The Range
This coverage examines The Range’s operations and strategy within the UK retail sector, featuring updates on store expansions, supply chain developments, marketing initiatives, leadership changes, and financial performance. Reporting offers insights for professionals interested in how the value retailer navigates competitive pressures, customer demand, and operational efficiency across its growing footprint.
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Sep- 2023 -13 SeptemberHigh Street
The Range agrees £5m deal for Wilko brand
Value retail chain The Range has agreed a deal to purchase the Wilko brand in a deal worth £5m, according to reports from Sky News. The deal is expected to be announced later on Wednesday and will be the latest in a series of transactions signed by administrators PwC. More…
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Aug- 2023 -15 AugustHigh Street
Wilko competitors consider bids for its estate
Wilko’s non-food market competitors Poundland, B&M, The Range and Home Bargains are reportedly among the companies looking to settle a deal to acquire the collapsed business, The Sun has reported. The retailers have until tomorrow (Wednesday 16 August) to register their offers with PwC, Wilko’s administrator. It is understood that…
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Mar- 2023 -29 MarchSport & Leisure
American Golf appoints new CEO
International Leisure Group in conjunction with Endless LLP has announced Nigel Oddy as its newly appointed CEO. Oddy will succeed Gary Favell from 11 April 2023 and assume responsibilities for ILG, including Europe’s leading golf retailer, American Golf. Before joining American Golf, Oddy most recently held the position of interim…
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Mar- 2022 -15 MarchOnline & Digital
Good Food Group launches new digital platform
A new ‘match-making’ platform has been launched by food consultancy The Good Food Group in a bid to partner UK retail buyers with up-and-coming brands. The digital platform is designed to help “time-poor buyers and new brands find each other in a product discovery process”. The introduction portal is an…
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Aug- 2021 -9 AugustShopping Centres
Kirkstall Bridge shopping park sold for £25.2m
LondonMetric Property has announced that it has sold its retail park, Kirkstall Bridge shopping park, for £25.2m to a UK institutional investor. The 120,000 sq ft shopping park was originally developed by the group in 2015 after acquiring the site in 2011. Following the recent re-letting of a 21,000 sq…
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Dec- 2019 -13 DecemberHigh Street
New Look appoints Nigel Oddy as new CEO
High street retailer New Look has appointed Nigel Oddy as its new chief executive officer. Oddy joined the retailer in April and held the role of its chief operating officer. He was also the chief executive of House of Fraser, having spent seven years at the department store holding various…
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Sep- 2019 -20 SeptemberHigh Street
Eve Sleep issues profit warning as Simba merger talks end
Mattress retailer Eve Sleep has issued a profit warning, after merger talks with Simba Sleep, first announced on 12 August, have collapsed. The group’s board said it decided that now is “not the right time to pursue the potential merger” and that it was more appropriate to focus on its…
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Jun- 2019 -14 JuneSupermarkets
Iceland earnings down 8.7% following ‘disappointing’ first half
Frozen food supermarket Iceland has reported an 8.7% drop in adjusted EBITDA to £140.1m, down £13.4m, for the year ending 29 March 2019. The group said the reduction occurred entirely in the first half of the year and reflected sales performance, increased staffing costs as a result of the rise…
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Apr- 2019 -9 AprilClothing & Shoes
New Look to abandon menswear store offering
Clothing retailer New Look plans to remove its menswear offering from its stores from autumn 19, moving it to an online only offering. According to Drapers, New Look aims to start the process of removing its mens offering from its 160 stores in the next four to six months. It…
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Nov- 2018 -29 NovemberHigh Street
The Range bans under-18s from shopping alone in its stores
Homewares retailer The Range has banned under-18s from shopping alone in its stores, “due to the products on sale in store”. A backlash began in Wales after two 17-year-olds were kicked out of the chain’s Rhyl store whilst shopping for Christmas presents. The teenagers’ mother, Karen Jayne, took to the…
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