Month: April 2020
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Apr- 2020 -29 AprilOnline & Digital
Online sales reach 10% of all UK grocery spend amid Covid-19 lockdown
The share of all grocery sales made online reached 10% in the last four weeks ending 18 April 2020, according…
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29 AprilComment
Twin peaks: it’s a time of peak purchasing, but not as we know it
Purchasing in the time of Covid-19 is fuelled far more by necessity than luxury, and it’s an unprecedented peak the…
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29 AprilHigh Street
Shop prices fall 1.7% as non-food items suffer
Shop Prices fell by 1.7% in April, compared with the 0.8% decrease seen in March, making it the highest rate…
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29 AprilCoronavirus
Next warns of ‘faster and steeper’ hit to sales amid Covid-19 crisis
Retail giant Next has revealed the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on trading has been “faster and steeper” than anticipated…
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29 AprilNews
Former Sainsbury’s exec set to head Waitrose
The John Lewis Partnership is poised to appoint a former Sainsbury’s executive to head up its food operations at Waitrose…
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28 AprilHigh Street
Games Workshop to restart online sales amid Covid-19 lockdown
Games Workshop has revealed plans to restart online orders and trade sales in Europe and North America this week, amid…
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28 AprilBusiness Bites
Job support to be wound down, M&S dividend suspended, ventilator production slows, property market halts
Chancellor Rishi Sunack says he will wean the economy off his support schemes in a “gradual” wind-down, to help prevent…
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28 AprilCoronavirus
Tesco begins laying off some of its 45,000 temporary workers
Supermarket giant Tesco has reportedly begun laying off some of the 45,000 temporary workers it hired to help meet the…
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28 AprilComment
Furlough – what next?
The Government’s Job Retention Scheme was set up urgently to support employers and protect employees during lockdown. Such state intervention,…
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28 AprilCoronavirus
Marks and Spencer suspends dividends, secures funding
Marks and Spencer has announced it will not pay a dividend for the 2020/21 financial year in its latest effort…
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