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Dr Martens has said its third quarter revenue was in line with expectations as it increased by 11% to £307 million year-on-year. On a two-year basis, sales were up 21% in the three month period ending 31 December. Looking at the brand’s various regions, EMEA recorded year-on-year growth of 40% whilst revenue...

Flying Tiger Copenhagen announced it is rolling out MishiPay’s mobile self-checkout solution to its UK stores. The announcement comes following a successful trial across stores in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway that generated positive feedback on both customer and employee experience. During the trial period, MishiPay’s Scan, Pay and Go technology was deployed...

Tesco has partnered with Alcumus, a business aimed at providing software-driven management solutions for managing health, safety and ESG. Through its software Alcumus will aim to help “bolster Tesco’s operational efficiency and strengthen the accuracy of data collection across all its departments worldwide.” Alcumus does this through analysing global risk trends within...

Mango is to open a flagship store on New York’s Fifth Avenue as part of its omnichannel strategy in the US. Set to launch in the first half of this year, the store will be situated in Plaza District and will have a retail selling space of nearly 2.100 square metres. The...

Pets at Home has said it is on track to achieve a record year for sales and profit growth after it increased its total revenue by 5.8% to £319.4 million in the run-up to Christmas. In addition, like-for-like sales climbed by 8.7% or 28.1% on a two-year basis. In its third quarter...

John Lewis has told staff they will get full sick pay regardless of their Covid vaccination status, saying that it doesn’t “believe it’s right” to treat jabbed and unjabbed workers differently. This differs from the approach of other retailers, including Next, Ikea and Morrisons which have all recently cut sick pay...

Diesel has appointed Eraldo Poletto as chief executive for its North America region. The company said he will be responsible for developing the brand in the key market whilst reporting to Diesel chief executive Massimo Piombini. Prior to joining Diesel, Poletto was chief executive and brand president of Stuart Weitzman. His previous...

The Boxpark retail and leisure concept broke even in the year to April 2021 despite all sites being closed during Covid-19 lockdowns. The group’s accounts show that it posted £0.1 million in pre-exceptional cash operating profits in the period, compared with £2.5 million in the previous financial year. However, group revenue fell...

Bensons for Beds made a return to operating profitability in the five months 30 September as its transformation programme gathered momentum. In addition, the retailer saw its like-for-like sales increase by 10.5% in the seven weeks to 15 January. Bensons attributed the growth to investment in its omnichannel strategy which included a...

Adidas and Prada collaborate on NFT projectPrada and Adidas Originals have jointly collaborated to launch its first NFT collection, a crowd-sourced artwork collage. Starting from 24 January, anyone is able to register to submit a photograph using a specially-designed filter that is then manipulated, scrambled and 40% reduced so it can...