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• The Guardian view on Oxford Street: a pedestrianisation project with legs | Editorial

  22-09-2024 19:25
  London’s mayor is well placed to lead on regeneration of the UK’s busiest shopping street. But he will need local supportThere is much to like about the mayor of London’s proposals for Oxford Street. The last decade has seen ambitious pedestrianisation schemes in other European cities. But the capital’s busiest shopping street has, until now, held out. Currently, about 16 different bus routes use it, although not private cars during the day. Diverting them, and turning th
  
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• ‘It’s going to be messy’: the rise of the supersized sandwich in the UK

  22-09-2024 14:22
  They pack colossal amounts of carbs and are impossible to eat on the go but the American-style XXL sarnie is filling sandwich shops with inventive offeringsWhen it comes to sandwiches, it turns out size really does matter.Across the country, from east London to Edinburgh, supersized sarnies with a girth of at least four inches are trending. In the hours leading up to lunchtime you’ll find customers queueing around the block before that day’s batch of colossal carbs sell out. And whil
  
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• Supermarket convenience stores charge up to 21% more, says Which?

  22-09-2024 11:22 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Shopping at local convenience stores can cost up to a fifth more than buying the same items at the supermarket chains’ larger stores, according to a new study from Which?.
  The consumer group compared the price of 42 popular grocery items on three occasions in June and July at Morrisons Daily, Sainsbury’s Local and Tesco Express compared to those at the supermarkets’ full-sized stores.
  The biggest price difference for the branded and own-label items was at Morrisons, with shoppe
  
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• Frasers Group hit with audit issues at I Saw it First and Choice

  22-09-2024 10:50 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Two of Frasers Group’s fashion brands – I Saw it First and Choice – have been hit with audit issues.
  Auditors for I Saw It First at Cooper Parry were unable to verify almost £7m of wages and salary payments, This is Money reported.
  Meanwhile, auditors at Hart Shaw said crucial information needed to complete their work for Choice, which the Mike Ashley controlled group bought from JD Sports at the end of 2022, was missing. Related StoryFrasers Group expands in Holland, Bel
  
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• Debenhams eyes international expansion

  22-09-2024 10:44 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Debenhams is set to launch international websites in Ireland and Australia in the coming months as it continues with its online expansion.
  The new websites will go live before Christmas with “hundreds of local and international brands”, followed by a Nasty Gal marketplace in the US, Drapers reported.
  It comes as the Boohoo Group-owned digital marketplace reached a total of 10,000 brands on its website. Related StoryNext to take on Flannels with new upmarket fashion website Seasons19/
  
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• Asda pays the price for big debt and turmoil in the boardroom

  22-09-2024 09:00
  
  With its shelves emptying and its billionaire owners in retreat, the struggling retailer has had to call in its veteran chair as chief executiveAn empty chiller cabinet, shelves stripped bare of Ready Brek and a disaster in the yorkshire pudding freezer, where a packet has exploded: all is not well at the Pudsey branch of Asda.The UK’s third-biggest grocery chain is in a tailspin, losing market share to its rivals at a rapid rate. Last week, the crisis prompted Stuart Rose, the former boss
  
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• Cheap, local and in season: why Victorians are shopping at the farm gate

  22-09-2024 02:00
  
  Small farm shops are growing in popularity but proponents say regulations are holding them backSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the communityThere’s a mantra the owners at Torello Farm ask their customers to abide by as they enter through the roller doors of their farm-gate shop at Dromana, on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula.“We have this sign in the shop that says: throw away your shopping list and let mother
  
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