Essex
This coverage examines retail developments across Essex, focusing on store openings and closures, shopping centre activity, redevelopment projects, and shifts in consumer behaviour. Reporting includes updates from key locations such as Lakeside, Basildon, Southend-on-Sea, and Brentwood, analysing how economic pressures, online competition, and local regeneration efforts are shaping the region’s retail landscape. The content is tailored for retail managers, property professionals, and executives overseeing operations in regional markets.
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Aug- 2022 -16 AugustAnalysis
Staff satisfaction should be top of Amazon’s agenda
Amazon has been making plenty of headlines recently, with news of its recent Q2 financial results depicting a net loss of £1.6bn in spite of a 7% increase in sales. However, out of all the Amazon-related news circulating, its current battle with unions and the company’s refusal to offer staff…
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8 AugustNews
Amazon workers plan further strikes over 35p pay rise
Amazon workers are preparing for a further wave of strikes in British warehouses in the coming days as disagreement over pay and conditions escalate, according to the Telegraph. The announcement comes as workers at Amazon’s warehouse in Tilbury, Essex, walked out over what the GMB Union described as a “pathetic”…
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Jul- 2022 -7 JulySupermarkets
Morrisons opens its first eco store
Morrisons has launched its first low environmental impact store in Little Clacton, Essex, which uses 43% less carbon, stocks 366 loose products to reduce plastic waste, and uses locally sourced products. Morrisons Little Clacton has recycled 99% of the demolition materials from its old store in the new build, and…
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Jun- 2022 -30 JuneSupermarkets
Poundland to expands £1 range in response to inflation
Poundland has confirmed its intentions to reset 850-plus stores and expand the products it sells for £1 in response to rising inflation. According to new figures released last week, inflation has hit 9.1%, the highest rate in 40 years. As a result, Poundland said it would be “leaning more heavily…
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May- 2022 -17 MaySupermarkets
M&S to open new Lakeside store in 2023
Marks and Spencer has announced that it will open a new store at Lakeside centre, situated in Essex, due to launch in Spring 2023. Lakeside’s existing Marks and Spencer store will move from its current location to the new unit, covering 98,000 sq ft of net selling space. The relocation…
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Dec- 2021 -7 DecemberDepartment Stores
Harrods launches new partnership with Klarna
Luxury retailer Harrods has announced a new partnership with Klarna, a global retail bank, in a bid to offer customers more “flexible” and “convenient” payment options. Harrods UK will allow shoppers to use Klarna’s Pay in three payment options for beauty purchases in Harrods Beauty Hall, as well as across…
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Jun- 2021 -10 JuneHR
JLP to provide six months’ equal paid parental leave
The John Lewis Partnership (JLP) has announced that it will provide six months of equal parenthood paid leave, becoming the first UK retailer to do so. In addition, two weeks’ paid leave will be given for any of the group’s staff members that experience the loss of a pregnancy. The…
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Apr- 2021 -26 AprilOnline & Digital
Gousto reaches first year of profitability since launch
Recipe box provider Gousto has welcomed “record” sales for 2020, up 129% to £189m. Meanwhile, underlying EBITDA was £18.2m, up from a loss of £9.1m in 2019, as Gousto achieved its first full year of profitability since launch. According to the group, this strong growth has continued into 2021, with…
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Nov- 2020 -13 NovemberNews
Tesco sets plans to reach net zero emissions by 2035
Tesco has announced its partnership with Low Carbon to create three new solar farms in a new effort to reach net zero emissions by 2035. The new solar farms are situated in Essex, Anglesey and Oxfordshire and will aim to generate up to 130 giga-watt hours of energy per year,…
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Oct- 2020 -15 OctoberCoronavirus
London to move to Tier 2
London and Essex will face tougher Tier 2 Covid-19 restrictions from Saturday (17 October), including a ban on the mixing of households indoors, local MPs have been told. According to the BBC, health secretary Matt Hancock is set to update MPs on the latest measures in the Commons later today.…
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