Hotel Chocolat
This coverage examines Hotel Chocolat’s operations, strategy, and positioning within the UK retail and confectionery market. Reporting highlights store performance, product innovation, marketing campaigns, sustainability efforts, and executive leadership shaping the brand’s growth. Retail executives, brand managers, and buyers can gain insight into how Hotel Chocolat navigates consumer trends and competitive pressures in the premium food and gifting sectors.
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Oct- 2025 -22 OctoberSport & Leisure
Footasylum signs lease renewal and expands Manchester flagship
Footasylum has renewed its lease at Manchester Arndale for a further 20 years and will expand the store into a 17,000 sq ft flagship unit. News comes as the trainers and apparel retailer is undertaking a full refit to create a larger space showcasing its full range of products and…
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21 OctoberPeople Moves
Laura James appoints new CEO
Homeware and interiors brand Laura James has announced the appointment of Matthew Talbot as its new chief executive officer. Talbot, who previously served as chief operating officer for four and a half years, has overseen a period in which the business more than doubled in size, with increased profitability and…
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Sep- 2025 -17 SeptemberOnline & Digital
Moonpig remains on track to meet FY26 guidance
Moonpig has announced that it remains on track to meet its FY26 guidance after reporting trading was in line with expectations since the start of the financial year (commencing 1 May 2025). The online greeting card and gifting group has seen revenues grow by 10% year-on-year since the start of…
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1 SeptemberPeople Moves
Hotel Chocolat appoints new UK GM
Hotel Chocolat has announced the appointment of Carrie Martin as its new UK general manager, effective 6 October 2025. Her appointment follows the departure of CEO Lysa Hardy after seven years. Martin joins from snack brand Kind, where she has served as general manager for Europe, the Middle East and…
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Aug- 2025 -12 AugustPeople Moves
AO World appoints Sophie Tomkins as non-executive director
AO World has announced that Sophie Tomkins has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company with effect from 1 September 2025. AO World said Tomkins brings “extensive” board-level experience, currently serving as a non-executive director at Wilmington PLC, Virgin Wines UK PLC, and System1 Group PLC and…
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Jul- 2025 -28 JulyShopping Centres
Hotel Chocolat opens flagship store at Manchester Arndale
Hotel Chocolat has opened one of its largest stores at Manchester Arndale, signing a 10-year lease to occupy the 7,288 sq ft unit. The new flagship store includes a café space whilst also selling its range of ethically sourced chocolate bars, hot drinks and gifts. Since being founded in…
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Jun- 2025 -5 JuneClothing & Shoes
Stradivarius to open first Glasgow store at Silverburn
Spanish fashion brand Stradivarius will open its first Glasgow store at Silverburn, joining a line-up of Inditex-owned retailers at the shopping centre. The brand, part of international fashion group Inditex, will occupy a 6,462 sq ft unit. Its arrival will bring the number of Inditex stores at Silverburn to four,…
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Feb- 2025 -24 FebruaryClothing & Shoes
Bershka and Pull&Bear to open at Glasgow’s Silverburn
Bershka and Pull&Bear have selected retail and leisure destination Silverburn to open their first Glasgow stores. Bershka will take the current Zara space, which will open a much larger store in the former Debenhams unit, as announced last year. Pull&Bear is taking the former Topshop store, between Mango and River…
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Jan- 2025 -27 JanuaryNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief-27/1/25
WH Smith is exploring the sale of its high street arm to focus on its global Travel business, which now contributes 75% of revenue and 85% of profits. The potential sale, managed by bankers at Greenhill, comes amid a 9% decline in high street profits to £39m, although group revenue…
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27 JanuaryHigh Street
Hotel Chocolat to open 25 stores this year amid record Xmas sales
Hotel Chocolat posted record UK Christmas sales for the 4 weeks to 29 December and has revealed it is set to open 25 new stores in the UK this year. The premium chocolatier saw sales rise 10.4% year-on-year, with 21 and 23 December being the busiest shopping days online and…
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