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Department Stores

Department Stores focuses on the strategies, performance, and transformation of leading UK department store groups. This section examines trading updates, leadership changes, store formats, and digital innovation among major retail players. Retail Sector’s Department Stores coverage provides insight into how these multi-category retailers are adapting to evolving consumer expectations, online competition, and market pressures — offering retail professionals valuable intelligence on business models, partnerships, and growth strategies shaping the sector’s future.

Department Stores

Department Stores focuses on the strategies, performance, and transformation of leading UK department store groups. This section examines trading updates, leadership changes, store formats, and digital innovation among major retail players. Retail Sector’s Department Stores coverage provides insight into how these multi-category retailers are adapting to evolving consumer expectations, online competition, and market pressures — offering retail professionals valuable intelligence on business models, partnerships, and growth strategies shaping the sector’s future.

M&S partners with English heritage this summer

M&S has announced a new partnership with English Heritage to give customers 50% off at…

Wilko FY21 sales plummet £107m to £1.36bn

Wilkinson Hardware Stores (Wilko) saw its total sales drop 7.3% and £107.2m year-on-year…

John Lewis chair calls for rates rethink to help ‘level’ up retail

John Lewis chair Sharon White has called for chancellor Rishi Sunak to scrap the business…

M&S reshuffles senior exec team amid new COO appointments

M&S has announced a reshuffling amongst its senior management team with both Katie…

Debenhams’ remaining stores close for final time

Debenhams shuttered its last remaining stores over the weekend, ending its 243-year stint on…

John Lewis to reopen Edinburgh store following refurb

John Lewis has announced the reopening of its Edinburgh store on 14 May 2021 after the site…

Dobbies to open two new London stores

Dobbies Garden Centres has announced it is to open two new ‘little dobbies’…

And So To Bed returns to profit in FY20

And So To Bed, a luxury bedroom furniture retailer, returned to a £330,000 profit for FY20,…

John Lewis Partnership to donate £1m to over 1,000 local charities

The John Lewis Partnership has announced that it will donate over £1m this summer to more…

M&S appoints non-executive director

M&S has announced that Fiona Dawson, currently global president of Mars Food, will be…