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Sep- 2020 -29 September
Card Factory swings to half-year loss
Card Factory has swung to a half-year loss after Covid-19โs economic downturn affected its trading. The retailer saw a ยฃ22m…
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29 September
New restrictions see high street footfall drop 6.6%
The governmentโs new restrictions seemingly took its toll on the high street last week with high street footfall falling by…
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28 September
Arcadia Group to put Burton HQ on the market
Sir Philip Green has reportedly put Burtonโs former London headquarters on the market, according to The Sunday Times. The owner…
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25 September
Thousands of โtraditionalโ retail jobs in danger, says Next boss
Next boss Simon Wolfson warned that thousands of โtraditionalโ retail jobs are now in danger under the chancellorโs new โviabilityโ…
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22 September
Footfall rises despite โrule of sixโ
Footfall across all retail destinations in the UK rose by 2.4% over the last week, despite the governmentโs new โrule…
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21 September
Government launches ยฃ95m recovery fund for high street
A new ยฃ95m government-funded scheme will support 68 โhistoricโ high streets in England to recover from โdeclining footfallโ and the…
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21 September
Aldo UK sold to BIG
Aldo UK confirmed it has been sold to the Bushnell Investment Group (BIG). Administrators from accountancy firm RSM were appointed…
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16 September
H&M to return to profitability in Q3
H&M has announced it expects to return to profitability after experiencing a โbetter-than-expectedโ recovery during the third quarter of the…
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15 September
Creditors approve New Look CVA
New Look has announced that a CVA proposal launched last month has been approved by the majority of its unsecured…
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15 September
Next takes majority stake in Victoriaโs Secret
Victoria’s Secret owner L Brands has announced it has formed a joint venture with Next which will see the retailer…
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