Marketing
This coverage explores marketing strategy and innovation across the UK retail industry — from brand campaigns and customer engagement to data-driven advertising and omnichannel communication. Retail Sector reports on retailer marketing performance, creative partnerships, loyalty schemes, and digital transformation shaping how brands connect with consumers. Coverage includes insights into retail media networks, influencer collaborations, social commerce, and the evolving use of AI and analytics in campaign optimisation. For retail professionals, this category offers expert intelligence on how effective marketing drives sales, brand value, and competitive advantage in a dynamic retail environment.
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Aug- 2025 -13 AugustComment
It’s time we had a system that stopped taxing retailers as if it were 1599
Our high streets have had a tough time in recent years – battered by a global pandemic, war, energy shocks and soaring inflation. Yet despite it all, shops have kept going – serving their communities, creating jobs, and showing remarkable resilience. But resilience isn’t a plan for growth, and nostalgia…
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7 AugustOnline & Digital
Grocery helps boost Deliveroo’s H1 GTV to £3.78bn
Deliveroo has reported a 9% year-on-year increase in gross transaction value (GTV) and revenues, reaching £3.78bn and £1.04bn respectively, driven by double-digit growth in its grocery segment for the first half of the year ended 30 June 2025. Order volumes rose 8% to £147m, with GTV per order up 1%…
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6 AugustPeople Moves
Sainsbury’s announces leadership changes to drive Next Level strategy
Sainsbury’s has announced significant changes to its operating board in a bid to further strengthen leadership across customer experience, technology, commercial and sustainability, and support delivery and acceleration of its ‘Next Level’ strategy. The move sees Tracey Clements appointed to the operating board as chief retail, logistics and supply chain…
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Jul- 2025 -31 JulyClothing & Shoes
Gardiner Bros acquires Base London
Gardiner Bros has acquired British footwear brand Base London in a move that brings together two longstanding names in UK footwear retail. The deal marks Base London’s 30th anniversary and is the first brand acquisition by Gardiner Bros, a wholesale footwear specialist with a history spanning multiple generations Base London…
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31 JulyDepartment Stores
Next ups full-year guidance as Q2 sales rise 10.5%
Next has upped its full-year sales guidance after sales soared by 10.5% in its second quarter, as the group “overperformed” in both the UK and international markets. In the quarter ended 26 July 2025, full price sales were £49m ahead of its original guidance, with the group previously expecting a…
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31 JulyLuxury Goods
Virgin Wines beats market expectations despite FY profit fall
Virgin Wines has reported that pre-tax profits fell to £1.6m in the year ended 30 June 2025, down from £1.9m in the previous year. Despite the decline, this was ahead of market expectations by 23.1%. Meanwhile, EBITDA fell to £2.3m, down from £2.8m the prior year, which the group attributed…
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30 JulyHealth & Beauty
Myprotein products to be sold in Walmart stores across US
Myprotein will launch in Walmart stores in the United States next month, marking the sports nutrition brand’s first entry into the retailer’s physical outlets. From 8 August, a selection of Myprotein products including Clear Whey drinks, Protein Wafers and Creatine powder will be available on shelves nationwide. The move expands…
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29 JulyOnline & Digital
Debenhams partners with Pinterest to boost brand awareness
Debenhams has partnered with Pinterest as part of efforts to increase brand awareness and boost customer growth. Debenhams is the first group brand in the UK to launch a campaign on the online platform this year. The online department store said it is working closely with Pinterest on a marketing…
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25 JulyOnline & Digital
Depop appoints new chief executive
Depop, the community-based fashion resale marketplace, has appointed Peter Semple as chief executive officer, effective 1 August, following his tenure as interim chief executive. Semple first joined the fashion resale platform as chief marketing officer, later assuming interim leadership. He replaces former chief executive Kruti Patel Goyal, who left the…
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23 JulyClothing & Shoes
M&S ad banned over model’s ‘unhealthy’ appearance
A Marks and Spencer advertisement has been banned after the UK’s advertising watchdog ruled that it portrayed a model as “unhealthily thin”. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld complaints from four members of the public over an image shown on the retailer’s app in April and May 2025. The image…
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