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Lidl has expanded its ‘Good to Give’ trustmark to include hygiene products as it looks to help tackle rising levels of hygiene poverty across the UK. Customers will now spot ‘Good to Give’ signage on price tickets for 10 essential sanitary and personal care items, including tampons, toothpaste and nappies. These...

Tesco has reached 600 stores with electric charging points – saving more than 24,000 tonnes of carbon emissions. Tesco’s Kirkwall superstore has become the 600th store in the UK to have EV charging points installed. Since Tesco, Volkswagen and Pod Point launched the network in 2019, the charging points have provided 43,218kWh...

Kingfisher has posted a drop in annual profit as customers cut back on home improvement spending during the cost-of-living crisis. In the year to 31 January 2023, the owner of B&Q and Screwfix saw its adjusted pre-tax profit decline by 20.2% to £758 million, although sales edged up 0.7% on a...

Morrisons is cutting the price of a further 490 products as it extends a previously announced commitment to have over 1,000 prices locked low for at least eight weeks. In addition, over 600 items have been locked at their already lower price, many of which have been held at that price...

The John Lewis Partnership is considering diluting its employee ownership structure as it looks to inject new capital into its department store and supermarket chains. According to The Sunday Times, the owner of John Lewis and Waitrose is looking at the option of a sale of a minority stake in the...

Iceland has teamed up with food delivery app Just Eat to expand its offering to include instant delivery. The partnership will initially launch with more than 200 Iceland sites by the end of April and make over 5,000 products available to customers in places like London, Manchester, Belfast and Leeds. The...

Despite a backdrop of inflation and rising living costs, new research reveals a strong performance in the gift card and voucher industry through the second half of 2022. The latest analysis by the Gift Card and Voucher Association (GCVA) and KPMG UK found that retail continues to dominate the market (accounting...

Forever New has chosen Westfield for the opening of its first store in London as it continues its international expansion. The shop has been designed to be an airy and elegant space to complement the brand’s approach to print and colour. Founded in 2006 and launching in the UK in 2020, Forever...

Aldi is raising its starting pay for store assistants to a minimum of £11.40 per hour nationally and to £12.85 within the M25. The supermarket said the new £11.40 per hour starting rate, which will come into effect on 1 July, is more than 13% higher than it was a year...

Zara owner Inditex has posted strong growth in full year sales and profit after it benefited from increased footfall in its stores. In 2022, sales rose by 17.5% year-on-year to €32.6 billion with uplifts in all key geographical areas. Meanwhile pre-tax profit rose by 28% to €5.4 billion and EBITDA by 20%...