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Very.com and Littlewoods.com owner Shop Direct has announced it has appointed Sally-Anne Newson as its first business development director as the company look to increase its commercial partnerships. Ms Newson has 16 years experience in the industry and previous roles have included business development director at ASOS, head of multichannel retail...

Online retailer Amazon has said that earnings exceeded expectations in its second quarter, strengthened by its cloud computing arm. Figures show that earnings of $857 million (£650 million) with sales rising 31% to $30.4 billion (£23 billion) which beat last year’s $23.2 billion (£17.6 billion) for the same time and more...

Online musical instrument retailer Gear4music has reported a 66% rise in sales as sales in Europe soared 137%. The company is hoping to open its first European distribution centre before the end of the year, in the wake of European sales growing to account for 34% of all sales compared to...

Health and beauty retailer Superdrug has reported a significant rise in sales of budget skincare products as customers chose to spend less on premium products. Sales of Superdrug’s own-brand Simply Pure range saw a 30% increase overall with sales of the Simply Pure Hydrating Serum seeing a 700% rise. Simon Comins, Superdrug...

A raid by immigration officials has led to the arrest of 35 people from Albania, Brazil, Nepal and Egypt who were working illegally at burger chain Byron. The home office said that the burger chain had carried out right to work checks, but had been shown false documents and thus will...

Bonmarche has said that poor weather hit sales in its first quarter, although expectations for the full year remain unchanged. In the 13 weeks to June 25th decreased by 3.6% whilst store like-for-like sales declined by 8.1%. Beth Butterwick, CEO of Bonmarché, said: "Sales were down 3.6% in a challenging quarter, due...

The chief executive of Majestic Wine Rowan Gormley has said that he will not be accepting his £7 million bonus and instead requested his potential award be redistributed to staff. The retailer’s 493 staff, from store manager level up, will now have a chance to gain over £14,000 each in performance-related...

It has been reported that Ted Baker has appointed former Jimmy Choo IT director, Neil Plaistow, as its new chief information officer, a newly-created position at the brand. Mr Plaistowe will be reporting to chief executive Ray Kelvin and will be part of Ted Baker’s executive board. Bringing an extensive background with...

Kitchenware retailer Lakeland has announced that it will be opening 12 shop-in-shops in Australia before it launches standalone stores in early 2017. In conjunction with Australian retail chain The Good Guys, Lakeland will start trading from October. The retailer already operates in Germany, the Middle East and India. Sam Rayner, outgoing managing...

London’s largest shopping centre, Westfield Stratford City has reported that this year it expects to outdo its 2012 footfall record, the year the Olympics were held and John Burton, head of development said this will continue to grow. Opened in 2011, the shopping centre has welcomed retailers from the UK as...