Footwear retailer Kurt Geiger will quarantine shoes for 24 hours

Footwear retailer Kurt Geiger will quarantine shoes for 24 hours after customers try them on as part of its plans to reopen up to 20 stores from next month. Customers will be asked to put on disposable ‘pop socks’ and use antibacterial hand sanitiser before trying on shoes to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Items … Read more

Superdrug becomes first high street retailer to sell a coronavirus antibody test for £69

Superdrug has become the first high street retailer to sell a coronavirus antibody test to the public for £69 with almost 100 per cent accuracy. The test is produced by medical giant Abbott, which was the second antibody test approved by ministers this month after that made by Roche. Blood samples have to be posted … Read more

Games Workshop shares leap as the Dwarfs, Orcs and Elves retailer says its profits are set to surge

Games Workshop shares leap as the Dwarfs, Orcs and Elves retailer says its profits are set to surge Retailer expects sales for the six months to December to be at least £140m Nottingham-headquartered firm said profits for the period will be at least £55m Shares climbed 17 per cent to 5267p following the update on Friday   … Read more

Billionaire owner of retailer Matalan seeks £60m cash as closures bite 

Billionaire owner of retailer Matalan seeks £60m cash as closures bite Matalan, run by the billionaire Hargreaves family, is seeking as much as £60m It said it had been forced to close 232 stores but continues to sell clothing online Matalan has furloughed staff has drafted a number of forecasts to assess the impact of lockdown … Read more

Safety shake-up to see fashion retailer Next reopen its website after over two-week shutdown

Safety shake-up to see fashion retailer Next reopen its website after over two-week shutdown Next was the only major retailer to cease trading completely after lockdown Sources said Next aims to set a new benchmark for safe working  More than 3,000 employees volunteered to go back to work By Neil Craven for The Mail on … Read more

Fashion retailer Next will close its online operation completely

Next will be shutting down its online operations from tonight amid the nation’s coronavirus outbreak. The high-street fashion chain confirmed it would be closing down its online stores after workers raised concerns at being asked to come into shops and warehouses to pick goods during the coronavirus lockdown.  A statement from the company said it … Read more

Fashion retailer Quiz joins other retailers as it warns of sales slump and ditches guidance

Fashion retailer Quiz joins other retailers as it warns of sales slump and ditches guidance on profits Quiz saw a ‘substantial’ fall in traffic online and in stores, which shut on 22 March It warned closures will have an impact on its full-year profits to the end of March  By Camilla Canocchi for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: … Read more

Birmingham fuel retailer is first to sell petrol for less than £1-a-litre

A petrol station in Birmingham is believed to have become the first retailer in Britain to offer fuel for less than £1-a-litre since the price of oil crashed earlier this month. The Murco garage on the A435 near Kings Heath on Tuesday cut the price of unleaded to 99.7p. It follows cuts of up to … Read more

Retailer Cath Kidston in race to find a buyer as virus lockdown wreaks havoc on the high street

Retailer Cath Kidston in race to find a buyer as virus lockdown wreaks havoc on the high street By Ben Harrington For The Mail On Sunday Published: 23:07 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 23:07 GMT, 21 March 2020 Fashion and home retailer Cath Kidston is looking for a buyer to save the business as … Read more