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Aldi is rolling out a partnership with surplus food platform Too Good To Go following a successful trial. The supermarket is now offering surplus food bags across its 990 UK stores as a means of tackling food waste while also helping customers to save money. Priced at £3.30 each, the ‘Magic Bags’...

More than 200 jobs at a warehouse distribution centre for supermarket chain Iceland in North Wales are under threat. The hub, located in Deeside and close to Iceland’s HQ, is run for the retailer by logistics giant GXO. The company have informed 240 staff that their jobs are at risk after investments...

The John Lewis Partnership is reducing the number of customer directors in its business from three to two, as Claire Pointon steps down after three years leading marketing for the John Lewis brand The business is combining its John Lewis customer director position and pan-partnership customer director position into one role,...

Discount retailer The Range, is building a state-of-the-art 1.2million square feet distribution unit at Gateway 14, a new logistics park in Suffolk. The warehouse development is the largest to be built in the UK this year and forms part of the retailers plans to roll out another 100 stores. It will be...

New figures have shown that footfall declined by 18.8% in January 2023 from December 2022, compared to a rise of 5.8% from November to December. According to retail specialist Springboard, there was also a widening in the gap in footfall compared to 2019 from -10.9% in December to -12.3% in January. However,...

More than 2,000 jobs are at risk at Tesco after the supermarket said it is to close all remaining food counters and in-store delis and overhaul its in-store management structure. The move will include reducing the number of team and lead team managers in larger stores which will impact 1,750 staff. The...

H&M has announced the closure of three more UK stores. The major high street fashion brand says a “rapid change in customer behaviour” is to blame for its decision to shut the doors of some branches. Shops in Hartlepool, Maidenhead and on the Isle of Wight have also been earmarked for closure. It...

Sportswear brand Under Armour has appointed Carolyn Everson and Patrick Whitesell to its board of directors. Since January 2023, Everson has been a senior advisor at the Permira private equity firm. Prior to that, she served as president of Instacart and was vice president of Meta Platforms. Her career has also...

Tesco has acquired Paperchase’s brand and intellectual property as part of a pre-pack administration deal. The move follows news this week that the greeting card and stationery retailer was on the brink of collapsing into administration following increased costs and lacklustre sales. However, the deal does not include any of Paperchase’s 106...

JD Sports is contacting customers who have been affected by a cyber attack that may have exposed their personal details. The incident impacted 10 million people who placed orders between November 2018 and October 2020. Customer names, delivery, billing, email addresses, phone numbers, and the last four digits of bank cards were...