M&S Announces Record Store Openings in November
Marks & Spencer (M&S) is set to inaugurate its largest ever sequence of store openings within a single month. November will witness the launch...
Hotel Chocolat buys beauty company for £4
Hotel Chocolat has bought a beauty product business for less than the price of a box of chocolates.
The confectioner said it paid £4 for...
Ocado sales leap 40% amid ‘dramatic and permanent’ online shopping shift
Ocado has revealed a 40% surge in retail sales amid a “dramatic and permanent” shift towards online shopping since the pandemic struck.
The group said...
McColl’s losses narrow amid pandemic sales jump for convenience stores
McColl’s has said its losses narrowed over the past year as more people shopped at their local convenience store during the pandemic.
The retailer told...
Up to 1,200 jobs at risk as Asda plans to overhaul in-store bakeries
Supermarket chain Asda has started consulting with more than 1,000 staff over its plans to overhaul its in-store bakeries.
The company said that it was...
Low ABV alcohol startup CleanCo has spirits lifted with £7M cash injection
British premium low-alcohol spirits startup, CleanCo, has secured £7 million in funding as investors and consumers reveal an insatiable thirst for hangover-free drinking. The...
Poundland to pilot two more “Local” Stores
Poundland plans to open two more of its “Poundland Local” stores as it extends the pilot scheme to bring convenience shopping to neighbourhoods it...
McDonald’s opens first net zero-carbon restaurant in UK
McDonald’s has opened a “net zero-carbon” restaurant in both building construction and everyday operation, in what it believes is a UK first.
The restaurant, in...
Merry Hill Pens Book Deal as Waterstones Becomes 25th Brand to Invest in the...
Merry Hill is celebrating a landmark year for tenant commitments, with 25 deals completed in 2024, representing 110,000 sq ft of space at the top...
First NFC-enabled wine bottles launched in the United States
Californian wine brand Böen, part of Copper Cane Wines & Provisions by Joseph Wagner, announces itself as the first United States wine brand to...