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Superdrug is opening 13 new stores over the summer period. It has launched stores in Glasgow, Chester, Liverpool and Leeds since June, and will also open eight stores in locations including Bolton, Newcastle and London.  It will also launch its first channel island’s store with an opening in Jersey. The new stores...

Homebase has appointed Ian Penney as director of Bathstore. This comes after Homebase acquired Bathstore after it entered administration this summer. Penney will report to Homebase chief executive Damian McGloughlin, and will oversee all aspects of Bathstore. Penney was previously the group category director fro kitchens at Kingfisher, and was also that category...

Superdry has announced the permanent appointment of Nick Gresham as its CFO. Gresham has been working in the role on an interim basis since June. He has also worked in the same role at Wiggle and also Oak Furniture Land.  He is also a former Finance Director of Homebase. Superdry chairman Peter Williams...

Moss Bros has hired Avis Darzins as a non-executive director. She will begin her role on September 1st. During her eight years at Accenture, she worked on the infrastructure that enabled GAP to launch its Banana Republic brand in the UK.  She also led a host projects at Sainsbury’s. Darzins founded her own...

Four new retailers have signed up to join the line-up at Sheffields Meadowhall shopping centre this summer. Hobbs, Lovisa, Newbie and Rituals are all opening at the shopping centre. The Newbie store will be the company’s first outside of London and will be based in a 900 square foot unit.  Lovisa will...

Poundland is set to launch new product ranges for under £1 for the first time ever. The move will see ranges available for under £1 permanently, as opposed to the usual ‘managers special’ markdowns. The retailer has also said that it would also be trying out ranges for over £1. The pilot will...

WH Smith has chosen Leeds Bradford Airport for the opening of its first InMotion store in the UK. InMotion was acquired by WH Smith in 2018, and is the largest airport-based digital accessories retailer in North America. The Leeds Bradford Airport store will offer its four million yearly passengers a range of...

Watches of Switzerland has reported a 10.8% rise in its first quarter like-for-like sales. In the three months to July 28th, UK and US like-for-likes rose by 11.5% and 8.7% respectively. Total revenues increased by 17.8% to £209.4 million. Brian Duffy, Watches of Switzerland chief executive, said: “Our first quarter as a listed business saw continued...

Dr. Martens has reported that full year revenue rose by 30% to £454.4 million after achieving double-digit growth across all of its channels. In the year up until March 31st, retail revenue increased by 30% to £126.7 million as retail like-for-like sales rose by 18%.  Wholesale revenue also experienced a significant...

Nike has announced that acquisition of retail predictive analysis firm, Celect. Celect uses cloud based analytics platforms to provide insights that allow retailers to optimise inventory across an omni-channel environment through hyper-local demand predictions, according to Nike. Celect’s team will be integrated into Nike’s global operations team immediately. “With the acquisition of Celect,...