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Asos has appointed Elena Martínez Ortiz as its new womenswear director for Asos Design. Martínez Ortiz has worked with Inditex owned Stradivarius for the last 18 years where her most recent role has been product director. It is understood that she will relocate from Barcelona to London for her new position which...

Travis Perkins has said it put in a good first half performance with revenue increasing by 10.3% £2.53 billion. Meanwhile adjusted operating profit in the year to 30 June was broadly in line with the prior year at £163 million. The group said its merchant division grew its revenue and adjusted operating...

Greggs has posted a 27.1% increase in first half sales as it announces the appointment of Matt Davies as its new chair. However, pre-tax profit in the six months to 2 July was flat at £55.8 million which the food-to-go retailer said was primarily due to the re-introduction of business rates,...

JD Sports has exchanged contracts to sell Footasylum and its associated subsidiaries to Aurelius Group in a £37.5 million deal. The move follows a ruling by the Competition and Markets Authority that JD should offload Footasylum, which it purchased in 2019, as the combination of the two companies would lead to...

Primark has pledged to freeze prices on more than 1,000 of its best selling children’s clothing products as it looks to help families through the cost of living crisis this autumn. The move follows an earlier announcement by Marks & Spencer in which it said it will not increase the prices...

Icon Outlet at The O2, London’s leading outlet shopping destination, developed by AEG and Crosstree Real Estate Partners, has announced the signing of the premium apparel brand, Superdry, adding to the destination’s line up of over 60 premium retail brands.    Located on Icon Outlet’s Upper Level, Superdry’s 3,541sq ft store, will...

Moss Bros. today (27 July 2022) announced the opening of four stores over the next three months, two in London, one in Eastbourne and a further store in Brighton. The openings will create nearly 9000 sq ft of retail space and 23 new jobs. It brings its total store portfolio to...

Halfords is offering rail commuters affected by this week’s train disruptions the free use of an e-bike to get to work. More than 40,000 railway workers who are members of the RMT union are staging a one-day strike today, 27th July, and about 5,500 train drivers are set to strike on Saturday...

McDonald’s has announced it is raising the price of its signature cheeseburger for the first time in 14 years, as cost increases continue to bite consumers and businesses.  In a note to fast-food fans, the US titan said that “today’s pressures mean, like many, we’re having to make some tough choices...

Amazon is raising the price of its Prime subscription across Europe in September by up to 43 percent a year.   In an email to customers overnight, Amazon revealed its annual Prime cost will jump 20 percent in the UK from £79 to £95 from September 15th. In France the price hike...