News
News is Retail Sectorโs 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 Sectorโs news coverage focuses on the business realities behind the headlines โ 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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Oct- 2025 -7 October
Boots to recruit more than 6,000 seasonal staff ahead of Christmas
Boots is hiring over 6,000 temporary staff across the UK to help meet demand during the Christmas period. The retailer said roles are available in stores, warehouses and customer service operations, with flexible and part-time positions offered.ย Recruitment includes around 4,000 Christmas customer advisors to support in-store shoppers, 1,000 customer…
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7 October
Matalan strengthens senior leadership team
Matalan has announced a series of senior hires, within buying and design, trading and merchandising, customer and loyalty, and e-commerce. Jo Bennett has joined the company as director of buying and design to lead Matalanโs product and design strategy, bringing experience from Tu clothing and John Lewis, where she led…
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7 October
Majestic launches recruitment drive for 150 festive and permanent roles
Majestic, the UKโs largest specialist wine retailer, has begun recruiting 150 new staff as it prepares for the busy Christmas trading period. The company is hiring a mix of permanent and temporary employees across its 216 shops. The expansion aims to strengthen its workforce ahead of the festive season and…
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7 October
B&M shares fall as profits slide 28% to ยฃ198m
B&M has seen its shares slide in early trading after it revealed its pre-tax profits fell 28% to ยฃ198m, down from ยฃ274m, in the six months to the end of September. The performance comes despite seeing revenues improve 4% to ยฃ2.7bn, primarily driven by B&M UK volume growth and ASP…
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7 October
Victorian Plumbing sees revenues jump 5% amid market decline in FY25
Victorian Plumbing has reported a 5% rise in full-year revenue to about ยฃ310m for the 12 months to 30 September 2025, in line with market expectations, despite a wider fall in the UK home improvements and DIY market. The group stated that the broader market declined by around 3% over…
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7 October
M&S to close 11 cafes as part of estate overhaul
Marks and Spencer is to close 11 cafรฉs across its smaller food stores as part of an ongoing restructuring of its retail estate.The company said the move aims to create more space for its range of M&S food products.ย According to The Independent, no jobs will be lost, and all…
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7 October
Vestiaire Collective appoints new CEO
Paris-based fashion resale platform Vestiaire Collective has announced the appointment of Bernard Osta as chief executive, succeeding Maximilian Bittner, who has led the company for the past seven years. Osta joined Vestiaire Collective in May 2021 and has held senior leadership roles including chief strategy officer and, most recently, chief…
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6 October
Lidl invests ยฃ250m in cutting prices for customers
Lidl GB has announced a ยฃ250m investment in cutting prices of everyday items, as it bids to help โshoppers save even more in the run-up to Christmasโ. The discounter said it had lowered prices on more than 1,000 product lines since the start of the year, with the latest funding…
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6 October
Harrods falls to FY loss as it sets aside ยฃ60m for abuse victims
Harrods has fallen to a pre-tax loss of ยฃ34.3m in its latest full-year results, as it set aside more than ยฃ60m as part of plans to compensate abuse victims of former chairman and owner Mohamed Al Fayed. Michael Ward, managing director of Harrods, said its pre-tax loss was in part…
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6 October
Cotswold Company owner hires advisers for potential sale
Private equity firm True, the owner of The Cotswold Company, has reportedly appointed Arrowpoint Advisory to help prepare furniture and homewares retailer for a future sale, according to Sky News. True, which has owned the business since 2016, is understood to have asked the Rothschild-owned advisory firm to draw up…
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