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H&M is working with the water charity Water Aid to help poor communities in Bangladesh by offering to its customers specially designed gift cards.The H&M Conscious Foundation will make a donation to Water Aid for every €10 added to a gift card. The contribution will go towards helping parts of...

Arcadia tycoon Sir Philip Green is considering a convenience food format in which he may plan to open convenience stores in his BHS branches.A final decision has not yet been made about whether to take on retailers such as Marks & Spencers and Tesco’s but Bhs already has cafes and...

Asda staff will receive a £17 million ‘Festive Thank You’ for all of their hard work over the year.The Christmas package which will be available to all of Asda’s 180,000 colleagues, includes an £20 Asda gift card, a complimentary festive meal and £5 towards a Christmas party, as well as...

The luxury fashion brand Burberry saw its revenue exceed £1 billion for the first time in the first half of its financial year.Total revenues increased by 17% to £1.03 billion in the six months leading to the end of September while adjusted profit before tax was £173.9 million compared to...

Carphone Warehouse has appointed Gerry Murphy to join its company as an independent non-executive director in a bid to strengthen its board.Gerry Murphy who has direct industry experience in consumer business was a former partner at Deloitte and currently working as a leader of the firm’s Professional Practices Group.Murphy will...

WHSmith has reported that its likes-for-likes sales have fallen across its high street and travel stores.The company’s like-for-likes fell 4% in the 10 weeks to November 1st, while total sales dropped 3%.Although the rate of decline at its high street stores remained steady at 6 per cent, WH Smith said...

Sainsbury's has announced that they plan to hire up to 16,000 workers to work over the busy Christmas period.Angie Risley, group HR director, said: "Christmas is the busiest time of year in our stores, so in order to give customers the best possible service we are boosting our teams with...

Harrods is to launch a Disney theme park experience at its world famous department store for Christmas.The Disney Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique will be opening its doors for the first time on the 25th November and is based on a similar experience offered at Disney theme parks. The boutique will give...

High street fashion retailer New Look made a profit of £13.8 million (pre-tax) in its first half compared to a loss of £13.6 million in the same period last year.In the 26 weeks running up to the 28 September, group revenue rose by 6% to £753.2 million while group like-for-like...