Manchester
This coverage highlights retail activity, trends, and developments in Manchester, a key UK retail hub. Reporting includes store openings and closures, property developments, local economic impacts, retail performance data, and insights into regional strategies by national and independent brands. Tailored for executives and managers, it supports strategic planning for those engaged in retail operations and expansion in the North West.
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Mar- 2022 -28 MarchClothing & Shoes
M&S to expand Jaeger store presence with 14 openings
Marks and Spencer (M&S) has announced that 14 Jaeger stores are set to open across the UK and Ireland, following “encouraging” early demand for the brand online and a successful UK store trial which has been running since October last year. Jaeger is an independent brand under the M&S ecosystem,…
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14 MarchAdvice
Technology is retail’s best bet to go greener in 2022
The CMA’s Green Claims Code is now in full operation, with the sole objective of clamping down on empty ethical pledges. And to be fair, retail is rolling up its sleeves, disrupting supply chains, store layouts and materials, and even revamping consumer messaging to make a difference. But of course,…
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10 MarchHealth & Beauty
Faith in Nature secures £2.5m loan to expand manufacturing premises
Faith in Nature, the natural beauty products brand from Radcliffe, Manchester has announced it has secured a £2.5m loan in order to help expand the business. The loan will enable the company to develop new manufacturing and business premises, having outgrown its existing premises. The development of the new site…
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Feb- 2022 -18 FebruaryEconomy
End of free Covid tests will harm workers, Union warns
Ending free tests and self-isolation rules, along with no masks, represents a “triple whammy” for Covid safety in stores, according to Usdaw Shoppers Union. It comes after news that government ministers are planning to stop supplies of coronavirus tests to universities in England, in the first case of ending the…
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8 FebruaryClothing & Shoes
Frasers Group to open new Sports Direct flagship in Manchester
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has unveiled plans to open a 50,000sq. ft Sports Direct flagship in Manchester city centre, as part of the group’s strategic flagship roll out. The store will open in The Arndale shopping centre in late 2022 and will house Sports Direct, USC, Evans Cycles and Game…
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7 FebruaryHigh Street
Private equity firms circle THG
Private equity firms Advent International and Leonard Green are exploring a buyout of the struggling online retailer The Hut Group, according to The Sunday Times, with executives from Advent understood to have visited THG’s offices in Manchester. The news comes as shares in THG jumped 16% on Friday. Sources close…
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2 FebruaryOnline & Digital
Amazon to create 1,500 UK apprenticeships in 2022
Amazon is set to create 1,500 new apprenticeship roles across the UK in 2022. The online giant will create 40 apprenticeship schemes that include areas such as publishing, retailing, marketing, environmental, social and corporate governance, engineering and health and safety. The schemes will also include more than 200 apprenticeships which…
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Jan- 2022 -25 JanuaryOnline & Digital
Getir to create 6,000 UK jobs in 2022
Getir, a rapid grocery delivery app, reportedly expects to create up to 6,000 jobs in the UK this year alone. According to Sky News, the Turkey-based start-up has already created 4,000 jobs in the country, a figure that is expected to rise to 10,000 by the end of 2022. The…
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19 JanuaryOnline & Digital
OnBuy reveals new Bournemouth HQ
UK-based online marketplace, OnBuy, has announced a deal for new office space in Bournemouth Town Centre. The move follows what it called an “incredible year of growth”, resulting in a need to scale up its headquarters to accommodate the influx of new employees joining the company. OnBuy has seen its…
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Nov- 2021 -26 November
XR targets Amazon centres in Black Friday demo
Extinction Rebellion (XR) demonstrators have organised a series of protests outside Amazon fulfilment centres across the UK and Europe in order to block Black Friday deliveries on one of the retailer’s busiest days. The group has blocked a total of 15 fulfilment centres across the UK, Netherlands and Germany with…
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