Pandemic

Naked Wine revenue soars 80% in H1

Naked Wines saw revenues soar by 80% to £157.1m in the half-year ended 28 September 2020. The group also reported…

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Halfords profits double in ‘very strong’ H1

Halfords has welcomed a “very strong” half-year of trading, with pre-tax profit soaring 116.2% to £56m in the half-year ended…

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Planning for the new digital saltation

Digital evolution, over the last 10 years, has been a steady move from offline to online. Since the mid-noughties until…

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Consumer confidence falls with Covid restrictions

Consumer confidence in the UK has dropped significantly with the introduction of further pandemic restrictions, according to new data from…

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The future of retail, where one size fits none

When writing this introduction, perhaps somewhat naively, I Googled ‘what was the most challenging time in all of history for…

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JD Sports enters race for Debenhams

JD Sports has reportedly entered the race to acquire embattled department store Debenhams, and has been granted access to Debenhams’…

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Arcadia Group enters ‘urgent’ borrowing talks

Arcadia Group, the parent company of Topshop, has reportedly entered “urgent” borrowing talks in a bid to secure funding and…

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76% of retail staff experiencing higher levels of abuse, Usdaw finds

Usdaw has announced that three quarters of retail staff have experienced high levels of abuse and said it “has been…

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Tribunal reverses CMA’s block of JD Sports’ Footasylum takeover

The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has overturned the Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) decision to block JD Sports’ acquisition of…

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Burberry H1 revenues fall 31%

Burberry has revealed sales have managed to return to growth in October, after the luxury retailer said revenue for the…

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