IKEA is to close its Tottenham store in London’s Edmonton as part of a transformation plan for the capital. The furniture retailer said the decision follows an assessment of its presence in London in line with people’s changing shopping behaviours. Last year, online accounted for almost half of IKEA’s total sales...
Iceland will be temporarily revert to using palm oil in some own-label foods from June because the Ukraine war has sent the price of the alternative, sunflower oil, soaring. In 2018 the supermarket chain revealed it would remove palm oil from its products and became a prominent campaigner against its use....
Hackett London has embarked on the second chapter of its collaboration with British racing driver and Formula 1 world champion, Jenson Button. Its campaign for its 2022 spring/summer collection features Button taking a stroll along the famous British beaches of Camber Sands. Hackett said the latest collaboration includes a collection “designed for...
Deliveroo has joined forces with WHSmith as it continues to expand further from its traditional takeaway delivery business. Deliveroo has today announced it will soon be able to deliver a raft of products, from printer cartridges to bestselling novels, to customers in under 20 minutes. It is Deliveroo’s first major leap into...
Bath & Body Works has appointed Alessandro Bogliolo and Juan Rajlin to its board of directors. Possessing more than 30 years’ experience in the retail and luxury brand markets, Bogliolo most recently served as chief executive at Tiffany & Co where he led a successful revitalisation of the brand and managed...
Domino’s Pizza Group has appointed Tracy Corrigan as an independent non-executive director. Due to take up the role from 5 May, she will be a member of the board’s sustainability and nomination & governance committees. Corrigan was chief strategy officer at Dow Jones & Company from 2014 to 2020 where she oversaw...
Marks & Spencer is to give thousands of staff members an extra day’s leave to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The move will see over 50,000 workers being offered an additional day’s holiday over the four-day bank holiday weekend that celebrates the occasion in June. The vast majority of Marks & Spencer’s...
New figures have shown that retail footfall rose by 7.8% last week from the prior seven day period as the warmer weather encouraged people to go out shopping. The data from retail specialist Springboard reveals that the number of visits to high streets, shopping centres and retail parks grew by 9.8%,...
Mulberry has announced that its full year revenue and profit will come in moderately ahead of expectations In a trading update for the year to 2 April, Mulberry said the robust sales seen in the first half of the year had continued throughout the second half and that gross margins have...
Oak Furnitureland has launched its first outdoor furniture collection as it looks to create a ‘whole home’ offering. Called Cayman and Java, the ranges will only be available online. The Cayman features an outdoor oval dining table with eight armchairs and cushions priced at £1,299, while the Java offers a relaxed lounge...
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