Primark
This coverage explores Primark’s strategy and performance in the UK retail sector, focusing on store operations, product assortment, pricing, marketing campaigns, sustainability initiatives, and leadership decisions. Reporting highlights how Primark balances value positioning with volume growth and operational efficiency — offering insight for executives, managers, and professionals in fast‑fashion and large‑format retail.
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Jan- 2023 -20 JanuaryHigh Street
Mamas & Papas appoints new CEO ahead of global expansion
Mamas and Papas, the high street nursery brand, has announced chief operating officer Nathan Williams as its new CEO to lead the company’s next phase of growth, which it said would include expansion into new and existing international markets. Current CEO Mark Saunders, who joined the business three years ago…
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Dec- 2022 -9 DecemberClothing & Shoes
Primark to open 10 stores before Christmas
Primark’s parent company Associated British Foods (ABF) has announced that it is set to open 10 new stores before Christmas. As part of its trading update ahead of its AGM, ABF stated that Primark’s trading had been “encouraging” with the retailer set to open 27 new stores in the current…
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1 DecemberClothing & Shoes
Primark invests €100m into Spanish expansion
Primark has announced an investment of €100m (£86m) in the Spanish market including opening eight new stores and creating 1,000 jobs. The company will spend €80m (£69m) on opening the eight new stores and extending one existing store over the next two years. There are also plans to spend €20m…
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Nov- 2022 -29 NovemberAnalysis
Primark’s relationship with online shopping
As a company that has hand-waved away online shopping as unnecessary to its business model, Primark has finally relented in a small way with its recent launch of ‘Click and Collect’ for just 25 locations. Primark notoriously operates on the cheapest end of the clothing market and so has previously…
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28 NovemberHigh Street
Primark to invest £140m in UK stores over next two years
Primark has unveiled plans to invest £140m over the next two years in its UK store estate. This will include the opening of at least four new stores in Bury St Edmunds, Craigavon, Salisbury and Teesside Park. The investment creates at least 850 new jobs and increases selling space by…
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18 NovemberClothing & Shoes
Primark continues US expansion with NY store
Primark has continued its US expansion with the opening of its first of three new stores in New York. The retailer has opened a new store in Roosevelt Field in Garden City with a further two sites set to open on Jamaica Avenue in Queens, and City Point in Brooklyn…
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15 NovemberHigh Street
Primark launches click and collect service in 25 stores
Primark has unveiled the trial of a new click and collect service that will allow customers to shop for products online and order for delivery to one of the 25 locations available. It is reported that this trial is available across the north west of England, Yorkshire and north Wales,…
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8 NovemberClothing & Shoes
Primark sales rocket 43% in FY22
The parent company of Primark, Associated British Foods, has announced that Primark’s total sales rocketed by 43% to £7.7bn in FY22, as the group welcomed a “significant” rise in customer footfall and sales densities. In the UK, like-for-like sales and market shares returned to pre-pandemic levels, though weaker like-for-like sales…
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Sep- 2022 -21 SeptemberAnalysis
Inflation, fast fashion and how to keep shoppers in a recession
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), inflation is back in the single digits in August after it rose to worrying heights in July. However, despite its fluctuations, inflation has remained at record-breaking levels, damaging profits for affordable fashion retailers among others in different sectors. According to Fashion Network,…
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13 SeptemberDepartment Stores
John Lewis, Primark, Aldi to shut stores all day for Queen’s funeral
A number of retailers have confirmed they will shut all of their stores on the day of Queen’s funeral on 19 September as a mark of respect. Retailers including John Lewis, Homebase, WH Smith, B&Q, Primark, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Argos, Ikea, Poundland and grocers Aldi and Sainsbury’s will shut all of…
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