Month: January 2020
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Jan- 2020 -22 JanuaryClothing & Shoes
Full value of Ted Baker accounting blunder revealed to be £58m
Fashion retailer Ted Baker has revealed that an accounting overstatement – thought to originally amount to between £20m-£25 – is…
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22 JanuaryHigh Street
WH Smith travel division drives revenue growth
WH Smith has announced it delivered a “good performance” over the Christmas trading period, with total revenue up 7% for…
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22 JanuaryPeople Moves
Sainsbury’s CEO Mike Coupe to retire after six years
Sainsbury’s has announced its CEO Mike Coupe is set to retire this year, after almost six years in the role.…
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21 JanuaryAnalysis
Global CEOs and the IMF reckon the UK is about to have a good year
It’s not often there is some incontrovertibly positive news about the economy, but today we’ve had some. Audit and business…
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21 JanuaryHigh Street
Dixons Carphone Christmas trading dragged down by mobile
Dixons Carphone’s trading results for the 10-week period ended 4 January 2020 has been dragged down by a 9% slump…
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21 JanuaryClothing & Shoes
The Dune Group CEO James Cox announces departure
The Dune Group’s CEO, James Cox, is set to depart from the shoe retailer on 9 March, after more than…
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21 JanuarySupermarkets
Aldi hikes minimum wage
Aldi has announced it will implement “market leading” pay rates for its store colleagues. All employees will earn a minimum…
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21 JanuaryClothing & Shoes
Joules revenues hit by late Black Friday
Fashion retailer Joules has reported a 1.4% decrease in group revenue to £111.6m for the half-year period ended 24 November…
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20 JanuaryComment
The rise of CBD and what it means for retail
Rewind two or three years and CBD wasn’t even on the radar of the UK retail sector; now it’s a…
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20 JanuaryHigh Street
Gordon Brown to receive nearly £1m following Links of London collapse
Restructuring firm Gordon Brown is set to receive a near £1m payout after it helped to close down British jewellery…
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