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It has been reported that department store John Lewis saw record sales on Black Friday, which increased 11.9% from the previous year resulting in the group’s biggest ever day of trading. On the main day itself, sales mainly came from johnlewis.com whilst shops were more busy at the weekend which resulted...

Shares at Danish luxury stereo and TV maker Bang & Olufsen rose over 30% as the company confirmed that it was in talks regarding a potential takeover offer.  "The company has initiated a dialogue to investigate and analyse the firmness of these approaches," the company said in a statement. It added...

Fast food chain Burger King has added three further locations to trial its new home delivery service. The service is now available in the brand’s Euston Road, King’s Cross and Whitechapel High Street restaurants in London in addition to 21 selected areas which it has been trialling since March. These...

Fashion brand Oasis, part of the Oasis and Warehouse Group, has reported its first profit in three years, as sales at its 406 stores leaped 5.4% to £171.9 million in the year to the end of February.  The £0.3m pre-tax loss last year was turned into a £5.6m profit at the...

Sales at John Lewis rose by 2.6% year-on-year last week, helped by the colder weather, which saw fashion sales rise 7.5%. Sir Charlie Mayfield, Chairman of the John Lewis Partnership, commented: “This has been a solid first half for the Partnership in a difficult market. Both Waitrose and John Lewis are...

River Island has teamed up with Shutl, a platform that gives people control over their deliveries, owned by eBay. The service will give shoppers who have selected ‘click and collect’ when placing their order the option of changing to the delivery service which will deliver their order within 90 minutes or...

Burberry has partnered with Google to launch "The Burberry Booth" which lets customers star in their own Christmas adverts. The Google’s real-time video stitching technology has been built at the Regent Street flagship store and allows customers to film their own versions of the brand's current ad campaign. Customers can star...

Fashion brand Superdry has launched a new men’s collection for Autumn/Winter 2015 in collaboration with actor Idris Elba. The range will launch at the company’s flagship store on Regent Street today. The Golden Globe winning actor best known for TV series’ The Wire and Luther as well as the movie...

Newsagent and convenience retailer McColl’s has announced that its boss James Lancaster is to resign at the company’s AGM in April 2017. It is currently predicted to remain in the role of chief executive until a replacement is found but he will also take over the role of non-executive chairman...