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• Asda bans customers from using ‘granny trolleys’ in East London store

  23-06-2024 22:54 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Asda has banned shoppers from using “granny trolleys” at its Leyton, East London store in a bid to tackle shoplifting.
  The wheeled trolleys, which are often used by older customers, need to be left at the supermarket’s door following a host of shoplifters using the bags to steal products, The Telegraph reported.
  The trolleys are currently being lined up next to the security desk on the way in to the store with numbered labels placed on top. Customers are then only allowed to co
  
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• Frasers pitches Asos, Boohoo and Currys to use its credit offer

  23-06-2024 22:47 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Frasers Group is vying to take on Klarna with its ‘buy now, pay later’ product Frasers Plus, as it pitches some of the retailers it has acquired stakes in to start using the credit service.
  The Mike Ashley-controlled retail group has spoken to retailers including Asos, Boohoo, Currys and AO, all of which it owns stakes in, to its credit offer as a payment option, according to The Sunday Times.
  The newspaper reports that Frasers is close to announcing its first third-party tie-up, wit
  
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• Frasers pitch Asos, Boohoo and Currys to use its credit offer

  23-06-2024 22:47 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Frasers Group is vying to take on Klarna with its ‘buy now, pay later’ product Frasers Plus, as it pitches some of the retailers it has acquired stakes in to start using the credit service.
  The Mike Ashley-controlled retail group has spoken to retailers including Asos, Boohoo, Currys and AO, all of which it owns stakes in, to its credit offer as a payment option, according to The Sunday Times.
  The newspaper reports that Frasers is close to announcing its first third-party tie-up, wit
  
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• John Lewis is ‘back on track’, says outgoing chair Sharon White

  23-06-2024 19:18
  
  Return to profit will enable ‘significant investment’, including Waitrose refurbs and more convenience storesThe outgoing chair of John Lewis has insisted the retail group is “back on track” and “more fit for the future” with an improving financial position enabling it to spend money refurbishing Waitrose supermarkets and opening convenience stores.Sharon White, who will retire as chair of the John Lewis Partnership in September, said the upmarket Waitrose bra
  
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• PrettyLittleThing deactivates customer accounts due to high returns

  23-06-2024 13:28 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  PrettyLittleThing has deactivated some customer accounts due to “unusual high returns activity” with those impacted turning to social media to blast the fashion retailer.
  The BBC reported that shoppers had been sent emails over the past few days to inform them their accounts had been reviewed and shut down so they would be unable to place any further orders.
  Some customers impacted criticised the retailer on social media, blaming inconsistent sizes and quality for their decision to r
  
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• John Lewis chair Dame Sharon White: ‘We’re back on track and fit for the future’

  23-06-2024 12:44 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  John Lewis Partnership chair Dame Sharon White has insisted that the business is “back on track” and has got momentum behind it as she prepares to stand down in September.
  White, who will hand over the reins to incoming chair Jason Tarry after a five year tenure – the shortest in the partnership’s history, told The Telegraph: “We’re back on track and much more fit for the future. This is a launch pad for the next phase of growth for the business and to be fran
  
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