Supply Chain
This coverage examines supply chain strategy and performance within the UK retail industry. Reporting highlights logistics innovation, inventory management, sourcing practices, supplier relations, technology adoption, and responses to disruption. Focused on efficiency, resilience, and commercial impact, it provides insights for retail executives and managers optimising operations and ensuring continuity.
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Sep- 2025 -26 SeptemberSport & Leisure
Castore signs five-year partnership deal with Apparel Brands
Sportswear firm Castore has agreed a five-year partnership with Apparel Brands to develop, manufacture and distribute socks and underwear across the UK and Europe. The range, covering men, women and youth, will be rolled out with major retail partners from 2026. Design work between the two companies is already under…
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24 SeptemberHigh Street
JD Sports sees PBT rise to £138m despite UK sales decline
JD Sports has revealed that its statutory profit-before-tax rose 9.5% to £138m, up from £126m, for the half year ended 2 August 2025. It comes despite a 1.7% decline in UK sales which the company attributed to tough comparatives as a result of the men’s Euro 2024 football tournament. Overall,…
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23 SeptemberFeatures
How the Fine Bedding Company became Family Business of the Year
When The Fine Bedding Company (FBC) was named Family Business of the Year in the Innovation category at this year’s Family Business United awards, it recognised more than a century of combining family heritage with forward-looking sustainability. The accolade marked a journey that began in Liverpool in 1912 and now…
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22 SeptemberFeatures
Journey to AI: build strong foundations for retail success
While AI has been grabbing headlines and presenting a vision of what is to come, AI is real and effective right now, and it forms the keystone of the retail industry’s future. But for many businesses, the journey to AI feels like a daunting one. Fragmented data systems, legacy processes,…
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22 SeptemberHigh Street
Home Bargains ramps up operations at new automated distribution centre
Home Bargains has revealed its new Omega automated distribution centre is now servicing 200 stores across the UK. The centre intakes over 25,000 pallets of stock each week, picking and dispatching almost 2 million cases, equating to over 50,000 cages of stock, and over 1,000 store deliveries, weekly. Over 60%…
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22 SeptemberClothing & Shoes
Boohoo hit by shareholder revolt over exec bonuses
Boohoo has suffered a shareholder revolt at its AGM following criticism over millions of pounds in bonuses paid to its bosses. Although all resolutions passed, more than 40% of voting shareholders voted against Boohoo’s remuneration plan at the meeting on Friday (19 September) after advisory firms called on shareholders to…
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17 SeptemberSupermarkets
Total till sales rise 4.1% amid back to school rush
Total Till sales at UK supermarkets grew (+4.1%) in the last four weeks ending 6th September 2025, up from the +3.7% recorded in August, signalled by the end of Summer holidays as shoppers shifted focus to back to school items and preparations for Christmas celebrations. According to the latest data…
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11 SeptemberDepartment Stores
John Lewis H1 losses widen amid tax and budget costs
The John Lewis Partnership has fallen to a £34m loss in the first half of the year, up from a £5m loss the same period last year, attributing the widened loss to a new packaging tax and the effects of the budget. Excluding exceptional items, losses almost tripled from £33m…
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9 SeptemberSupply Chain
ASOS signs landmark agreement to secure supply chain workers’ rights
ASOS has signed a legally-binding, landmark agreement with the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) to protect transport workers’ rights and safety across its supply chains. Under a legally-binding human rights due diligence (HRDD) agreement, ASOS and the ITF will cooperate in conducting HRDD in ASOS’ transport operations and logistics. ITF…
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5 SeptemberFeatures
What does the future hold for Poundland?
Last week Poundland was saved from collapse just days before the company ran out of money after its restructuring plan was approved by a High Court. Barristers told a hearing that it would fall into administration by Friday and could run out of money by 7 September if the plan…
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