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Benetton Group has named Andrea Incontri as the new creative director of United Colors of Benetton. Incontri previously worked as a creative director for luxury brand Tod’s and launched his own menswear and womenswear label in 2017. Benetton will be launching a new advertising campaign under Incontri’s artistic direction to promote United...

Sainsbury’s will invest a minimum of £5 million over the next four years into start-up businesses that focus on sustainability.  The grocer said it will invest in businesses commercialising sustainable technologies that look to reduce operational carbon emissions and water usage, as part of its Sainsbury’s Innovation Investments launch.  Sainsbury’s partnership with Williams Advanced...

Sailing brand Henri-Lloyd is to be acquired by the Odlo outdoor and performance clothing company for an undisclosed sum. Founded 60 years ago by Henri Strzelecki as a waterproof clothing company, Henri Lloyd has been credited with several world-firsts within the technical clothing market that have today become industry standards. These...

Asda ‘s latest Income Tracker has found that household disposable incomes declined by 18% in June compared to the same period last year as people continue to be impacted by the cost of living crisis. Families were found to be an average of £43.95 a week or £175.80 per month worse...

Tesco is scrapping multipacks of its own label drinks as part of the supermarket’s plans to save 45 million pieces of plastic a year. However, individual cans of the products will continue to be sold at the same price per unit as a part of a multi-buy promotion, and shoppers will...

Marks & Spencer has taken another step in its sustainability journey by introducing new widely recyclable packaging for its British Collection vine tomatoes.  The move has involved replacing a hard to recycle plastic sleeve with recyclable cardboard and a small amount of plastic film to enable the pack to be recycled...

Dobbies Garden Centres has marked its partnership with Waitrose by opening its first foodhall in Edinburgh. Featuring the supermarket’s wide range of high-quality food, grocery products, and everyday essentials, the Waitrose foodhall is one of more than 50 that are to be launched at Dobbies’ stores across the UK and which...

Aldi has increased the pay level for around 26,000 store colleagues for a second time this year. From September, all hourly paid staff members at the supermarket’s stores will receive an uplift of 40 pence per hour on their current hourly rate. The move will take Aldi’s minimum pay rates for store...

The government will collaborate with leading businesses to help UK households facing the cost of living crisis, it said today. The Cost of Living Business Tsar and ex-chief of Just Eat David Buttress agreed retail deals and discounts with major businesses in the UK like Asda, Sainsbury’s, Amazon, and Vodafone as...

Shoe Zone has said its recently launched online clearance outlet now receives more than 1,000 orders a week. The outlet sells footwear for men, women and children, with prices starting from £3.99. Brands include the likes of Earth Spirit, Heavenly Feet, Lambretta, Crocs and Skechers, as well the retailer’s signature own-brand...