Sainsbury’s hires ex John Lewis boss Paula Nickolds to head clothing and homeware operations after she was sacked from department store chain last year Ms Nickolds will become general merchandise and clothing commercial director The businesswoman, 48, will also lead Argos, Habitat and Tu clothing operations She was ousted from John Lewis last January after she … Read more
Did you fall for any April Fools jokes today? Don’t worry, we’ve all been there. This year’s jokes have ranged from ‘hot tea taps’ and Subway ‘hand helpers’ to the part-soup, part-smoothie Smoup and a treadmill grasscutter. Piers Morgan joked that he had been given his old job at Good Morning Britain back after the … Read more
Argos will refund more than £500,000 to 114,000 customers in e-card vouchers after breaking rules over extended warranty Argos will refund £570,010 in total to 114,002 customers in £5 e-card vouchers Retailer broke rules on extended warranty deals for more than a year, CMA found Sainsbury’s owned chain failed to remind shoppers of options to … Read more
Argos will refund more than £500,000 to 114,000 customers in e-card vouchers after breaking rules over extended warranty Argos will refund £570,010 in total to 114,002 customers in £5 e-card vouchers Retailer broke rules on extended warranty deals for more than a year, CMA found Sainsbury’s owned chain failed to remind shoppers of options to … Read more
Police confronted protesters chanting ‘take your freedom back’ as they marched through Clapham on Saturday to call for opposition against national lockdown measures ordering people to stay at home. The protest, organised by group StandupX, was attended by a few dozen people who marched from Clapham Common, in south London, and then down the high … Read more
Sainsbury’s records £330million profit for 2020 after Christmas and Black Friday trading surge with 1.1MILLION online orders in the 10 days before Christmas Britain’s second largest supermarket chain thought profit would be £50m less Huge sales from Black Friday and just before Christmas catapulted revenue up Sainsbury’s also owns Argos, which saw sales rise 8.4% … Read more
An hour in a hot bath burns off the same calories as a brisk half-hour walk, reveals riveting new book of sensory tips A book by an Oxford professor reveals how to use senses to improve daily life Hot shower an hour or two before bedtime sends you to sleep seven mins faster Psychologically, you … Read more
Christmas shoppers were sent into a panic over the weekend when ‘non-essential’ retailers including clothes shops and department stores were closed as part of tougher Tier 4 restrictions introduced for London and swathes of the South East. The sudden move to shutter stores less than a week before Christmas means some shoppers are scrambling to … Read more
Nearly nine in 10 Black Friday ‘deals’ could be found at the same price or cheaper earlier in the year, analysis suggests. Consumer group Which? tracked the prices of 219 popular home and tech products over the course of a year, for six months before Black Friday 2019 and six months after. Products from Amazon, … Read more
TK Maxx has become the second major high-street chain to fire off an early Christmas advert in the race to attract festive shoppers, behind Argos. The playful advert, which will hit the big screens Wednesday, begins with a cheerful goat walking by the farm on a snowy day, wearing a snazzy hot pink jumper with … Read more