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• Jollyes offers free spaniel grooming for Royal Birthday

  29-05-2024 22:15 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Jollyes, the UK’s fastest-growing pet superstore, today announced that owners of King Charles Spaniels and Cavalier King Charles Spaniels will be eligible for a free grooming... View Article
  
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• What Is Sustainability in the Retail Industry?

  29-05-2024 19:40 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  There is no doubt that the future of commerce is directly intertwined with the growing importance of sustainability in the retail industry. For a long time,... View Article
  
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• Profits at Boots soar as beauty sales boom

  29-05-2024 19:39
  Pharmacy chain benefits from performance of brands such as Soap & Glory and Liz Earle
  
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• Superdrug become the first health and beauty retailer to launch in Roblox

  29-05-2024 18:44 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Health and Beauty Retailer, Superdrug, will be launching a new ‘Superdrug Obby’, a branded obstacle game, on Roblox to celebrate their 60th Birthday. The game will... View Article
  
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• M&S poaches Rightmove finance boss as new CFO

  29-05-2024 17:43 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  M&S has poached Rightmove finance boss Alison Dolan as its new chief financial officer.
  Dolan will takeover from the high street retailer’s interim finance boss Jeremy Townsend, who will remain in post until May next year.
  She joined Rightmove as its chief financial officer in 2020 following a three year stint at News UK as its chief strategy officer, and 15 years at Sky in its finance function.Subscribe to Retail Gazette for free
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• Responsible Business: Do you need to rethink your D&I strategy?

  29-05-2024 15:36 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Do you need to re-think your D&I strategy? Independent review concludes employers are wasting thousands on ineffective training By Charlotte Rees-John. The independent Inclusion at Work... View Article
  
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• Co-op slashes prices across 54 fruit and veg lines

  29-05-2024 14:47 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  The Co-op is cutting prices for its members across up to 54 fruit and vegetable lines as it continues its investment in price reductions.
  The convenience retailer is investing £6.4m to reduce fresh produce prices by up to 44% compared to former standard retail prices, and provide savings on average of nearly 20%.
  Fresh produce featured in the member price savings which launch this week include baby potatoes with seasoned butter, little gem lettuce, cherry tomatoes, a plums punnet, Jer
  
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• Superdrug launches Roblox game

  29-05-2024 14:44 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Superdrug has launched a new branded obstacle game on Roblox, dubbed ‘Superdrug Obby’, to celebrate its 60th birthday.
  The health and beauty giant’s game will be available to play from 29 May for a limited time and will be made up of three games themed around some of its own brand ranges: ProCare, Fruity and Solait.
  The “unique and exclusive obbies” will see players battle spinning electric toothbrushes, bounce across  toothpaste tubes, and fly across floss hig
  
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• Pets at Home eyes 20 small format stores in London

  29-05-2024 14:39 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Pets at Home is targeting up to 20 smaller format shops within the M25 over the next couple of years as it looks to diversify its store estate.
  The pet care specialist has seven concept stores around London so far, located in Balham, Beckenham, Camden, Ealing, Sutton, Putney and Whetstone.
  Chief executive Lyssa McGowan told Retail Gazette: “Historically, we’ve underserved London as a pet market because we’ve had a big out-of-town format.
  “As we’ve cracked this
  
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• Boots to be official beauty partner for latest series of Love Island

  29-05-2024 12:12 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Boots is set to be the official beauty partner of ITV2’s Love Island for the sixth series in a row. For the latest series this summer,... View Article
  
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• Nike partially wins three-stripe trademark battle against Adidas

  29-05-2024 09:45 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Nike has been permitted to include three stripes on some of its trouser designs in Germany, a court ruled yesterday (28 May) during a second appeal hearing between the retailer and Adidas.
  The Duesseldorf regional court had previously banned Nike from using two or three stripes across five of its trouser designs, after its rival filed a trademark violation lawsuit back in 2022.
  However, the footwear company has now been given the green light to use the stripes on four of its disputed designs, al
  
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• Pets at Home heralds ‘pivotal year’ despite profits fall

  29-05-2024 09:34 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Pets at Home posted a full-year profit dip as it was impacted to short-term availability issues while it transitioned to its new distribution centre and weaker performance of discretionary accessories.
  The pets retailer’s underlying pre-tax profit dipped 3.2% to £132m for the year ended 28 March, or 13.7% on a statutory basis when non-underlying costs were taken into account.
  Despite the profits fall, Pets at Home CEO Lyssa McGowan heralded a “pivotal year” where it &ldqu
  
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• Poundland rolls out new £3 meal deal offering

  29-05-2024 09:27 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Poundland is rolling out new sandwiches, salads and snacks as part of a £3 meal deal offering. The discount retailer said the products raise the bar... View Article
  
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• Primark enters 17th market with first store in Hungary

  29-05-2024 09:06 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Fashion retailer Primark has entered its 17th market after opening its first store in Hungary. Situated in Budapest’s Arena Mall, the store has created 180 jobs... View Article
  
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• Pets at Home posts lower full year profit

  29-05-2024 09:06 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Pets at Home has seen its full year revenue grow by 5.2% to £1.5 billion but has posted lower profit after trading was impacted by a... View Article
  
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• Ocado to leave FTSE 100 after share price collapse

  29-05-2024 08:43 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Ocado is set to leave the FTSE 100 after a drop in its share price, piling pressure on the business to consider ditching London for New York.
  The online grocery firm will be axed from the index during a quarterly reshuffle, according to the London Stock Exchange, after its valuation fell from a £22bn high in the pandemic to £3.6bn as of yesterday (28 May).
  Ocado is set to be replaced by software company Darktrace in the blue-chip index, according to indicative changes by FTSE Russell
  
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• Asda opens new 11,000 square foot store in Hale Barns

  29-05-2024 08:30 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Asda has announced one of its largest store openings in recent years with the launch of an 11,000 square foot shop in Hale Barns in Altrincham.... View Article
  
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• ScS chief executive to step down

  29-05-2024 08:20 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  ScS chief executive Steve Carson is to step down this summer after nearly four years in the role. Carson oversaw the retailer being taken private after... View Article
  
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• Marks & Spencer to invest £30 million in London stores

  29-05-2024 08:11 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Marks & Spencer is to invest £30 million in its London store estate over the next year. The move will create around 100 jobs. The retailer... View Article
  
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• Food delivery apps rack up $20bn in losses in fierce battle for diners

  29-05-2024 06:00
  DoorDash, Deliveroo, Delivery Hero and Just Eat Takeaway put new focus on profits, despite slower growth following the pandemic
  
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• What’s next for online retailers as investors lose faith?

  29-05-2024 00:23 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Ocado is to be booted out of the FTSE 100 after the online grocery group’s share price plummeted more than 85% from the highs of the pandemic.
  The exit is representative of a wider sweep against pureplays on the London Stock Market, which are all trading at a fraction of what they once were during their peak in 2021.
  Asos, AO World, Boohoo, Moonpig and THG are among the pack that have seen their share price plunge. Just last week activist shareholder Kelso Group revealed it would be voting
  
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