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Mar- 2024 -6 March
THG targets £150,000 charity partnership with The Christie
THG PLC, the vertically integrated, digital first consumer brands group, has partnered with The Christie Charity in a new fundraising…
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5 March
Today’s news in brief-5/3/24
According to the British Retail Consortium (BRC), total retail sales rose by 1.1% in February year-on-year, attributed partly to February…
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5 March
Arc’teryx opens flagship in Covent Garden
Arc’teryx, the high-performance outdoor apparel brand, has now opened its new flagship store within the newly refurbished listed building at…
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5 March
Deal activity in F&B recovered in 2023, Grant Thornton finds
Deal activity in the food and beverage sector rebounded last year compared with 2022, when dealmaking was put on pause…
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5 March
Issa brothers scale back EG Group investment to cut debts
Asda owners the Issa brothers have reportedly scaled back investment in their petrol forecourts business EG Group in a bid…
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5 March
Supermarket sales slow as retailers push branded promotions
Total Till sales at UK supermarkets slowed +5.3% in the last four weeks ending 24 February 2024, according to new…
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5 March
Currys invests £13m in staff pay boost
Currys has announced a further boost to pay with a new £13m investment which will see all hourly paid staff…
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5 March
Ocado launches Best of British aisle
Ocado Retail has launched a new Best of British aisle to showcase UK produce. Unlike other supermarket British aisles which…
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5 March
Greggs profits and sales soar in FY23
Greggs has reported pre-tax profits of £188.3m for the 52 weeks ended 30 December 2023, compared with £148.3m from the…
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5 March
Retail sales underperform in February
UK total retail sales rose by 1.1% year-on-year during the four-week period ended 24 February, against a growth of 5.2%…
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