general retail

1 min read 2022-06-04 16:00:10

Iceland’s Richard Walker and Fragrance Shop’s Sanjay Vadera on Queen’s Birthday Honours list

// Iceland managing director Richard Walker and Fragrance Shop boss Sanjay Vadera are among the retailers on the Queen’s Birthday Honours List //

2 min read 2022-05-31 13:30:02

// Violence against shopworkers more than trebled during the first year of the pandemic, according to the BRC’s Crime Survey // The surge in abuse

1 min read 2022-05-27 14:18:35

// Majestic Wine expects UK to drink 114 glasses of sparkling wine per minute for the Jubilee // Majestic said English sparkling wine sales are up by

1 min read 2022-05-26 20:00:42

// Retail Gazette has launched its first-ever awards, The Game Changers, designed to recognise the trailblazers in retail that are developing new

1 min read 2022-05-25 14:30:01

// Pets at Home full-year profits and sales rise and is “well placed to accelerate growth in market share” // It recorded a 65.3% surge in

1 min read 2022-05-25 05:27:16

// EG Group profits and sales rise in first quarter // The business is owned by Mohsin and Zuber Issa, who also own supermarket giant Asda EG Group

1 min read 2022-05-24 23:16:30

// Mamas & Papas to open 19 more concessions in Next stores // The nursery brand already operates 14 concessions with the fashion

1 min read 2022-05-20 23:11:15

// Weston family – owners of Primark – retain top 10 spot in the Sunday Times Rich List 2022 // Guy, George, Alannah and Galen Weston have a

1 min read 2022-05-20 15:04:21

// The works bounces back from the lockdown slump with total sales rising 12.7% on a two-year basis // Despite this, it warned that the rate of

1 min read 2022-05-19 13:32:23

Executive pay has hit the headlines of late after it emerged that Tesco boss Ken Murphy was paid a whopping £4.74m last year. Murphy’s pay packet

2 min read 2022-05-16 21:03:21

// Mamas & Papas will give those undergoing fertility treatment paid leave for five days per cycle, throughout unlimited cycles of IVF // As part

2 min read 2022-05-16 18:00:34

// Greggs boss warns prices may rise as sales in big cities lag behind the rest of its estate and cost pressures increase // The business traded

1 min read 2022-05-13 14:15:49

// Kingfisher and AllSaints join BRC boardroom to help it meet the needs of its members // Kingfisher chief people officer Kate Seljeflot and

1 min read 2022-05-10 14:46:23

// Morrisons saves 16,000 jobs and pensions with McColl’s buy-out // PwC was formally appointed as administrators on Monday Morrisons’ take over

1 min read 2022-05-09 14:42:19

// Morrisons and EG Group make last-minute offers to buy McColl’s // Administrators are set to be appointed for the business which has 1,100