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This Mother’s Day Morrisons is committed to selling tulips only grown in British nurseries, as customers are expected to buy almost 1.2 million tulips. Stems are delivered fresh to stores each day and sourced from FlowerWorld – a 17.5 acre flower site in Derby, wholly owned by Morrisons. The tulips are available...

Superdrug announces a pay increase for newly qualified pharmacists, in a move that will ensure Superdrug Pharmacists receive the strongest renumeration package on the high street today. As Superdrug actively recruits for 200 roles, the retailer will also enhance its benefits by introducing a new financial wellbeing package at a time...

Nish Kankiwala has been appointed as the Chief Executive for John Lewis Partnership (JLP). Kankiwala has been a non-executive director since April 2021. He was previously CEO at bread-maker Hovis Ltd. and held a senior role at Burger King Corp., spearheading both companies’ turnaround efforts. He also spent a decade at...

DFS has seen its revenue from continuing operations fall by 2.2% to £544.5 million in its first half. In the six month period ending 25 December, pre-tax profit was also down, coming in at £6.8 million compared £22.8 million in the prior year. DFS said this was a reflection of a...

Primark is launching a range of new durability and repair initiatives as it looks to become a more circular business in line with its long-term sustainability strategy, Primark Cares. This will include working with WRAP through the Textile 2030 agreement to establish an industry-wide durability standard and scaling up Primark’s free...

Glossier has bolstered its executive leadership team to support its next phase of growth. This has included Marie Suter being promoted to the position of chief creative director and Kleo Mack being moved up to the role of chief marketing officer. Meanwhile Chitra Balireddi (pictured) will be joining Glossier as chief commercial...

Burberry has appointed Kate Ferry as its new chief financial officer.  Currently holding the same role at McLaren Group, Ferry has is a former group chief financial officer of Talk Talk where she worked from 2017 to 2021. She is also an independent non-executive director of the Greggs food-to-go business. In her...

Recipe box retailer HelloFresh has used its 2022 non-financial report to announce a range of new targets for reducing emissions. The publication highlights the company’s progress in further decreasing its environmental impact and presents new goals for cutting carbon emissions and food waste by 2025. HelloFresh will also continue work to make...

Asda is refreshing its popular ‘Kids Eat for £1’ café meal deals with a more nutritionally balanced offer. From 20 March, options will include new vegan and healthy meal choices. The supermarket has also announced that it is extending the deals to include the Easter holiday period to help customers with the...

Sainsbury’s has acquired the freeholds of 21 stores from Supermarket Income REIT in a £431.5 million deal. The supermarket will be purchasing stores held in the Highbury and Dragon investment vehicles. Sainsbury’s has held a 49% interest in Highbury and Dragon, which comprises the freeholds of 26 Sainsbury’s supermarkets that are...