Wales
This coverage highlights retail developments and economic trends specific to Wales, examining store openings and closures, regional sales performance, employment issues, and policy changes affecting the retail sector. Reporting provides retail managers and executives with insights into the unique challenges and opportunities shaping retail operations across Welsh towns and cities.
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Jan- 2022 -4 JanuaryNews
Tesco unveils first commercial electric articulated HGVs
Tesco has launched the “UK’s first” commercially used fully electric heavy freight articulated trucks. Two new 37 tonne DAF electric vehicles will transport food and other products from Wentloog rail terminal outside Cardiff to Tesco’s distribution centre in Magor, Wales, in partnership with logistics and international freight forwarding company FSEW.…
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Dec- 2021 -23 DecemberSupermarkets
Iceland MD urges people to get vaccinated as staff absences surge
Iceland managing director Richard Walker has urged colleagues to get vaccinated as the number of staff absences reached a new high at the supermarket. The retailer, which employs roughly around 30,000 people, said that due to the Omicron variant, staff absences have quadrupled. During the peak Christmas period, Walker noted…
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Nov- 2021 -29 NovemberSupermarkets
Mind opens first superstore in Longton
Mental health charity Mind has opened its very first superstore on The Strand in Longton. The ribbon was cut by Jack Brereton, MP for Stoke-on-Trent South, who welcomed locals to the store alongside Andrew Vale, managing director of Mind retail, and Mind’s regional manager, Teresa Utley. The superstore – which…
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26 NovemberEconomy
Footfall on the rise ahead of festive season
Footfall in UK retail destinations rose by 4.1% last week compared with the week before, a “considerable improvement” from the rise of 1.5% in the previous week, according to the latest figures from Springboard. In high streets the increase was even greater at 6.2%, nearly double the rise of 3.3%…
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24 NovemberSupermarkets
Lidl to open 1,100 new stores
Lidl GB has announced plans to open 1,100 new stores by the end of 2025, creating 4,000 new jobs across the country. Additionally, the company said it remains on track to open 1,000 stores by the end of 2023 which it previously announced. The further 100 new stores will be…
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16 NovemberSupermarkets
Supermarket Income REIT acquires new sites for £73m
Supermarket Income REIT, the real estate investment group, has announced the acquisition of a Sainsbury’s supermarket in Swansea, South Wales, and a Tesco supermarket in Maidstone, Kent, for a total purchase price of £73m. The Sainsbury’s store opened in 1989 and was refurbished in 2016. The seven acre city centre…
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5 NovemberSupermarkets
Tesco wins Terra Carta Seal award
Tesco has announced it has been recognised by HRH The Prince of Wales for “leading the retail industry in transitioning towards a net zero future” by winning the Terra Carta Seal award. The award, launched this year, is given to companies which are “driving innovation and taking action to create…
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Oct- 2021 -19 OctoberEconomy
UK footfall return remains steady
Footfall across UK retail destinations declined marginally by -0.7% last week from the week before, according to Springboard. UK footfall last week was +28.1% higher than in the same week in 2020, which was a strong improvement from +24.5% in the week before. The fact that footfall did not change…
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19 OctoberLuxury Goods
Welsh brand Au Vodka tops list of UK’s fastest growing online companies
A world-leading Retail Operating System has curated a list of the 50 fastest growing e-commerce brands of the ‘pandemic era’, with Swansea-based luxury alcohol brand, Au Vodka, coming out on top. The list, titled the Lightning 50, tracked growth across brands to rank the UK’s 50 fastest growing e-commerce companies…
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19 OctoberLuxury Goods
Au Vodka reveals gold standard for success after being crowned Winner in Brightpearl’s Lightning 50
Key facts Lightning 50 Overall Winner, plus Regional Winner in Wales and Winner in the Luxury Sector 10,000% YoY growth £5 million expected revenue in 2021 “We’re thrilled to have won not one but three titles in the Lightning 50” – Jordan Major, Head of e-Commerce, Au Vodka Endorsed by…
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