While...

The Steinhoff takeover of Poundland could be blocked after US hedge fund Elliot Capital raised its stake in the business to 22.7%. A vote to approve the takeover will be held on September 7th and Elliot Capital now owns enough stake in the company to halt the takeover if it...