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• 7 retailers raising the bar with marketplaces

  12-08-2024 23:02 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  With Boohoo set to launch its first marketplace at the end of this month with over 150 brands, Retail Gazette rounds up the retailers that are killing it in the marketplace space.
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  Tesco revealed last week it has more than doubled the size of its online marketplace less than two months after it launched.
  The UK’s biggest grocer is now listing more than 20,000 products from third-party sellers across garden, DIY, homeware, toys, sports, baby, beauty and petcare – up from the 9,00
  
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• JD to expand across the UK and Ireland

  12-08-2024 15:22 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  From Cork to Wembley, the ‘King of Trainers’ will launch shops across a range of locations featuring DJ’s plus Ballnado and Batak activation games on opening... View Article
  
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• Aldi set to invest £3 billion in British beef suppliers

  12-08-2024 14:15 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Aldi, the UK’s fourth-largest supermarket, is set to invest £3 billion with British beef suppliers over the next five years, as part of its ongoing commitment... View Article
  
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• Fortnum & Mason launches takeaway coffee counter

  12-08-2024 13:22 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Fortnum & Mason has opened a new coffee-to-go service at its flagship on London’s Piccadilly.
  The concession, open seven days a week, offers a selection of teas as well as hot and iced coffees made using Fortnum’s Piccadilly blend, The Grocer reported.
  Hot chocolate, pastries and a newly launched soft serve ice cream will also be available at the department store’s first-ever fixture dedicated to takeaway hot drinks. Related StoryFortnum & Mason launches subscription de
  
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• Card Factory teams up with Just Eat for speedy delivery

  12-08-2024 13:20 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Card Factory has partnered with Just Eat to offer a rapid delivery service for greetings cards and celebration essentials nationwide.
  The tie-up has gone live in 19 of the retailer’s stores across the UK, including Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, London, Belfast and Cardiff, and will be extended to an additional 21 shops later this year.
  The move means customers will be able to shop from over 200 affordable Card Factory products, including greeting cards, candles, balloons, gift bags, k
  
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• M&S becomes first UK retailer to move to paper packaging for garlic baguettes

  12-08-2024 12:35 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Marks & Spencer has become the first UK retailer to move to paper packaging for garlic baguettes as it looks ahead to reaching net zero by... View Article
  
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• Waitrose to unveil new store concept at North London supermarket

  12-08-2024 11:12 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Waitrose will unveil its new store concept as it reopens its revamped North London John Barnes store next week.
  The upmarket grocer said the store on Finchley Road, in the former John Barnes department store, opens on 21 August and will have a number of new and refreshed features including a fully updated refrigeration system, a new look and feel bakery, and the first fully chilled beer, wine and spirits department.
  It will also feature a dedicated made-in-branch baguette station, a hot chicken
  
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• Shein eyes UK warehouse ahead of IPO

  12-08-2024 10:55 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Shein is planning to open its first British warehouse ahead of its anticipated £50bn listing on the London Stock Exchange.
  The Singapore-headquartered fast fashion giant is said to be looking for a large site within the Midlands’ “golden logistics triangle”, The Telegraph reported.
  The fashion retailer sent a team of representatives to the UK to view prospective sites in the past few months, including in locations such as Castle Donington, Coventry, Daventry and Derby.
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• Tesco launches digital passports for clothes ahead of EU sustainability crackdown

  12-08-2024 09:54 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Tesco in rolling out “digital passports” across its clothes range, as the EU seeks to clamp down on sustainability.
  The grocery giant said it would give customers more information on each garment in its F&F fashion collection, including where the materials in each product have been sourced from, The Telegraph reported. 
  The move comes as Brussels works to improve supply chain transparency by launching new rules where businesses across the euro area are required to bring out
  
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• How does shopping centre layout design impact the retail experience?

  12-08-2024 09:44 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Did you know that 84% of shoppers make impulse purchases? A key factor in these last-minute sales is retail store design. By placing add-on items close... View Article
  
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• H&M collaborates with Anamika Khanna

  12-08-2024 09:44 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  H&M has unveiled a new collaboration with Indian designer Anamika Khanna. Due to launch in selected stores and online on 5 September, the collection spans womenswear,... View Article
  
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• Card Factory teams up with Just Eat to offer on demand gifting

  12-08-2024 09:44 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Card Factory has teamed up with Just Eat on a trial of on-demand delivery from selected stores. The exclusive partnership is initially being run across 19... View Article
  
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• Sainsbury’s boss warns 17,000 stores are at risk without business rates overhaul

  12-08-2024 09:22 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Over 17,000 stores across the UK are at risk being closed over the next ten years unless the new government reforms the business rates levy, according to Sainsbury’s CEO Simon Roberts and Usdaw general secretary Paddy Lillis.
  In an article for The Times, the pair warned that tens of thousands of retail jobs could vanish due to the steep rise in business rates.
  They said: “The no 1 barrier to growth in our industry is the outmoded business rates system.”
  “Successive govern
  
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• Asda chair is ’embarrassed’ by performance as he urges Mohsin Issa to step back

  12-08-2024 09:13 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Asda chair Lord Rose has said he has been “embarrassed” by its performance under his supervision and believes co-owner Mohsin Issa should step back from running the supermarket.
  The supermarket last week posted a 5.3% like-for-like sales fall in its second quarter, and its market share has fallen from 14.8% when the Issa brothers purchased the chain in 2021 to 12.7% last month.
  Lord Rose told The Telegraph: “I am going to be perfectly honest with you. I’ve been in this in
  
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• Asda chair is ’embarrassed’ by its performance as he urges Mohsin Issa to step back

  12-08-2024 09:13 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Asda chair Lord Rose has said he has been “embarrassed” by its performance under his supervision and believes co-owner Mohsin Issa should step back from running the supermarket.
  The supermarket last week posted a 5.3% like-for-like sales fall in its second quarter, and its market share has fallen from 14.8% when the Issa brothers purchased the chain in 2021 to 12.7% last month.
  Lord Rose told The Telegraph: “I am going to be perfectly honest with you. I’ve been in this in
  
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• Magnet launches Magnet MORE loyalty programme for trade professionals

  12-08-2024 08:43 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  The Magnet kitchen retailer has launched its biggest rewards programme to date with Magnet More. Running until 2 November, the programme will aim to offer verified... View Article
  
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• Salt & Stone secures significant investment from Humble Growth

  12-08-2024 08:15 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Salt & Stone, the US fragrance-driven body care brand, has secured a “significant” investment from Humble Growth. Founded in 2017 by former pro snowboarder and its... View Article
  
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• Carpetright sister firm The Floor Room collapses into administration, 200 jobs lost

  12-08-2024 07:57 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Carpetright’s sister firm The Floor Room has collapsed into administration and is being wound down, with 201 jobs set to be lost.
  Administrators at PwC were appointed on Friday and closed the business’ 34 John Lewis concessions, one stand-alone London store, and online operation “with immediate effect”, making the majority of employees redundant.
  Certain head office staff have been retained for a short period to support the retailer’s winding down.
  As a result of th
  
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• American Golf announces store expansion with new GO Outdoors partnership

  12-08-2024 07:56 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  American Golf embarked on a partnership with Go Outdoors through which it will open a 3,000 square foot concession in the outdoor retailer’s Gloucester store on 19... View Article
  
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