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Apr- 2022 -21 April
Card Factory agrees on revised £150m refinancing
Card Factory has confirmed it has completed a £150m refinancing of the group, as it continues to take action to…
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20 April
Footfall rises in lead up to Easter, but drops during weekend
Footfall during the period from Monday (11 April) to Thursday (14 April) leading up to Easter rose from the week…
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12 April
Retail sales slow as consumer confidence wanes
Total sales increased by 3.1% in March, dropping below the three-month average growth of 6.9% and the 12-month average growth…
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11 April
Scotch & Soda to open London flagship store amid global expansion
Scotch and Soda has announced it will open a flagship store in London, amid a global expansion which will see…
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8 April
Selfridges unveils ‘shop of the future’ concept store
Selfridges has announced its new “shop of the future” concept, ‘Supermarket’, a four-week retail experiment at The Corner Shop in…
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7 April
Springboard warns of ‘calm before the storm’ as March footfall improves
Footfall strengthened noticeably in March to -15.3% below 2019, a bounce from -20.7% in February 2022, according to Springboard. Footfall…
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5 April
Retail footfall drops 22.9% across UK
Footfall fell by 22.9% compared to 2019 in the non-food sector across the UK, although footfall is up 9.9% compared…
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5 April
The Works forced to close stores amid cyber security incident
The Works has confirmed it has been victim to a cyber security incident involving unauthorised access to its computer systems,…
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1 April
Boots Q2 sales rise as beauty demand climbs
Boots has revealed its total sales in the UK grew 15.2% in the second quarter ending 28 February 2022 (Q2),…
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Mar- 2022 -31 March
Oxford Street launches sustainability awareness campaign
Oxford Street has announced its new sustainability awareness campaign, Beyond Now 2022, during April, the month that the nation comes…
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