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• 'I think everybody's going to behave': Mancunians cautious as lockdown eases

  04-07-2020 15:28
  
  While hairdresses were busy, many of the tables at restaurants and bars were empty at lunchtimeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAmid sporadic drizzle, Mancunians in the city centre welcomed the easing of lockdown with some trepidation. While residents flocked to Manchester’s hairdressers for much-needed trims and root touch-ups, many of the physically distanced tables at its restaurants and bars were empty at lunchtime. Continue reading...
  
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• Capital & Regional collect 34% of rent after “significant increase” in trading

  04-07-2020 14:28 via retailgazette.co.uk
  // Capital & Regional collects 34% of rent due for the June quarter
  // The shopping centre giant said it had collected around 40% of all rents due from March 25 to the present dayCapital & Regional has received 34 per cent of rent due for the June quarter.
  The shopping centre owner said it had collected around 40 per cent of all rents that were due from March 25 to the present day, incorporating rents payable on both a quarterly and monthly basis.
  Capital & Regional kept all sev
  
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• English pubs pour first pints for customers since lockdown began

  04-07-2020 14:14
  
  Establishments across country welcome back drinkers after latest easing of lockdown rulesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageEnglish pubs poured their first pints since mid-March on Saturday morning, after laws allowing them to open their doors came into effect at 6am.While the vast majority of pubs do not have a licence to serve at the crack of dawn, several welcomed drinkers from 8am, after more than three months standing empty. Continue reading...
  
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• Mango online turnover jumps 50% thanks to Covid-19 lockdown

  04-07-2020 14:07 via retailgazette.co.uk
  // Mango records an increase of 50% in its online turnover due to the coronavirus lockdown
  // The retailer registered over 140 million visits to its online platforms from March 15 to June 1Mango has seen its online turnover jump by 50 per cent during the lockdown period as customers chose to shop from home.
  Online turnover at Mango grew from March 15 to June 1, as the Spanish retailer registered over 140 million visits to its ecommerce platforms.
  The growth represented a 20 per cent increas
  
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• Shoe Zone welcomes new finance boss

  04-07-2020 13:46 via retailgazette.co.uk
  // Shoe Zone welcomes Peter Foot as new finance director
  // Foot will join office on July 6 and replace Jonathan FearnShoe Zone has appointed Peter Foot as its new finance director just a week after announcing 20 stores closures, head office job cuts and a £2.5 million half-year loss.
  Foot will join office on July 6 and will replace Jonathan Fearn, who will be leaving the business on July 31.
  He will also be appointed to the retailer’s board subject to the completion of due dili
  
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• Boohoo booms as Leicester garment factories are linked to lockdown

  04-07-2020 09:00
  
  Exclusive: Fashion brand profits from ‘stay home’ clothing supplied at speed from city now experiencing Covid-19 surgeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOn 27 March, even as the rest of the UK were trying to make sense of how to get through the coronavirus crisis, Boohoo seemed to have nailed it.It was a Friday, and usually the fast-fashion brand’s irrepressibly bouncy Twitter account would be pitching dresses and shoes to its followers ahead of a
  
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