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Nivea owner Beiersdorf is to acquire the Chantecaille beauty brand as part of plans to grow its prestige beauty portfolio. The deal values the business at between $590 million and $690 million. Founded by Sylvie Chantecaille in 1997, Chantecaille offers a range of skin care, fragrance and cosmetic products that are made...

American denim label Lee Jeans has opened its first virtual store. The virtual store which allows consumers to visit and shop its European flagship from the comfort of their own home. The virtual store allows consumers to navigate an interactive three-dimensional retail space, browsing items in a store setting before seamlessly adding...

The chancellor has set out a £1bn fund to help businesses hit by the rise in Covid cases, including the leisure and hospitality sector. Rishi Sunak announced details of the fund, including cash grants of up to £6,000 per premises for each eligible firm. He said the government would also help...

Amazon has entered into an agreement with Barclays to enter the booming buy now, pay later (BNPL) market in Britain. Amazon has called the new venture “Instalments” and the payment method will enable customers to spread the cost of purchases over £100 over equal monthly instalments between three and 48 months...

Wholesale operator Booker has redistributed enough food to provide the equivalent of one million meals via FareShare Go and free sharing app OLIO. Booker began its arrangement last December with the wholesaler, distributing food that would otherwise be wasted directly to a network of charities through Fareshare and Olio’s Food Waste...

DIY retailer Wickes has appointed Carol Campbell to the newly created role of retail director. Campbell is due to join the business on 6 January, she will be responsible for all retail operations across Wickes’ 230+ stores. Campbell has worked in retail for over 20 years and most recently served as vice...

Food banks are preparing for their most challenging Christmas yet as they struggle with rising demand and drop in donations, new research shows. According to a survey by community giving platform Neighbourly – which Aldi partners with to distribute surplus food from its stores – seven in ten (70%) food banks,...

Just Eat Takeaway (Just Eat) has entered the competitive business of delivering groceries with a new partnership with Asda. Just Eat has been offering hot pizza delivery from Asda since 2019, but the new roll-out is its first significant move into U.K. grocery delivery. Consumers will be able to order from a...

Harrods the luxury department store has brought forward its usual Boxing Day sale as footfall in central London continues to drop amid rising Covid cases. As infection rates of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus soar in the UK, Harrods has announced that its Sale will start today (17 December), and...

Marks and Spencer have launched legal action against discount supermarket rival Aldi, over what it alleges is a copycat gin. The retailer, who said it was one of the first to introduce glitter gin globes to the UK market, is taking Aldi to court for selling its own version of the...