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Waitrose and John Lewis both saw a rise in sales last week, despite the inclement weather. A sales rise of 0.8% at Waitrose was driven by Valentine's Day preparations and promotions themed around Chinese New Year – the latter being credited with a 500% rise in sales of Chinese-style crockery, which...
Luxury cosmetics brand NARS is to open a 900 sq ft store in the ‘beauty quarter’ on Covent Garden’s King Street this summer. Bethan Williams, managing director for NARS UK and Ireland, said: “Covent Garden has become the epicentre for luxury beauty, and we are thrilled to be opening our first...
American health-focused grocery chain Whole Foods Market has reported record-breaking sales in its first quarter despite a shareholder restructure. Figures show that the company announced a $1 billion share repurchase in November, which left it $1.1 billion in debt, although the chain enjoyed $3.3 billion in sales for the first quarter...
It has been announced that Andy Rubin will be joining popular sportswear retailer JD Sports as a non-executive director. Chairman of Pentland Brands, director of Pentland Group plc and European vice-president of the World Federation of the Spring Goods Industry, JD Sports said that it will benefit from his experience of...
Plans to screen London Fashion Week to over 35 million people around the country this February have been announced today. Footage from the celebrated fashion event will be shown on 60 screens between 15th – 23rd February for the first time in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Birmingham and Bristol, as...
It has been reported that stationery, arts and crafts and books chain The Works has secured several new leases to accelerate its expansion in Scotland where it plans to open at least one store a week throughout the year. Colliers International, who is dealing with the estate, acquired 10-year leases at...
The Body Shop has launched a new CSR strategy, including renewed pledges to sustainability, to be delivered by 2020. The retailer was founded by Anita Roddick in 1976 and was sold to L'Oréal for £652.3 million in 2006. “The Body Shop courageously pioneered new ways of thinking, acting and speaking out as...
Mark Price, the managing director of Waitrose, will become a minister of state at the foreign office when he steps down from the grocery chain in the spring. Mr Price has been with the John Lewis Partnership for 30 years and has been a strong advocate of the employee-centric business. He...
Popular fashion retailer New Look has announced that its UK like-for-like sales increased 4.3% in its third quarter thanks to a “robust” Christmas period. Figures show that pre-tax profit rose 38.9% to £87.9 million and revenue rose 5.6% to £1.7 billion in the 39 weeks to 26th December. Chief executive, Anders Kristiansen,...
It has been reported that online grocer Ocado and Cambridge Consultants, the global product development technology consultancy will work together to make Ocado’s warehouse systems more efficient. It is the latest move by the grocer to make deliveries faster and more accurately than any other player in the market. An update...
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