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Retail’s staffing crisis: why jobs are disappearing and what’s next

Across the UK, retail employment remains 5% below pre-pandemic levels, according to Deputy’s Big Shift 2025 report. The decline is steady, pushed along by automation, e-commerce, and shifting worker expectations. In contrast, London’s hospitality sector is booming – fuelled by the city’s night-time economy, now worth a quarter of all…

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Temu strengthens commitment to quality assurance with Eurofins Consumer Products Testing partnership

Temu, the international e-commerce platform, is strengthening its product safety and compliance measures through a partnership with Eurofins Consumer Product Testing and Eurofins Assurance, leading global providers of testing, inspection, and certification services. This collaboration aims to support transparency in Temu’s product safety processes, enhance quality control and ensure that…

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Skills crisis to cost UK retail £23.3bn, study finds

The UK retail sector is grappling with another “severe skills crisis”, with businesses losing an estimated £23.3bn due to inefficiencies caused by undertrained employees, according to new research from Flip, the frontline employee app.  The research, in partnership with Workplace Intelligence, found that retail employees are spending nearly 10 hours…

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Zalando sees FY24 revenues surge to €10.6bn

Zalando has reported that its revenues saw a 4.2% increase year-on-year to €10.6bn (£8.9bn) in FY 2024, despite what it called a rather “muted” macroeconomic environment. Driven by its focus on “driving profitable growth”, Zalando’s adjusted EBIT also reached €511m (£428m) in 2024, up from €350m (£293.9m) a year earlier,…

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Ikea receives 3,730 job applications in five days for Oxford Street store

Ikea has received 3,730 applications in just five days for its new Oxford Street store which is set to open in Spring 2025. According to Ikea, the high level of interest in the 150 available positions marks the “largest-ever” response the home furnishing retailer has seen in the UK, “breaking…

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CMA appoints Doug Gurr as interim chair

Former Amazon boss Doug Gurr has been appointed as interim chair of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), in a bid to boost growth and support the economy. Gurr, currently the director of the Natural History Museum, will bring a wealth of experience in the technology sector as the former…

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Boohoo faces criticism after reviving ties with controversial supplier

Boohoo is reportedly facing growing criticism after reinstating a supplier it had previously cut ties with amid a modern slavery scandal. According to an investigation from The Telegraph, the Leicester-based GN Euro is again supplying womenswear to the online retailer, despite being struck off in 2021, after Boohoo was hit…

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Frasers Group Sport MD to step down in November

Frasers Group has announced that Ger Wright will be stepping down from her role of managing director of sport on 30 November, which has held since 2022.  During her time as MD, Wright has been credited with making a “significant” contribution to the execution of the group’s elevation strategy.  As…

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