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It has been announced via a Which? annual supermarket survey that Iceland is Britain’s “best online retailer”. Figures show that customers scored the supermarket 77% along with a five-star rating for value for money, convenient delivery slots and offers, putting them ahead of the exclusive digital supermarket Ocado. Iceland Founder and CEO,...
On the 18th March, fashion retailer Uniqlo will re-launch its flagship London store at 311 Oxford Street and will reveal its new collaboration, Liberty London for Uniqlo as well as its Spring 16 Uniqlo and Lemaire collection. Included in the 2,240sqm store will be a new “conceptual sales area”, the Uniqlo...
UK footfall in January was up 1.2% on last year – a significant improvement on December’s 2.2% decline and the best performance since January 2014. According to the British Retail Consortium and Springboard’s latest figures, footfall in retail parks was 5.2% up year-on-year, the best result in two years, excluding Easter...
Over 1,300 jobs and 140 outlets look likely to be saved at value shoe chain Brantano after a deal was struck to sell most of the company back to Alteri Investors. Alteri put the company into administration last month after a difficult Christmas trading period. This puts the current deal into...
River Island has appointed Adrian Arbuthnot, a former senior designer at the chain before moving to Burton, as its new head of menswear. Mr Arbuthnot left his position as senior menswear designer in 2006, moving to Burton and then to Indian clothing chain Koovs as the design director. His first...
The chief executive of luxury lingerie company Victoria Secret is resigning from the company after ten years at the head of the chain. Sharen Jester Turney, who has been with the retailer for 16 years, was promoted to chief executive officer in 2006 since when she has grown sales by...
The founder of casual fashion brand SuperGroup, which owns SuperDry, has sold £53 million worth of shares, leaving him with a 27% stake worth £292 million. Julian Dunkerton made £80 million after his company was floated on the stock exchange in 2010. He stepped down as CEO in 2014 and was...
Online cycle retailer Wiggle looks set to create an online sports retail giant after it was announced that it would be buying its Northern Ireland rival, Chain Reaction Cycles. The deal, which will create a company with sales upwards of £300 million, was confirmed on Friday and will see an end...
German discounter Aldi has released new price reductions in response to moves from its competitor Morrisons. The supermarket is known for maintaining a ‘price advantage of up to 38%’ against Morrisons who reduced its own prices as part of its Morrisons Price Crunch Initiative. CEO Matthew Barnes at Aldi, said: “Our competitors...
It has been announced that Michael Ward, Harrods’ managing director, will be joining luxury alliance Walpole as the new chairman as Ben Hughes steps down after four years. Mr Ward has been a Walpole board director since 2012 and between 2014 and 2016 was president of the European Creative and Cultural...
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