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• Johnson sorry for public’s anger after Cummings defends trips

  25-05-2020 22:13
  Prime minister stands by aide and announces new plans to reopen shops next month
  
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• Johnson sorry for public ‘anger and pain’ after Cummings defends trips

  25-05-2020 22:13
  Prime minister stands by aide and announces new plans to reopen shops next month
  
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• Outdoor markets and car showrooms can open next week in England

  25-05-2020 21:11
  
  Boris Johnson says other non-essential retail premises can reopen in three weeksCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOutdoor markets and car showrooms will be allowed to reopen in England from Monday next week, while other non-essential retail premises will be allowed to open in three weeks’ time, Boris Johnson has announced.The prime minister set out a timeline for the reopening of outdoor retail settings first from 1 June, saying the risk of transmission of t
  
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• Angling Direct: fisherman’s friend

  25-05-2020 14:30
  Tackle specialist fishes in same pool as hobbyist retailers with tolerance for low returns
  
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• Pizzas in the post: Shopify challenges Amazon for slice of lockdown trade

  25-05-2020 14:23
  
  Firms becoming more inventive to survive, and increasing numbers turning to the e-commerce platformWhen the lockdown forced the Pizza Pilgrims chain to close, the company came up with an unusual solution to stay in business.The company, with restaurants in London and Oxford and run by brothers Thom and James Elliot – who started out selling Neapolitan pizza from the back of a converted Piaggio Ape van – hit on the novel idea of posting pizza kits to customers. Related: Could lockdown
  
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• Wayfair: armchair critique

  25-05-2020 14:00
  Until the online retailer can wean itself off heavy spending, the path to profitability will be murky
  
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• Bangladesh clothing makers say Philip Day owes them £27m

  25-05-2020 12:35
  
  Manufacturers say they will halt production unless Edinburgh Woollen Mill pays upBangladesh clothing manufacturers are threatening to halt production and deliveries to billionaire Philip Day’s Edinburgh Woollen Mill group in a battle over alleged £27m in unpaid bills.About 30 suppliers to Day’s empire, which includes more than 1,000 outlets including Peacocks, Austin Reed and Jaeger, arranged a letter from the Bangladesh Garments and Manufacturing Association trade body which a
  
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• From crop tops to tie-dye: how lockdown has liberated men's wardrobes | Priya Elan

  25-05-2020 12:00
  
  Behind closed doors, men are finally dressing how they’ve always wanted to. Let’s cling to this new sartorial freedomSee all our coronavirus coverageCoronavirus – latest updatesIt happened a few weeks into lockdown. I was having a socially distanced conversation at the end of our garden path and realised I had dressed head to toe in tie-dye (jogging bottoms and self-dyed T-shirt). “I’ve gone mad!” I blurted out, clocking that this was Not An Acceptable Look Fo
  
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• European consumers stockpile savings, adding to economic drag

  25-05-2020 06:00
  Bank deposits surge as households seek to shield themselves from impact of coronavirus
  
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• Intu outlines safety plans for re-opening of non-essential stores

  25-05-2020 01:00 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Intu has outlined plans for keeping customers and staff safe when non-essential retail stores at its 14 UK shopping centre begin re-opening. The company said a... View Article
  
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• IKEA prepares to re-open 19 stores on 1 June

  25-05-2020 01:00 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  IKEA has said it will be re-opening 19 stores across England and Northern Ireland from 1 June. It will also be phasing in click and collect... View Article
  
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• Burberry announces board changes

  25-05-2020 01:00 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Burberry has announced that  Jeremy Darroch will not stand for re-election as an independent non-executive director at the company’s July AGM due to “other executive commitments”.... View Article
  
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