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The Harvey Nichols department store is to launch a new luxury childrenswear offering online and its stores. The range will include clothing for newborns up to teenagers. Items will be available to purchase online from 24 June and in the retailer’s Edinburgh, London, Leeds and Manchester stores from July. Brands stocked will...

Westminster Council and The Crown Estate have unveiled plans to transform London’s Oxford Circus into two pedestrian-friendly piazzas. The organisations said that the piazzas will become London’s “front door” and will be the subject of an international design competition. With work set to completed by the end of this year, it...

The Rolling Stones’ fashion and lifestyle brand RS No.9 has teamed up with Umbro to launch a  new collaboration in celebration of the Euro 2020 championship. The collection comprises unisex England, Scotland and Wales football shirts featuring a band member’s name on the back. The range also includes an England polo...

H&M saw its net sales increase by 75% in local currencies in its second quarter compared with the corresponding period last year. The uplift in the three months to 31 May came despite trade being continuously affected by restrictions relating to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. H&M said 1,300 stores were temporarily...

The Very Group, the owner of the Very and Littlewoods retail brands, is to create 30 new roles as part of the Government’s Kickstart scheme to improve opportunities for young people at risk of long-term unemployment. Open to 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit via Job Centre Plus, the...

Online fashion retailer Boohoo saw its revenue increase by 32% to £486.1 million in its first quarter after it experienced strong sales growth in its key markets of the UK and US. In the three months to 31 May, UK and US revenue climbed by 50% and 43% respectively, although in...

It has been reported by the BBC that there was a record rise in the number of workers on payrolls in May as the jobs market continued to recover. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said there were 197,000 more people in payrolled employment last month compared with April, the highest...

Homewares retailer Dunelm has launched its first own-label paint range. Forming part of the retailer’s Decorate & Co-ordinate offering, it includes over 40 colour shades that can be teamed with 150 coordinating wallpaper designs. Dunelm said the range was inspired by customer insight from the last 12 months and the fact that...

The John Lewis Partnership will become the first UK retailer to offer all staff six months worth of paid parental leave. It will also offer two weeks’ paid leave to any staff member who experiences the loss of a pregnancy. The owner of the John Lewis department stores and Waitrose supermarkets...

London’s Borough Market is extending its produce trading hours to include Sundays for the first time. More than 40 producers offering meats, fish, bread, baked goods, store cupboard essentials and fruit and vegetables will be opening from 10am to 2pm on the day to enable the market to trade seven days...