John Lewis Partnership slumps to £517m annual loss and confirms it WILL be closing more stores for good as the pandemic rocks retailers JLP said it was ‘in discussions’ with landlords over proposed store closures By Jane Denton For Thisismoney Published: 08:15 GMT, 11 March 2021 | Updated: 08:16 GMT, 11 March 2021 The John … Read more
Major West End stores across London stand frozen in time with festive window displays as staff count down to reopening on April 12. Tier 4 level restrictions forced non-essential retailers across the capital to close on December 20 – with many failing to take down their Christmas lights following the announcement. That closure was then … Read more
John Lewis preparing to close up to eight more stores to slash costs after avoiding its first loss in 101 years By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 21 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 21 February 2021 Blow: Dame Sharon White has already closed eight stores and cut 2,800 jobs John … Read more
John Lewis ‘is set to shut eight of its 42 remaining department stores’ putting hundreds more jobs at risk John Lewis could shut a fifth of its 42 remaining stores as sales move online Chairwoman Dame Sharon White has reportedly marked eight shops for closure This follows the closure of eight stores in July, which … Read more
Desperate Texans have been thrown into survival mode as the state is now running out of food and water with seven million people under boil water orders – despite many still having no power – and hungry residents forced to line up for four hours to get their hands on a hot meal. Thursday marked … Read more
JD Sports holds talks about running Topshop stores in partnership with Asos as sale of fashion brand inches closer By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 30 January 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 30 January 2021 JD Sports has held talks about running Topshop stores in partnership with Asos as a sale … Read more
Online fashion retailer Boohoo has confirmed it has bought the Debenhams brand for £55 million and will relaunch the department store as an online-only operation from next year. Bosses said the deal will not include saving Debenhams’ stores which will close for good as part of a structured winding down of the business. Debenhams started … Read more
McDonald’s worker reveals the ‘truth’ about the drive-thru order process in stores around the world – shocking thousands of customers A McDonald’s worker has revealed the secrets behind drive-thru orders She has shown how workers manage to get the orders to the right cars Young model shared ingenious hack online to easily eat a Mcdonalds … Read more
Arcadia administrators are set to permanently shut another 31 of the fashion group’s stores by the end of January, with the loss of 714 more jobs. Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia retail empire collapsed into administration at the start of December. Arcadia, which once consisted of 444 UK retail chain stores including Topshop, Miss Selfridge, Dorothy … Read more
M&S stores in France have started running out of food as ‘convoluted’ Brexit rules were blamed for millions of pounds worth of meat exports from Britain being left to rot in Rotterdam and Calais. Shelves in the upmarket supermarket’s food halls in Paris and Lille are bare as it becomes the latest company affected by Brexit border … Read more