MORE John Lewis stores could close as retail giant records pre-tax losses of £517 million

MORE John Lewis stores could close as retail giant records pre-tax losses of £517 million for the year to January 30 Retail giant John Lewis Partnership has warned over further store closures The company, which owns Waitrose, revealed its annual pre-tax loss for the year The losses are a striking contrast compared to the profit … Read more

January retail sales plunged by 8% compared to December

January retail sales plunged by 8% compared to December in a slump three times worse than experts predicted as non-essential High Street stores were shut during lockdown Economists had predicted January would see retail sales decline by around 2.5% Office for National Statistics figures released today show retail sales fell by 8.2% Non-food stores were … Read more

150 Arcadia staff set to launch legal battle against Sir Philip Green’s retail empire

More than 150 former staff who lost their jobs when Philip Green’s Arcadia empire collapsed are set to launch a legal battle over their redundancies. Asos last week announced its £330million takeover of stock in Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT brands – but not the shops. Countless ‘disgusted’ employees were officially told they’d lost … Read more

Retail mogul Philip Day strikes deal to rescue Edinburgh Woollen Mill 

Retail mogul Philip Day strikes deal to rescue Edinburgh Woollen Mill with 1,453 jobs and 246 stores saved By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 12 January 2021 | Updated: 22:19 GMT, 12 January 2021 The owner of Edinburgh Woollen Mill has secured a deal to rescue the brand The … Read more

Retail sales fell 3.8 per cent in November as lockdown hit High Street

Lockdown hammered the High Street in November as retail sales tumbled by 3.8 per cent but online shopping surged by 75 PER CENT year-on-year as people brought forward their Christmas gift buying Retail sales across the UK tumbled by 3.8 per cent in November as lockdown hit But online shopping surged by 74.7 per cent … Read more

Best books on shops: Author Patricia Nicol recommends tomes about retail

Best books on shops: Author Patricia Nicol recommends tomes about retail Author Patricia Nicol recommends best selection of books on shops She said it comes at a time of high-street retailers struggling against economy  Recommendations included Barbara Taylor Bradford’s A Woman Of Substance By Patricia Nicol For The Daily Mail Published: 22:13 GMT, 13 December 2020 … Read more

Shocked shopper films rats swarming over retail park

Shocked shopper films rats swarming over retail park ‘like a Bushtucker Trial’ in stomach-churning footage  Shoppers saw more than 20 rats in a shopping centre car park in Hull The rats were seen outside Poundland in St Andrews Retail Park in Hull  One viewer compared the scenes to a Bushtucker Trial in I’m A Celebrity … Read more

Retail veterans back calls for business rates relief to be extended

Retail veterans back calls for business rates relief for the High Street to be extended past April 2021 By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 9 December 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 9 December 2020 A dozen retail industry veterans have urged High Street business rates relief to be extended past April. … Read more

Sam Faiers cuts a stylish figure as she enjoys some retail therapy with her daughter Rosie

Sam Faiers cuts a stylish figure in a black dress and grey coat as she enjoys some retail therapy with her daughter Rosie By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 23:13 GMT, 7 December 2020 | Updated: 23:13 GMT, 7 December 2020 She recently revealed that she has changed her mind about sending daughter Rosie, three, to … Read more

Jobs lost across retail soar to 171,000 so far this year

Jobs lost across retail soar to 171,000 so far this year, passing last year’s total despite Government help schemes By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 5 December 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 5 December 2020 Jobs lost across the retail sector have soared to 171,000 so far this year, surging past … Read more