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Discount supermarket Lidl has restructured its senior management in the UK.Former Lidl UK director Martin Kottbauer, who has been with the company since 1998, has taken up the position of International Purchasing Director at Lidl’s headquarters in Germany. Meanwhile chief operating officer of Lidl Ireland, Martin Bailie has moved to the UK to...
Shoppers in England will have to pay 5p per plastic carrier bag from today, in an attempt to cut the number of bags send to landfill every year and save £60 million in litter clean up costs alone.England is the last part of the UK to introduce a charge for...
Clothing retailer American Apparel has filed for US bankruptcy protection, reaching agreements with 95% of its lenders.The firm, which has seen falling sales of late, recorded a loss of $19.4m (£12.8m) in the second quarter and has announced a restructuring agreement that is designed to cut its debt.American Apparel chief...
Costa Coffee is the latest retailer to increase wages for their staff following Chancellor George Osborne’s announcement of the new National Living Wage in July.The multinational coffeehouse company announced on Wednesday that their 12,500 baristas would earn a minimum of £7.40 an hour and £8.20 in London, around 20p above...
Department store John Lewis saw its sales increase 6.9% year-on-year last week.Figures show, that regardless of the warm weather, fashion sales increased 5.9% due to promotional activity and its new autumn/winter collection. Other figures show that own-brand items increased by 16%, cashmere by 46%, cold weather accessories by 23% and...
Loaf, the online furniture company that launched in 2008 has announced today (October 2) that it opened their first ever store in London’s Battersea.The new store which covers 8,000 sq ft of space, is offering a range of products such as tableware, cashmere blankets, organic candles, bath products and Derbyshire-made...
The government has announced that national minimum wage will increase by 20p an hour to £6.70 from October.The changes will benefit more than 1.4 million workers.The hourly rate for younger workers will also rise and apprentices salary will go up by 20% - or 57p to £3.30 an hour.The rates...
Upmarket retailer Ocado is to start charging their customers 5p for plastic carrier bags, following legislation set out by Defra that takes effect from October 5.The online grocer sent an email to their shoppers to alert them to the new Government ruling.The proceeds from the bags will go towards “good...
John Allan, Tesco’s chairman has said that the grocer has not discussed big overseas disposals.The response came in a shareholder meeting in central London where investors approved the retailer’s $6.1 billion (£4.03 billion) sale of its South Korean unit Homeplus to private equity firm MBK Partners.“At the moment our intention...
Waitrose is to launch a new ad campaign featuring their suppliers as it aims to shine the spotlight on quality and provenance.The ad will launch tomorrow (2 October 2015) and comes amid a consumer shift which has seen customers take a greater interest in where food is sourced from, and...
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