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Marks & Spencer’s food business is locking the prices of over 100 most popular items until the end of January. The retailer said the initiative complements its Remarksable Value range that already includes over 100 benchmarked everyday staples. The move follows the release of M&S’s latest Family Matters Index where 61% of...

Sainsbury’s has announced it is looking to recruit 18,000 temporary workers to support the supermarket through the festive season. The hiring spree includes 15,000 roles at Sainsbury’s, 2,000 at Argos and 1,000 in logistics. Temporary staff will work up until 7 January 2023 with roles including fixed term contracts of between three...

Sainsbury’s has posted a dip in half year profits after it invested in keeping prices competitive during the cost-of-living crisis. In the 28 weeks to 17 September, the supermarket’s statutory pre-tax profit fell by 29% to £376 million, although group sales rose by 4.4% to £16.4 billion. Retail operating profit was also...

Burberry has launched the ‘Burberry: Freedom to Go Beyond’ collaboration with Minecraft, the globally popular video game, to bring its brand story to its communities in a new and exciting way. The launch includes a physical capsule collection and a digital range of extensions and experiences in-game, the collaboration allows consumers...

Frasers Group’s luxury Flannels chain is the latest retailer to enter the rental sector and like others, it’s linking up with Hurr to do so. Just launched, the offer includes labels such as Area, Coperni, Mugler, Maisie Wilen, Dion Lee, and 16Arlington. Highlights in the edit include a studded pink iteration...

Asos has announced plans to axe over 100 roles after recording poor financial results for the year. Redundancies will take place across all parts of ASOS, which employs more than 3,000 people in the UK. The news comes after the company revealed losses of £39 million in 2022.The fashion brand was also...

Pandora’s European distribution centre in the German city of Hamburg has been hit by fire. The blaze has now been extinguished and there were no injuries during the incident. After an inspection, the Danish jewellery brand said all the jewellery on site is intact and that it expects operations to be...

Next is maintaining its annual profit guidance after full price sales in its third quarter came in slightly ahead of expectations. The fashion and homewares retailer said in a statement that full price sales were up 0.4% year-on-year in the 13 weeks to 29 October. Furthermore, sales in the last five weeks...

Morrisons has been told to pay a mother £60,000 for discriminating against her when she returned from maternity leave. Donna Patterson, who returned to work after having her second child, was asked to fulfil the responsibilities of a full-time job despite only being contracted to work part-time hours. The mother-of-two represented herself...

Wilko is increasing entry-level pay for store and logistics staff from £9.60 to £10 an hour. The privately-owned homes and garden retailer is also introducing a temporary further 50p-an-hour hike for logistics staff, lasting until the end of March 2023. The temporary hike, which takes the entry-level logistics rate to £10.50 an...