News
News is Retail Sector’s central hub for breaking stories, market developments and company updates from across the UK retail industry. This category delivers authoritative, timely coverage on everything from trading performance and executive changes to store openings, brand activity and supply chain developments.
Retail Sector’s news coverage focuses on the business realities behind the headlines — providing retail professionals with context on how each development impacts operations, strategy and market confidence. Readers can expect clear, accurate reporting designed to keep decision-makers informed and competitive in a fast-moving retail landscape.
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Jun- 2018 -4 June
Amazon faces legal action over alleged ‘bogus’ self-employment
GMB, the trade union for ‘gig economy’ workers, has announced plans to bring legal action against three of Amazon’s delivery companies over what it calls “bogus” self-employment. The action, announced today (4 June) at GMB’s 101st annual congress in Brighton, is on behalf of people working as couriers and delivering…
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4 June
Superdrug launches its own mobile phone network
Superdrug has launched a SIM-only mobile phone plan for its Health and Beautycard loyalty members. The mobile network, powered by Three, costs £10 a month and includes unlimited calls and texts and 4GB of data. Any unused data will be rolled over for an extra month, Superdrug said in its…
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4 June
Shoplifting incidents increase 4% in a year
An OnBuy investigation which used data from the UK Police has revealed a 4% increase in shoplifting offences in this financial year. The figures were compared with previous years’ figures for England and Wales. The investigation showed a total of 378,725 shoplifting incidents reported to 42 police forces in England…
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4 June
Northwich shopping centre faces demolition for new multi-million pound project
The Weaver Square area of Northwich,Cheshire West and Chester which includes a significant shopping centre, will be demolished and replaced by a multi-million pound masterplan. A partnership between Cheshire West and Chester Council and Public Sector PLC, PSP Cheshire West and Chester LLP, are managing the project on behalf of…
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4 June
Poundworld sale rumoured to be edging closer
Poundworld is reportedly edging closer to a rescue deal with its owners TPG are rumoured to be finalising the terms of a sale to Alteri Investors. It was reported today that Alteri Investors, which is backed by private equity firm Apollo Management and is a former owner of Austin Reed,…
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4 June
Retailers to be forced to report suspicious purchases to MI5
The new Home Secretary Sajid Javid has announced a policy that will see retailers forced to report suspicious sales such as large amounts of chemicals along with vehicle hire. Javid said that he is aiming to remove “safe spaces” for potential terrorists, with the government to make firms report suspicious…
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4 June
GMB Amazon probe finds ‘terrible conditions’ for warehouse staff
An investigation by trade union GMB has found “terrible conditions” and poor treatment of workers in Amazon warehouses. A series of Freedom of Information Requests submitted to ambulance services across the UK show that ambulances have been called out 600 times to 14 Amazon warehouses in the last three financial…
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4 June
Footfall drops 8.6% as sunshine fails to attract shoppers
The UK high street saw an overall 8.6% year-on-year drop in footfall despite the warm May bank holidays, figures show. According to Ipsos’ UK Retail Traffic Weathermap, London and the south east saw the sharpest decline with 13.3% fewer shoppers on the high street compared with the same period last…
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1 June
Lush ‘anti-police’ campaign heavily criticised
Cosmetics retailer Lush has been shrouded in controversy after releasing window displays described by many on social media as “anti-police”. According to Lush the window displays are aimed at the undercover policing scandal and at highlighting the “current lack of progress of the Undercover Policing Inquiry and the granting of…
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1 June
Mothercare relegated from FTSE 100
Troubled retailer Mothercare has been relegated from the FTSE 100 following financial woes that have seen it enter a CVA and close 50 stores. Analysts suspect that the relegation will see a further negative effect on share prices following the 48% share price drop it has already seen. The retailer…
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