Month: January 2018
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Jan- 2018 -24 JanuaryClothing & Shoes
Shopping app Depop secures £14m for expansion
Social shopping app, Depop, has secured $20m (£14.1m) in Series B funding in order to help accelerate its global expansion.…
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24 JanuaryEconomy
Pets at Home reports strong Christmas sales, ends Barkers store trail
Pet supplies retailer Pets at Home has revealed positive sales growth for the 12-week period ending on 4 January…
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24 JanuaryHigh Street
WHSmith sales fall, but airports and stations climb
High street sales for book retailer WHSmith were down 5% in the 20-week period to 20 January. Like-for-like sales in…
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23 JanuarySupermarkets
Sainsburys to cut thousands of jobs in management rejig
Thousands of shop floor jobs are thought to be at risk as a result of a managerial restructure planned at…
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23 JanuaryElectrical
Mark Gifford resigns as Game’s CFO
Video game retailer Game has announced the resignation of its chief financial officer Mark Gifford. Gifford informed the board of…
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23 JanuaryGovernment
Waitrose pledges plastic-free packaging by 2018
Supermarket retailer Waitrose has announced that it aims to remove all black plastic used in its meat, fish, fruit and…
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23 JanuaryNews
‘Ghosted’ customers cost repeat sales
UK consumers who feel abandoned by a retailer following a purchase are less likely to purchase from the store again,…
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23 JanuaryOnline & Digital
Online retail shows signs of maturing with tough 2018 ahead, says IMRG
The rate of retail sales growth is pointing to a ‘maturing market’, figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index…
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23 JanuaryOnline & Digital
Amazon opens new supermarket with no checkouts
Online retail giant Amazon has launched a new supermarket which has has no checkout counter or self service tills. The…
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22 JanuarySupermarkets
Tesco puts 1,700 jobs at risk in operational shake-up
Tesco has announced plans that could involve laying off up to 1,700 workers as part of a structural shake-up. The…
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