Christmas

Independent department store Sandersons reports record festive sales

Independent department store Sandersons Boutique has hailed a record-breaking festive sales period, despite facing a cost-of-living crisis, freezing weather conditions…

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Boots Q1 sales driven by ‘record’ Black Friday

Boots has welcomed a strong performance in its first quarter of trading, with like-for-like sales up by 8.7%, in part…

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Holland and Barrett appoints new executive chair

Holland and Barrett has announced the appointment of Alex Gourlay as its new executive chair. He has taken over from…

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Next ups guidance amid strong Christmas sales

Next has increased its full year profit before tax guidance by £20m to £860m, as sales in the Christmas period…

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Greggs sales surge 23% in FY22

Greggs has announced that its FY22 sales were £1.5bn, an increase of 23.0% compared with the equivalent period in 2021…

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Matalan lenders close in on takeover deal

A group of investors who have lent hundreds of millions to Matalan are closing in on a deal to take…

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Food inflation hits record high of 13.3%

ood inflation accelerated to the highest inflation rate in the category on record, after jumping to 13.3% in December, up…

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Footfall drops almost 30% post-Christmas

Retailers in the UK saw footfall decrease 27.7% last week compared to the week before Christmas, which was just 7%…

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Aldi hails record December as sales top £1.4bn

Aldi’s Christmas sales during December soared 26%, topping £1.4bn for the first time.  The figures, which reflect an increase in…

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Superdry secures £80m loan amid strong H1 sales

Superdry has revealed it has secured a new three-year financing facility of up to £80m that won’t expire until December…

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