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Online bathroom retailer Victoria Plum announces record 46% increase in sales

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Online bathroom retailer Victoria Plum has announced that its sales rose by a record 46 per cent to £103m for the year ended 28...

Campaigners call for ‘Shop Out to Help Out’ scheme

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Retail campaigners are calling for an Eat Out to Help Out-style scheme to boost the tills of beleaguered independent shops after they finally reopen...
The London markets jumped higher on Friday

London markets end turbulent week higher amid positive UK retail data

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The London markets jumped higher as sentiment improved at the end of a turbulent week for traders. UK investors were calmed by February’s retail sales...
Retailer Next will unveil its full-year sales figures on Thursday

Next to reveal profit slump as investors bank on strong sales rebound

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Next is set to reveal that its profits were cut by more than half last year after its stores were shuttered by lockdown measures. However,...

Peter Jones-backed camera chain Jessops files to hire administrators

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Jessops, the camera retailer owned by Dragons’ Den’s Peter Jones, has filed a notice to appoint administrators after it was badly hit by lockdown...
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Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group buys Wigan retail park

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Sports Direct owner Frasers Group has bought a retail part in Wigan as it looks to expand its property operations. The Mike Ashley-led retail vehicle...

Argos extended warranty customers to share £500,000 in goodwill gesture

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Thousands of Argos customers are to share more than £500,000 of e-gift card payments, after the firm failed to remind people they could shop...

Asda workers win Supreme Court fight for equal pay

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Asda bosses have lost a Supreme Court equal pay fight with store workers. More than 40,000 Asda store workers, about two-thirds of whom are women,...
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Asda waits for Supreme Court ruling on equal pay fight

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Asda bosses are waiting for a ruling on a Supreme Court equal pay fight with store workers. More than 40,000 Asda store workers, about two-thirds...

Retail sales stage partial recovery as households prepare for lockdown end

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Retail sales volumes recovered slightly in February but not enough to offset heavy falls a month earlier, new data from the Office for National...