Peacocks fashion chain bought out of administration: 200 stores and 2,000 jobs SAVED

2020 Bonmarché, the value-oriented clothing retailer, went into administration for the second time in a year on December 2, 2020. There are 226 stores and more than 1200 employees. It is owned as a separate business by Philip Day, whose EWM is also in crisis (see below). Philip Day put this company into administration a … Read more

Peacocks is back: 200 stores and 2,000 jobs SAVED as senior executive rescues collapsed chain

Peacocks is back: 200 stores and 2,000 jobs SAVED as senior executive rescues collapsed British fashion chain from administration after securing backing from international investors By Danyal Hussain For Mailonline Published: 07:35 BST, 6 April 2021 | Updated: 07:35 BST, 6 April 2021 Collapsed fashion chain Peacocks has been bought out of administration by a … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon’s first haircut of 2021 as Scotland’s salons, DIY stores and garden centres reopen

Getting my HolyROOTS done! Nicola Sturgeon enjoys her first haircut of the year at Edinburgh salon as Scotland’s hairdressers, DIY stores and garden centres reopen after lockdown First Minister visited Edinburgh’s Beehive Hair and Make-up for appointment She praised today as a ‘happy day’ as easing of restrictions gets under way Hairdressers in England cannot reopen … Read more

Britons spend big at garden centres and DIY stores over Easter

Britons to spend an extra £290m at garden centres and DIY stores this Easter weekend By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 2 April 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 2 April 2021 Britons will spend an extra £290m at garden centres and DIY stores this Easter weekend.  Forecasters at the Centre for … Read more

Tesco culls senior staff in shake-up at bigger stores

Tesco triggers major overhaul of way its stores will be run in future – with over 2,000 managerial jobs being reviewed By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 27 March 2021 | Updated: 22:40 GMT, 27 March 2021 Britain’s biggest supermarket Tesco has triggered a major overhaul of the way its stores … Read more

Covid lockdown UK: Business leaders say closure of John Lewis stores ‘devastating’ for High Street

John Lewis to shut eight more stores  Store closures announced yesterday:  Aberdeen  Ashford (At Home) Basingstoke (At Home) Chester (At Home) Peterborough Sheffield  Tunbridge  Wells (At Home)  York  Store closures announced last July  Birmingham Croydon Watford Newbury Swindon Tamworth St Pancras  Heathrow MPs today called the permanent closure of eight John Lewis stores ‘devastating’ for … Read more

Covid lockdown UK: ‘Shellshocked’ business leaders say closure of John Lewis stores is ‘devastating’

John Lewis to shut eight more stores  Store closures announced yesterday:  Aberdeen  Ashford (At Home) Basingstoke (At Home) Chester (At Home) Peterborough Sheffield  Tunbridge  Wells (At Home)  York  Store closures announced last July  Birmingham Croydon Watford Newbury Swindon Tamworth St Pancras  Heathrow MPs today called the permanent closure of eight John Lewis stores ‘devastating’ for … Read more

Percy Pig had a glow up! M&S fans go wild for TikTok showing evolution of store’s famous character

Percy Pig had a glow up! M&S fans go wild over TikTok video showing how the character’s evolved from ‘terrifying’ to ‘cute’ Marks & Spencer has delighted fans with their latest Percy Pig themed clip British high street retailer shared hilarious video on their TikTok page yesterday Shows old version of the beloved character compared … Read more

John Lewis shuts eight stores putting 1,465 jobs at risk

John Lewis announces eight further stores will not reopen after lockdown putting 1,465 jobs at risk John Lewis puts nearly 1,500 jobs at risk as it prepares to shut eight of its stores Retailer is closing shops in Kent, Yorkshire, Aberdeen, Cheshire and Hampshire Another store in Northamptonshire will also close, while 34 will remain … Read more

Aldi’s sell-out £40 pizza oven is returning to stores this week along with a Big Green Egg BBQ copy

Aldi brings back its sell-out £40 pizza oven in time for post-lockdown garden gatherings – along with a cheaper version of the luxury Big Green Egg BBQ Budget supermarket’s Gardenline BBQ Pizza Oven returns to UK stores March 25 Specialbuys launch is perfect for al fresco dining with friends this summer   By Hayley Richardson For … Read more