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Vegan activist and actress Pamela Anderson has teamed up with Ashoka Paris to debut her second luxury vegan handbag collection. Each bag in the Pamela Shopping Collection is made with PETA-approved apple skin leather. Additionally, portions of the vegan handbag profits will be donated to animal protection charities and the Pamela Anderson...

Tails.com has launched its first in-store range. Called Nourish & Protect, the range has been made available in 108 of Sainsbury’s stores as part of the supermarket’s Future Brands programme. Tailored by age, breed size and health need, Nourish & Protect has been developed by veterinary and nutrition experts to target key concerns...

Asda has  published its Gender Pay report for 2021 which shows that its mean and median figures continue to be well below the national average. Data from supermarket shows that the median pay difference between all male and female Asda staff members is 6.1% and the mean pay difference is 8%....

Lush has announced that it will continue to pay staff who test positive for Covid-19 to self isolate following the Government’s decision to drop all pandemic related restrictions. The soap and skincare brand will also continue to implement initiatives to keep staff and shoppers safe. In a statement, Lush said staff in...

Pandora is to open shop-in-shops in Macy’s department stores in key market locations across the US. The move follows a successful soft launch late last year in Macy’s stores in Dallas, Houston, Garden City and Atlanta and will see the number of locations expand from five to approximately 28 this year. The...

Eve Sleep has teamed up with furniture retailer DFS in a new retail partnership. The move will initially see Eve Sleep products being sold online on dfs.co.uk, which receives an average 2.7 million unique visitors per month. It will then be extended to DFS showrooms later in the year. DFS will stock...

Tesco becomes the first supermarket in the UK to stock Lovehoney sex toys. Starting this week, sexual wellness company Lovehoney is launching products in more than 250 Tesco stores, kicking off an exclusive brand partnership with Tesco in the grocery channel. The exclusivity deal is expected to run until at least August...

Ted Baker has seen its fourth quarter sales increase by 35% year-on-year as customers responded well to its new collections. In the 12-week period to 29 January, sales were up 18% on the prior quarter. The fashion retailer said it successfully navigated global supply chain disruptions in the period, which had a...

Matalan founder John Hargreaves has lost a long-running court battle with HMRC over an attempt to dodge a tax bill of up to £135m. John Hargreaves has been ordered to pay after The Upper Tier Tribunal – the highest court that oversees tax cases – ruled he owed capital gains tax...

The Asda supermarket chain is facing the threat of strike action by distribution staff after they turned down a new pay deal. In a statement, the GMB union said almost 70% of 8,000 GMB members polled voted against the below inflation pay offer and nearly 80% of the LGV drivers and...