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• Sorted Food’s collab with The Online Wine Tasting Club

  08-08-2024 22:41 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Sorted Food, the social media movement dedicated to inspiring millions to find joy in cooking, is set to host a record-breaking wine tasting event. With nearly... View Article
  
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• Lord Rose announced as Fashion Retail Academy’s first patron

  08-08-2024 22:41 via theretailbulletin.com
  
   Fashion Retail Academy (FRA) has announced the appointment of Lord (Stuart) Rose as its first patron. This milestone appointment comes as the Academy prepares to move to... View Article
  
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• Kipling launches enchanting Harry Potter™ capsule collection

  08-08-2024 22:02 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Kipling, the renowned Belgian handbag and accessories brand, has unveiled an enchanting new collection in collaboration with Harry Potter™. This limited-edition line, set to launch on... View Article
  
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• Exclusive: Poundland to cut head office jobs in cost-cutting drive

  08-08-2024 17:09 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Poundland is restructuring its head office in Walsall as it looks to cut costs across the business.
  The discount chain is understood to have placed around 60 jobs under consultation across its supply chain, finance, IT and property teams, Retail Gazette has learnt.
  It is thought the business is still in conversations with some of the impacted staff.
  A spokesperson for Poundland told Retail Gazette: “Providing the amazing value we promise our customers, depends on us delivering a business t
  
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• Asda unveils plan to improve store experience as Q2 sales fall

  08-08-2024 16:30 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Asda’s sales dipped in its second quarter, as it set out plans to deliver an “enhanced and more consistent in-store experience” for shoppers over the remainder of the year.
  Total sales excluding fuel dropped 2.2% for the three months ended 30 June, with like-for-like sales declining 5.3%, as the grocery giant pushed ahead with what it termed its “unprecedented transformation”, the largest in its history.
  The retailer plans to improve shopper experience by investing
  
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• Riots contribute to 4.8% drop in footfall on UK high streets

  08-08-2024 15:59
  
  This week’s fall blamed on looting fears that kept people stay away from shops as North of England worst hitShoppers have avoided high streets in recent days after rioting across England and Belfast led to shops being vandalised and looted, hitting footfall for retailers and neighbouring businesses, figures show.Footfall on UK high streets declined by an average 4.8% between Sunday and Wednesday from the same period the week before, according to the real estate software firm MRI Software.
  
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• Ocado Retail launches reusable packaging pilot in partnership with the Refill Coalition

  08-08-2024 13:18 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Ocado Retail is piloting a new reusable packaging scheme for online shoppers as it looks to reduce the use of single-use packaging from customers’ weekly shops.... View Article
  
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• Retailer roundtable: What makes a great high street?

  08-08-2024 12:21 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  There’s no denying that remarks about the death of the high street are overblown.
  Physical retail has seen a resurgence in recent years as customers are heading back to bricks-and-mortar stores to seek out service, experience and the reassurance that comes with touching, feeling and trying out products.
  In partnership with American Express, Retail Gazette brought together industry leaders from retailers including Primark, Sainsbury’s, John Lewis and B&M and trade bodies including
  
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• Deliveroo’s push into grocery orders helps deliver ‘profit milestone’

  08-08-2024 11:08
  Diversification plan and growing consumer confidence prompts £1m profit for courier in first half of yearBusiness live – latest updatesDeliveroo has reported its first half-year profit, as the UK food delivery company hailed early signs of a rebound in consumer spending amid a further push into grocery and retail deliveries.The company swung to a profit of £1m in the first six months of the year, its first since the business was launched in 2013, having reported an £83m l
  
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• Co-op renews 30-year partnership with Wincanton

  08-08-2024 09:36 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Co-op has renewed its partnership with supply chain giant Wincanton for another five-years.
  The new contract builds on its existing 30-year relationship and will see the firm continue to supply nearly 350 of the retailer’s stores across the Midlands, South East and East of England, delivering upwards of 750,000 cases per week, including chilled, ambient and frozen goods.
  Wincanton will continue to provide facilities management and distribution services from a 340,000 sq ft Co-op regio
  
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• Hunter Price International acquires BargainMax

  08-08-2024 09:18 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Hunter Price International has confirmed that it has acquired online toy retailer BargainMax.co.uk. In a statement, the product developer and supplier of consumer products to the... View Article
  
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• Deliveroo back in the black as retailer tie-ups boost orders

  08-08-2024 09:02 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Deliveroo has returned to profitability as it’s growing partnerships with supermarkets and retailers helped to boost orders through the app.
  The delivery platform reported a profit of £1.3m in the half to 30 June, up from the £82.9m loss it racked up the year before, which it attributed to “a good top-line performance driven by execution on strategy in a stabilising consumer environment”.
  It said gross transaction value (GTV) was up 6% to £3.7bn and sales were
  
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• Ocado trials refillable packaging on everyday products

  08-08-2024 08:33 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Ocado is testing the use of refillable packaging on everyday products such as pasta, rice and washing liquid as part of a new sustainability push.
  The online supermarket is trialling a reusable container that can take food or laundry products with no extra costs for customers, The Guardian reported.
  The first phase, which starts this month, includes 2kg packs of basmati rice and 1kg of penne pasta under its new Ocado Reuse brand.
  The second phase, releasing later this year, will add 3L container
  
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• Waitrose launches new Urban Pizza range

  08-08-2024 08:19 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Waitrose has launched a new range of takeaway style pizzas, sides and dips as it looks to capitalise on the growing urban pizza scene. The supermarket... View Article
  
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• GO Outdoors to open Europe’s biggest outdoor store

  08-08-2024 08:19 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  GO Outdoors is to open the “biggest ever outdoor store in Europe” at York’s Vangarde Shopping Park later this month. The shop will have 125,000 square... View Article
  
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• Crocs to join line-up at Gunwharf Quays

  08-08-2024 08:15 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Crocs is to open its first outlet in Hampshire at Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth this month. Spanning 140 square feet, the shop will be situated between... View Article
  
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• Ocado starts trial selling everyday products in refillable packaging

  08-08-2024 06:00
  
  First phase of trial starts this month and includes rice and pastaOcado is testing offering everyday products such as pasta, rice and washing liquid in refillable packaging in a first by an online supermarket.The scheme will trial a reusable vessel that can take food or laundry products with no extra costs for customers. Continue reading...
  
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• Consumers still want relationships with their favourite fashion brands even when they can’t afford to buy, new research from Centra reveals

  08-08-2024 05:46 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Over half (55%) of UK consumers still engage with the fashion brands they love, even if they can’t or aren’t buying from them currently, with a... View Article
  
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