Changing the retail guard: Online fashion pioneers come of age with landmark takeovers, says ALEX BRUMMER By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 25 January 2021 | Updated: 22:40 GMT, 25 January 2021 Boohoo’s takeover of the Debenhams brands and platform, together with the exclusive talks by Asos to buy Sir Philip … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: How retail has defied the odds with some firms doing splendidly By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:05 GMT, 12 January 2021 | Updated: 22:22 GMT, 12 January 2021 The pandemic is throwing up the unexpected when it comes to the economy. Ben Broadbent notes that 2020 may be the weakest … Read more
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
Anger and confusion has arisen today over new lockdown restrictions which mean garden centres and pet stores can stay open while other retail stores are being forced to close. Thousands of chain and independent retailers have for a third time been ordered to shut their stores across England. The new lockdown order, which follows on … Read more
Food products that could be affected by shortages Industry insiders warned that there are several products most at risk of shortages. This is because these products are typically imported from the Continent at this time of year. These include: Salad leaves, including lettuces Citrus fruit Broccoli Cauliflower Fresh soft fruit, like strawberries ans raspberries Shellfish … Read more
The troubled Arcadia Group and Topshop/Topman appeared before a judge today accused of allowing the death of a 10-year-old boy in one of their stores through unsafe practices. The court heard how the retail empire owned by Sir Philip Green and its child company, which plunged into administration at the end of last month, could … Read more
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
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
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
ALEX BRUMMER: Covid has shown us that Britain’s creaky retail sector is in desperate need of repurposing By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 23:07 GMT, 1 December 2020 | Updated: 23:07 GMT, 1 December 2020 The pandemic has been as much an economic shock as a health emergency. It has concertinaed commercial change. … Read more