Month: March 2020
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Mar- 2020 -13 MarchOnline & Digital
Amazon tells employees to work from home
Amazon has told all of its employees to work from home for the rest of March amid the coronavirus outbreak. …
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12 MarchHigh Street
Crew Clothing to acquire Moss Bros
Fashion retailer Crew Clothing is to acquire Moss Bros in a £22.6m deal to take the company private. Under the…
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12 MarchComment
How much is too much: when to stop talking to your customer
With the grey and gloomy weather we have been experiencing lately, it may be increasingly hard to imagine the long…
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12 MarchDepartment Stores
Debenhams seeking new CEO as Vansteenkiste prepares to step down
Debenhams is seeking a new CEO to help steer its restructuring as its current boss Stefaan Vansteenkiste prepares to step…
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12 MarchClothing & Shoes
Adidas and Puma Chinese sales hit by coronavirus outbreak
Sportswear retailer Adidas has warned sales in its first quarter of its financial year would decrease as much as €1bn…
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12 MarchHigh Street
Covid-19 could knock £130m from sales, says WH Smith
WH Smith expects that full-year results will see an ‘adverse impact’ from the effects of coronavirus, with up to £130m…
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11 MarchBusiness Bites
ROUNDUP: Business rates holiday announced by chancellor Sunak
In his maiden budget, the new chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has announced a £30bn fiscal stimulus package to help combat the…
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11 MarchHigh Street
Debenhams CVA now free from legal challenges
Embattled department store chain Debenhams has announced that its CVA proposals will be upheld, as the time period for any…
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11 MarchSupermarkets
Ex-Sainsbury’s boss warns of labour shortages amid coronavirus outbreak
Former Sainsbury’s chief executive and current non-executive director at Marks and Spencers, Justin King, has warned that supermarkets need to…
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11 MarchComment
Harassment in retail: What steps should you take?
Last year, we at Foot Anstey conducted a survey which identified that one in 10 retail staff, equivalent to 319,000…
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