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Pub and brewing group Greene King has said that a strong Christmas performance was behind a rise in sales as more customers visited pubs for lunch and dinner as opposed to just drinks. Combined Retail sales were up 67% after 40 weeks benefitting from a 33 week contribution from the Spirit...

Homeware retailer Dunelm has said that its three-part growth strategy is  showing success with growing like-for-like sales, rolling out new stores, and growing its home delivery channel. In the 26 weeks to January 2nd, total sales grew 10.3% and like-for-like sales were up 4.6%, underpinned by strong performance from curtains and...

Agent Provocateur’s chief executive Garry Hogarth has stepped down ahead of a possible sale of the luxury lingerie chain by its private equity owners 3i. Mr Hogarth was with the business for nearly 10 years having joined when the company was still being run as a small enterprise of 14 shops....

Giles Brook, the boss of coconut water brand Vita Coco has accused Tesco suppliers of ”bleating” about “unfair” treatment at the hands of the supermarket and to accept that “business is business”. The move follows a report from the Grocery Code Adjudicator which said that Tesco “seriously breached a legally binding...

Fashion and homeware retailer and former Arcadia stablemate BHS is reportedly planning the next stage of its revamp after being bought out by Retail Acquisitions last year. The next phase will involve the closure of at least 30 of 50 unprofitable stores already earmarked for relocation or sale and a plan...

Results from Kantar Worldpanel show that Sainsbury’s outperformed the other ‘big four’ grocers. In November, the company said that it had delivered operating cost savings of £115 million in the first half of the year. Full year cost savings are now expected to be around £225 million and the group said...

It has been reported that fashion retailer Next has called an emergency shareholder meeting due to the company paying dividends on four occasions without informing Companies House that it had the money. The situation was brought to light due to 11 shareholders coming forward in October 2014 saying they had written...

Meseret Kumulchew, a supervisor at Starbucks who has dyslexia has won her disability discrimination case against the coffee company. A separate hearing will take place to decide if there will be any compensation and Starbucks are now in discussions about providing more workplace support. Commenting, the company said: "We are in ongoing...

Supermarket giant Tesco is conducting an industry first ‘cost of production’ trial and are inviting British sheep farmers who supply its lamb to take part. If successful, the supermarket will be the first in the UK to implement such a model as it believes it will help instability in the UK...

Luxury fashion brand Burberry has announced it is to change the way it presents, creates and sells its catwalk collections as of September 2016. Going forward, there will be two shows instead of four, one in February and one in September including both menswear and womenswear. Also, catwalk collections will be instantly...