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Today’s news in brief-14/3/24

John Lewis announced a pre-tax profit of £42m, a significant turnaround from the previous year’s loss of £78m. Despite this,…

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Retail sees 14 closures a day as 5,000 stores vanish in 2023

High-profile retail restructuring and administrations have resulted in a net of 14 store closures a day during 2023, according to…

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Superdry founder in talks with investors over take-private deal

Superdry CEO and co-founder, Julian Dunkerton, is reportedly in talks with investors as he eyes a takeover deal that could…

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Joe Browns to open new store in Leeds

Joe Browns, the fashion and homes retailer, has announced the opening date of a new store at the city’s White…

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From Tesco to tiles: The eight largest mergers and acquisitions of 2023

This year has seen a large number of M&A deals in the retail industry. In fact, the number of UK…

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Matalan makes two senior executive appointments

Matalan has announced the appointment of Phil Hackney as chief supply chain operations officer and Katherine Davis as chief retail…

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Could WHSmith secure Toys R Us’ success through concessions?

After disappearing from UK high streets and retail parks in 2018, Toys R Us has made plans to relaunch this…

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Falling into administration – should you be worried?

Since the beginning of a new decade, we have heard of many high-profile retailers such as Made, Missguided, Joules, Paperchase,…

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WHSmith to target stationary market with new Curi.o.city stores

WH Smith has reportedly revealed plans to open a souvenir and stationery store called Curi.o.city as it looks to fill…

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Could stationery retailers be facing a future in concessions?

Stationery retailers have not had a brilliant start to the year, as shown by a succession of less-than-stellar financial results…

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