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Jan- 2024 -4 January
Food and health and beauty to perform better in 2024
Food and health and Beauty are expected to be two of the best performing retail categories for 2024, according to…
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4 January
Superdrug permanently halves prices of over 150 items
Superdrug has revealed that it will permanently reduce the price of over 150 everyday and essential items to make shopping…
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4 January
Festive shopping boosts footfall 6.1% in December
Footfall across UK retail destinations rose by +6.1% from November to December as poor weather conditions, rail disruption and the…
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4 January
JD Sports lowers guidance after underwhelming Christmas sales
JD Sports has lowered its full year profit guidance to between £915m – £935m, down from its ambitious £1bn target…
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4 January
Topps Tiles first quarter LFL sales slip to 7.1%
Topps Tiles has reported that in the 13 weeks to 30 December, like-for-like sales were down 7.1%, continuing the trend…
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4 January
Barbour FY23 profits fall despite healthy sales rise
Barbour has revealed that operating profits fell 15% to £34.3m for the year ended 30 April 2023, despite seeing sales…
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4 January
Mamas & Papas sales rise 17%
High street nursery brand Mamas and Papas has reported sales rose by 17% in the 13 weeks to 31 December.…
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4 January
Next ups guidance after Christmas trading boost
Next has raised its full-year guidance for the fifth time in eight months, after a period of strong trading over…
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3 January
Today’s news in brief- 3/1/24
Asda has appointed Matt Kelleher, former Chief Information Officer at Morrisons, as its first Chief Digital Officer. Kelleher will be…
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3 January
Almost half of consumers feel less financially secure, KPMG finds
Four in 10 consumers are heading into 2024 saying they feel less financially secure than when 2023 began, according to…
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