Ikea is set to reopen 19 stores across England and Northern Ireland from next month – but restaurants and play areas will remain closed. The Swedish homewares chain said social distancing wardens will patrol the store in an effort to reduce the chance of spreading coronavirus when the retailer reopens from June 1. Families will … Read more
Meltdown at M&S: More stores facing the axe as chain records lowest profit for three decades with next year’s divi cancelled too By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 20 May 2020 | Updated: 23:13 BST, 20 May 2020 Marks & Spencer has warned it may shut more shops to survive in … Read more
Debenhams chief grabs back stores in furious wrangle over Next swoop By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:56 BST, 16 May 2020 | Updated: 21:56 BST, 16 May 2020 The chairman of Debenhams has waded into a bitter row with one of its most powerful landlords after discovering it had held secret talks … Read more
CVS will now test all of the supplements sold on its shelves, the pharmacy giant announced on Wednesday. Recent studies have found that hundreds of dietary supplements are tainted with unapproved drugs and ingredients. But the US Food and Drug Administration doesn’t have to assess or approve supplements before they hit store shelves and online … Read more
Morrisons set to roll out same-day delivery service it runs with Amazon to dozens of new stores by end of month By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:52 BST, 10 May 2020 | Updated: 08:17 BST, 11 May 2020 Morrisons is set to roll out the same-day delivery service it runs with Amazon … Read more
Bike shops are running out of stock as Britons rush to get on two wheels in preparation for the post-lockdown world. Halfords, Decathlon, Evans and WheelBase are selling out of mountain and road bikes as Cycle to Work schemes see a 200 per cent surge in orders from emergency workers. One bike store in Bicester … Read more
Debenhams confirms another FIVE stores will not re-open after lockdown in move that threatens 1,400 jobs Five Debenhams stores will not re-open after lockdown measures are lifted Branches are in Birmingham, Glasgow, Leicester, Croydon and Reading Lockdown critics are likely to point to closures as proof of economic damage By Jack Wright For Mailonline Published: … Read more
Ikea is planning to re-open its stores across the UK later this month, the Mail has learned. Bosses of the Swedish flat-pack furniture firm are drawing up plans to allow its outlets to start trading again. Sources said the proposed reopening date was May 18 for its 22 stores in the UK. Details emerged as … Read more
M&S launches home-delivery service from 142 UK stores on Deliveroo today – before its £750m Ocado deal is due to begin in September M&S have made more than 130 food and household items available on Deliveroo There is a £4.99 delivery charge but all other costs remain the same as in store M&S will also … Read more
Sports Direct and Harveys have been accused of claiming money from the taxpayer while secretly sending furloughed employees into work. Senior managers have set up private Whatsapp groups where they order staff members to visit shuttered stores and clear shelves, so stock can be sent back to the distribution centre for sale online. Some managers … Read more