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• M&S to keep “laser” focus on new Ocado deal

  24-05-2020 16:11 via retailgazette.co.uk
  // Marks & Spencer food managing director Stuart Machin told staff that all eyes will be on the retailer’s new deal with Ocado
  // The venture is due to launch on September 1Marks & Spencer food boss Stuart Machin has reportedly informed staff in a letter that the company will keep a close eye on the new venture with online grocer Ocado.
  The venture will launch in less than 100 days, and is understood to be the biggest strategic gamble for decades.
  The embattled retailer bought half
  
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• Edinburgh Woollen Mill responds to Bangladesh Association’s blacklist threat

  24-05-2020 15:40 via retailgazette.co.uk
  // Edinburgh Woollen Mill hits back at Bangladesh association after being threatened to be blacklisted over price negotiations with suppliers
  // The group, owned by billionaire Philip Day, engaged with suppliers with the “best of intentions”Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group (EWM) has defended its position after the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) threatened to blacklist the company over its price negotiations with suppliers.
  Philip Day’s retail gro
  
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• Corner shops are reflecting the best and worst of us in lockdown | Zoe Williams

  24-05-2020 15:00
  
  We rightly praise shopkeepers trying to do the best for their customers. But I’ll never forgive the price-gougers exploiting the pandemicHeroes and villains of the business world are quite boring: Richard Branson is always the villain; James Timpson is always the hero. We didn’t need a crisis to learn this; any fool could have said it a decade ago. Timpson has been rehabilitating prisoners, fixing them up with employment upon release, actually setting up training workshops in some ja
  
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• Unite calls for renewed HSE spot checks to reduce Covid-19 risk

  24-05-2020 14:53
  
  Union urges ministers to bring back health and safety visits for workplaces such as shops and pubsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMinisters should rip up laws that were designed to reduce red tape but which are putting workers and their families at risk of Covid-19 infection, the Unite trade union has said.The UK’s largest union called on the government on Sunday to restore the power of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to perform spot checks on social
  
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• Asda accused of leaving Bangladesh garment workers to go hungry

  24-05-2020 14:31 via retailgazette.co.uk
  // Asda is accused of leaving Bangladeshi garment workers to go hungry after cancelling or suspending orders without full payment
  // An activist group said Asda is refusing to accept a percentage of George orders and is imposing “enormous discounts”Asda has reportedly been criticised by an activist group for leaving factory workers in Bangladesh to go hungry by cancelling or suspending garment orders without full payment.
  Anti-fast fashion activist group Remake has accused Asda of th
  
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• Retail refunds: frocky horror show

  24-05-2020 08:00
  When shopping resumes many customers will only be seeking to exchange pre-lockdown purchases for money
  
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