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Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of media mogul Rupert Murdoch has joined the board as a non-executive director at Jimmy Choo the luxury shoe brand. Having been in senior positions previously in media and technology companies, Ms Murdoch was the founder and chairman of a company called Freelands Group, a media and technology...

Gifts and cards retailer, Card Factory has reported that full year expectations remain the same following promising sales in its first nine months of the financial year, with an increase of 7.9%. The success is due to a combination of new store openings, growth in online activities and like-for-like sales, however...

The head of Waitrose, Mark Price, has said that retailers must engage and invest in employees in order to create a “smart society”.  At the Telegraph Festival of Business 2015, Mr Price said that companies putting shareholders before employees and customers had resulted in a lack of trust in businesses.  He added...

Morrisons has announced the appointment of Paula Vennells as non-executive director. Ms Vennells is currently the CEO of the Post Office, a role she has held since April 2012 having joined the business in 2007.  Previously she was group commercial director of Whitbread, having started her career with Unilever and L'Oreal....

Asda’s former marketing director, Chris McDonough, has joined homeware retailer Homebase.  Mr McDonough who left Asda this year was responsible for home shopping, financial services marketing, retail and George. Before Asda, McDonough worked for Molson Coors as the UK managing director and Muller, the multinational dairy company as UK marketing and...

Anheuser-Busch InBev, the Belgian maker of Budweiser and Stella Artois, has agreed a merger with rival London-based firm SABMiller. The deal, which is worth £71 billion, will create a new global drinks giant which will produce approximately 30% of the world’s beer.  Commenting on today's announcement, Carlos Brito, CEO of AB InBev...

Victoria's Secret and its sister brand, Victoria's Secret PINK, are set to open a regional flagship store in Liverpool ONE. The American lingerie retailer, which has counted some of the world’s best-known models among its ‘Angels’ over the years, will move to South John Street next year. Work on the 10,000 square...

It has been reported today that supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has seen a 17.9% drop in its first half-year profits to £308million, commenting that the market remains “particularly challenging”. Figures show that like-for-like sales decreased 1.6%, with retail sales decreasing 0.1%, excluding fuel. Meanwhile, food sales were down 1% but clothing performed...

Electrical retailer Apple boss Angela Ahrendts has said that she would like to recreate the window shopping experience within the Apple store. Speaking at a New York event, Ms Ahrendts announced the “Avenue” idea which will display its products more like a shop window on a street in a small town...