H&M bounces back as lockdowns ease and stores reopen

H&M bounces back as lockdowns ease: Sales rise as world’s second-biggest clothing retailer reopens hundreds more stores By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:57 GMT, 15 March 2021 | Updated: 21:57 GMT, 15 March 2021 SALES at H&M rose in the first half of March as coronavirus restrictions started to unwind across Europe. … Read more

Thorntons is to close all its 61 stores with 603 jobs hit in latest blow to the High Street 

Chocolate retailer Thorntons is to close all its 61 stores with 603 jobs hit in latest blow to the High Street By Jemma Carr For Mailonline Published: 16:20 GMT, 15 March 2021 | Updated: 16:32 GMT, 15 March 2021 Chocolate retailer Thorntons has announced plans to permanently shut all its 61 stores with 603 jobs … Read more

Asda will introduce HAIRDRESSERS and nail bars to stores after £6.8bn takeover bid

Asda will introduce HAIRDRESSERS and nail bars to stores after billionaire brothers’ £6.8bn takeover bid is completed Mohsin and Zuber Issa plan to revive Asda if their £6.8bn takeover goes ahead Food aisles could be cut by a quarter to introduce cafes, hair salons and nail bars The takeover bid is subject to an  investigation … Read more

Asda will introduce HAIRDRESSERS and nail bars to stores after £6.8bn takeover bid

Asda will introduce HAIRDRESSERS and nail bars to stores after billionaire brothers’ £6.8bn takeover bid is completed Mohsin and Zuber Issa plan to revive Asda if their £6.8bn takeover goes ahead Food aisles could be cut by a quarter to introduce cafes, hair salons and nail bars The takeover bid is subject to an  investigation … Read more

John Lewis to shut department stores after suffering first loss

John Lewis to permanently shut department stores after suffering its first loss in its 157-year history By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:03 GMT, 11 March 2021 | Updated: 22:03 GMT, 11 March 2021 John Lewis will permanently shut several more department stores after it fell to its first loss in its 157-year … Read more

John Lewis to close more stores and sinks to £517m loss

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: 08:18 GMT, 11 March 2021 The John … Read more

London’s West End stores still showing Christmas displays ahead of April 12 reopening

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

Home deliveries put convenience stores at risk because so many are too lazy to walk down the street

With its jumbled, tightly packed shelves and seemingly inexhaustible range of products, Kwik Stop Express is the sort of shop that had become an essential part of daily life in British towns and cities. Owner Shahzid Razaq spent 20 years building up the business, rising at five in the morning seven days a week and … Read more

John Lewis preparing to close up to eight more stores

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