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Jun- 2020 -24 June
John Lewis appoints Pippa Wicks as executive director
John Lewis has announced the appointment of Pippa Wicks as executive director. Wicks joins from the Co-op Group where she…
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24 June
UK footfall jumps 45% during first week of retail trading
Footfall across all UK retail destinations rose by 45% during the first week of non-essential retail reopening (15 June) compared…
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24 June
Amazon launches small business accelerator to support over 200,000 small retailers
Amazon and Enterprise Nation, the small business support network, have launched the ‘Amazon Small Business Accelerator’, a major support package…
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24 June
Naked Wines reports £200m revenues in FY results
Naked Wines has reported a 14% increase in revenues to £203m for the full-year period ended 30 March, up from…
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23 June
PM confirms relaxation of two-metre social distancing rule
Boris Johnson has announced a reduction in the two-metre social distancing rule. In a speech in parliament this afternoon, the…
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23 June
Convenience store sales outpace growth of overall grocery market in June
Sales at UK convenience stores grew by almost a fifth (17%) in the last four weeks ending 13 June 2020,…
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23 June
UK retail transactions grew by 60% last week, Barclaycard finds
By last week an additional 60% of Barclaycard’s customers had returned to trading and taking payments compared to the first…
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23 June
Shoe Zone to make redundancies as 20 shops close
Footwear retailer Shoe Zone has revealed that 20 of its stores will not open post-lockdown, resulting in a number of…
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23 June
Intu braces for administration
Intu has placed administrators on standby as a “contingency plan” in the event that discussions with lenders fail. Reports that…
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22 June
JD Sports in talks to appoint administrators for Go Outdoors
Sports fashion retailer JD Sports is reportedly lined up to bring in administrators for its Go Outdoors business. In a…
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