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Careers conference and jobs fair Retail Appointment Live, has announced that Arsenal FC have confirmed they will be attending the event next week. The event will feature exhibitors from across the retail, fashion and hospitality industries recruiting for all levels of retail staff from sales assistants to area managers and from...

Outdoor retailer Mountain Warehouse is considering a £200 million flotation on the London Stock Exchange, having hired investment bank Rothschild to investigate the options. The business is currently 85% owned by founder Mark Neale, with the rest of the stock owned by the management team. A potential flotation seems increasingly likely following...

Dixons Carphone has said that it is planning to close 134 stores as part of a group-wide overhaul of its estate. In the Christmas period, Dixons Carphone saw group like-for-like revenues up 5% with record Black Friday and market share gains in all markets. In the wake of these better-than-expected results,...

Bargain Booze owner, Conviviality, has appointed David Robinson as managing director of Conviviality Retail, the business unit focused on franchise store operations. After spending over 20 years in senior roles in the retail industry, Mr Robinson has joined Conviviality from Home Retail Group where he was a member of the executive...

McDonald's is introducing table service to 400 restaurants in the UK to give its image a facelift and compete with rivals in the fast food industry who are going upmarket. The table service will be rolled out before the end of 2016, following a successful trial in 14 trial locations last...

With less than two weeks until the Retail Appointment Live’s latest careers event, the line-up of exhibitors is looking better than ever.   The line-up now includes River Island, Liz Earle, Wickes, Sports Direct, Sally Salons, Virgin Media, Three, Debenhams, Benefit and VF Northern with more brands signing up all the time.   Held...

Amazon has said that it created 10,000 new permanent roles in 2015, the most it has ever created in a single year in Europe and has pledged to create more in 2016. Xavier Garambois, vice president, Amazon EU Retail, said: “We are seeing stronger demand than ever from our customers all...

Adidas has announced that it is to terminate its sponsorship of the athletics world governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), four years early. The decision is thought to be a direct result of the doping and corruption allegations and may result in the IAAF losing tens of millions...

Kingfisher, the owner of B&Q, has announced a drive to increase annual pre-tax profits by £500 million within five years and return £600 million to its shareholders. Véronique Laury, chief executive, said the goal was to "leverage the scale of the business by becoming a single, unified company". Following the sale of...

Marks & Spencer has launched dedicated websites in Australia and New Zealand in order to crack the international market outside of Europe. At present, shoppers in Australia purchase via the UK website which delivers to over 30 countries worldwide. The new websites will feature tailored editorial content marking appropriate items for...