Wickes said first-half profits surpassed its targets on the back of strong digital volumes, as the company announced its first dividend payment.
Shares in the home improvement retailer, which only floated on the stock market earlier this year after splitting from Travis Perkins, rose after the positive trading update.
Wickes told investors that adjusted pre-tax profits increased to £46.5 million for...
Thérapie Clinic have announced their latest store expansion, opening clinics in Liverpool, Essex’s Lakeside Shopping Centre, Esher, Canary Wharf and Ealing Broadway.
Thérapie Clinic’s latest stores now bring its total number to 57 clinics across the UK and Ireland.
Phillip McGlade, CEO of Thérapie Clinic, said: “We’re delighted to welcome Lakeside, Liverpool, Esher, Canary Wharf and Ealing Broadway as our new...
UK retail sales dropped in August for the fourth consecutive month as grocery sales were impacted by more people returning to restaurants and pubs, according to official figures.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said retail sales volumes dropped by 0.9% last month, following a 2.8% fall in July.
However, retail sales volumes remain 4.6% ahead of pre-pandemic levels.
The drop in...
Moonpig, the online greeting card and gifting platform has announced the launch of its biggest ever wine collection in partnership with Virgin Wines, as part of their ever-expanding gifting proposition The range consists of 32 products initially, with individual bottles, wine selections (6 bottles in a box), stunning gift boxes as well as eight exclusives.
The Virgin Wines partnership is...
Located on Marcham Road, the new 23,830 sq. ft store is the one-stop-shop for the products, expertise and inspiration customers need to fix, improve or transform their homes and gardens. Following the successful roll out of new stores in Walton-on-Thames and Cheltenham, this store will inspire customers to give home and garden projects a go.
The new store has created...
Retailers famously live and die by the holiday season each year, but as the 2021 season fast approaches, the stakes are higher than ever. Will experience-deprived shoppers who had to forego travel and dining out during the waves of pandemic be in the mood to splurge? Or will the specter of rising inflation, ongoing trade wars, successive pandemic outbreaks...
Co-op is partnering with Amazon and extending robot deliveries as it seeks to more than double online sales by the end of the year.
The new partnership and robot rollout are key to Co-op’s plans to speed up “rapid kerb to kitchen grocery delivery services” as it strives to lift online sales from £70 million to £200 million.
The alliance allows...
The John Lewis Partnership (JLP) has narrowed its losses despite taking a £54 million hit from redundancies.
The retail giant unveiled a £29 million pre-tax loss for the half-year to July 31, representing a significant improvement from the £635 million loss it posted for the same period last year.
JLP’s chairman, Sharon White, said the loss was better than the group’s...
Pets at Home has become the latest retailer to agree to close all stores on Boxing Day this year.
Bosses said sites will shut on December 26 as a thank you to staff for their hard work during the year, which saw stores remain open throughout the pandemic due to its “essential” retailer status.
The company pointed out that stores were...
The huge increase in online shopping over the past decade or so has had a major impact on department stores, with many consumers turning to Amazon, eBay and other online shops for shopping, rather than a more traditional trip out to a physical store.
This has been exaggerated further over the past 18 months during the Covid-19 pandemic, with the...