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IKEA will phase out plastic from consumer packaging solutions to reduce plastic waste and drive the industry agenda to develop packaging centred around renewable and recycled materials. The phase-out will happen in steps, starting with all new range by 2025, and running range by 2028. With this phase-out, IKEA aims Packaging is...

Burberry has appointed Danuta Gray as a non-executive director. Danuta Gray, who will take on the role from 1 December, will also become a member of the remuneration and nomination committees. She is currently chair of insurance company Direct Line, which she joined in 2018. Prior to this, Gray was chair at...

Planet Organic has opened a new store in Hampstead High Street in North London. The shop is the health and wellbeing retailer’s 13th shop in the capital as it continues with its expansion plans. The new shop features a smoothie, juice and coffee bar as well as a large unpackaged section for...

Aldi has been named as the UK’s lowest-priced supermarket by The Grocer. Analysis by the trade magazine showed that the Big Four supermarkets were £8.32 more expensive than Aldi on a basket of 33 everyday grocery items. Furthermore, Waitrose was found to be £23.24 pricier. The figures also show that shoppers were...

Footfall in UK retail destinations increased by 4.1% last week from the previous seven days. This follows an uplift of 1.5% in the prior week. In high streets the increase was even greater at 6.2%, while shopping centres saw an uplift of 3.3%. Meanwhile, footfall edged up 0.4% in retail parks which...

Lidl GB has said it plans to create 4,000 new jobs across the country with a new store target of 1,100 stores by the end of 2025. The supermarket had previously said that it remains on track to reach 1,000 stores by the end of 2023. The additional 100 new stores will...

Asda, a principal partner in the BBC Children in Need Appeal Show have raised £2,336,842.72 for the charity. Asda’s total was announced following a ‘thank you’ film for all colleagues and customers who have donated, which featured staff from Asda Runcorn talking about where the money will go. The money raised by...

Very Group has posted strong quarterly results with group sales rising by 3.9% to £484.1 million. In the 13 weeks to 2 October, sales at Very increased by 9.6% to £403.8 million, although sales at Littlewoods declined by 17.7% to £80.3 million. The group said the biggest sales growth was seen in...

Pets at Home has said it is on track to deliver a record year of growth after posting an 18% uplift in group revenue to £677.6 million in the 28 weeks to 7 October. In its interim results statement, the retailer said the sales growth was underpinned by a continuing increase...

Lush has announced a boycott of a number of social media outlets amid concerns over the safety of the platforms. The Poole-headquartered company said it would be “turning its back” on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and Snapchat on November 26 – until the platforms took action to provide a safer environment for...