High Street

Hotel Chocolat beats high street woes with strong revenue growth in 2019

British chocolatier Hotel Chocolat has reported a 14% increase in revenues to £132.5m for the year ending 30 June 2019.…

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Why the death of the high street has been greatly exaggerated

To misappropriate Mark Twain’s famous quote, news of the high street’s death has been greatly exaggerated. There is no doubt…

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Primark expects like-for-like sales dip in FY results

Clothes retailer Primark, which is owned by Associated British Foods (AB Foods), has revealed it expects a 2% decline in…

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Shoe Zone CEO quits amid profit warning

The chief executive of value footwear retailer Shoe Zone, Nick Davies, has resigned from his position with immediate effect, on…

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Moss Bros announces boardroom shakeup

Moss Bros Group has announced a shakeup to its boardroom with the appointment of Avis Darzins as a non-executive director…

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Get yourself a captive audience

I happen to know the high-end perfume shop at London St Pancras does a roaring trade. And I would cheerfully…

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Mike Ashley’s high street monopoly

Over the past two years retail tycoon Mike Ashley has been treating the UK high street as his very own…

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How Games Workshop is standing up against the UK’s high street woes

In what is still an incredibly turbulent time for the retail market, fantasy miniatures retailer Games Workshop has seen explosive…

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Boots to trial in-store interpretation service

Health and beauty retailer Boots is trialing an interpretation service for non-English speaking pharmacy patients, starting in five stores across…

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Spotlight: Retailers defying the high street doom and gloom

Joules British clothing retailer Joules has continued to defy the high street gloom over the past two years, and so…

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