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• Respect retail and stand together against abuse

  21-10-2024 18:28 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  The Retail Trust has released findings from a survey conducted among 1,200 retail workers, revealing that 39% have considered leaving their positions due to experiences of... View Article
  
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• Ocado eyes former Microsoft exec for chair role

  21-10-2024 16:27 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Ocado Group has lined up ex-Microsoft executive Adam Warby as a contender to serve as its new chairman.
  Warby, who currently chairs the board of private equity firm KKR, stands as the leading candidate to take over from the online grocer’s current chair Rick Haythornthwaite, Sky News reported.
  City insiders said a confirmation of the role could be made as early as November.
  The executive also currently serves as chair of software firm SoftwareONE, and previously held various positions at M
  
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• Asda brings in new senior leaders from M&S and Tesco to drive growth

  21-10-2024 16:25 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Asda has hired two new senior leaders in a bid to drive its growth ambitions for 2025.
  Former Morrisons vice president of central operations Lauren Lepley will join the supermarket from early December.
  The executive boasts more than 14 years of experience in the grocery sector, having previously held positions at Tesco and Morrisons.
  Meanwhile, former M&S executive Mark Henry will join the team from January as its new vice president retail south, with responsibility for the supermarket&rsquo
  
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• WH Smith to stock vinyl albums for first time since 1990s

  21-10-2024 15:27
  
  LPs will be available in 80 high street shops across the UK to attract ‘seasoned fans and new listeners alike’When CD sales took off in the late 80s, many believed it sounded the death knell for the old-fashioned vinyl album.Fast forward 40 years and records are the in thing again, so much so that the high street retailer WH Smith is bringing them back after a three-decade hiatus. Continue reading...
  
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• Schmidt Partners with COAT Paints for sustainable home interiors in the UK

  21-10-2024 15:23 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Schmidt, the renowned French interior furniture specialist, has announced a new partnership with COAT Paints, aiming to promote eco-friendly home solutions in the UK. Customers visiting... View Article
  
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• L’Occitane strengthens sustainability mission with energy-saving measures across UK stores

  21-10-2024 15:23 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  L’OCCITANE, a leading natural bath, body, and skincare brand, has teamed up with LoweConex, a data-driven platform designed to help retailers achieve a more sustainable future.... View Article
  
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• Aldi rolls out new stocking density labels for chickens

  21-10-2024 11:30 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Aldi is rolling out new packaging for its fresh chicken products, reflecting updated stocking density guidelines as part of its ongoing commitment to animal welfare.
  Shoppers will be provided with new labels on its packaging from 30 October, highlighting the higher welfare changes to the supermarket’s poultry range.
  The change, which was first announced earlier this year, will see all of its fresh chickens have 20% more space than industry standards.
  The move comes after the German retaile
  
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• Lidl triples plant-based products following surge in demand

  21-10-2024 11:10 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Lidl is more than tripling its plant-based range across the UK, following a 12% rise in demand over the past year.
  The discounter’s new Vemondo! Plant Based range will be rolled out to selected stores from this month before a national rollout in January and will include 21 new products.
  The expanded range will feature a variety of plant-based alternatives, such as burgers, sausages, mince and nuggets.
  Lidl GB chief commercial officer Richard Bourns said: “We’re investing heavil
  
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• WH Smith to sell vinyl in high street stores for first time in over 30 years

  21-10-2024 11:01 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  WH Smith is bringing back vinyl in 80 of its stores as as it looks to expand its appeal to more shoppers on the high street.... View Article
  
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• TikTok Your Shop: Transforming your sales strategy for explosive growth

  21-10-2024 10:25 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Ready to get your #ecommerce products in front of a billion TikTok users? 348 million users are in the United States and Europe alone. 75% of... View Article
  
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• Brunello Cucinelli posts strong revenue growth

  21-10-2024 10:25 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Brunello Cucinelli has announced that its revenues climbed by 12.4% at current exchange rates to €920.2 million in the first nine months of the year. The... View Article
  
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• WHSmith to start selling vinyl records again after 30 years

  21-10-2024 10:18 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  WHSmith is bringing back vinyl records into 80 of its stores across the UK in response to growing customer demand for the format.
  The high street chain said its stores, including Canterbury, Chester, Edinburgh and York, will stock a selection of chart hits and classic albums on vinyl.
  The retailer first began selling vinyl albums in the 1950s but phased them out thirty years ago as the popularity of CDs took off. Related StoryWHSmith to open 37 Toys ‘R’ Us stores before Christmas20/0
  
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• PLT founder tipped to throw hat in the ring for vacant Boohoo CEO role

  21-10-2024 09:55 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  PrettyLittleThing founder Umar Kamani is thought to be considering throwing his hat in the ring for the vacant CEO position at Boohoo Group, Retail Gazette has learnt.
  It comes after the fast fashion giant revealed its chief executive John Lyttle would be stepping down from the business after five years late last week.
  Industry insiders told Retail Gazette that it was early days and no formal approach had been made.
  Kamani, the son of Boohoo co-founder Mahmud Kamani, helped grow PrettyLittleThin
  
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• Wickes introduces update to its paint visualiser

  21-10-2024 09:43 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Home improvement retailer Wickes has introduced an update to its online Paint Visualiser to enable customers to see what colours will look like in different lights... View Article
  
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• Lidl triples plant based range following double digit growth

  21-10-2024 09:43 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Lidl GB is more than tripling its number of plant-based products after experiencing strong sales growth in the category over the past year. The newly expanded range... View Article
  
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• JoJo Maman Bébé appoints Mark Wright as interim chief executive

  21-10-2024 09:43 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  JoJo Maman Bébé has appointed Mark Wright as its interim chief executive. He will join the mother and baby brand at the end of this month... View Article
  
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• Greggs and Newcastle United to join line-up at Metrocentre’s Town Square

  21-10-2024 09:43 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Gateshead’s Metrocentre has signed Greggs and Newcastle United for units in its Upper Town Square. Due to open later this year, the Greggs store will be... View Article
  
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• In pictures: M&S, Fortnum & Mason and Lush win big at Retail Gazette Awards 2024

  21-10-2024 09:10 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  M&S took home the Best Retailer over £500m at the Retail Gazette Awards: The Game Changers, in partnership with Yext as the judges heralded that the much-loved chain had “returned to its former glories”.
  The judges added that M&S, which posted a 58% jump in profits in its last financial year, was “firing on all cylinders. “With positive momentum across all parts of the business, the future looks ever brighter,” they said.
  Fortnum & Mason was c
  
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• Holland & Barrett eyes travel store estate expansion

  21-10-2024 09:07 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Holland & Barrett is planning to extend its presence in travel hubs across the UK following the success of its existing stores.
  It comes as the health and wellness retailer has been experimenting with new formats that can be launched in places such as stations.
  Holland & Barrett has five shops it categorises in travel locations. It has also opened a new kiosk format, which is being trialled in Dublin’s Jervis centre. Related StoryGrab and go: 5 retailers making surprising investmen
  
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• Serial returners send back £6.6bn of online purchases a year in UK, report finds

  21-10-2024 09:00
  
  Industry bodies say over-ordering is eroding profitability as big sellers clamp down on practiceShoppers with a habit of returning goods bought online to retailers will send back £1,400 of products each this year, totalling £6.6bn, a UK report has found.Serial returners account for 11% of shoppers, but are on course to account for almost a quarter of the £27bn forecast returns this year, according to the report by the return logistics company ZigZag and the research company Ret
  
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• Viral ‘shopping hauls’ costing retailers £7bn in unwanted clothing

  21-10-2024 08:57 via retailgazette.co.uk
  Viral “shopping hauls” on social media platforms is fuelling a surge in people sending back online orders, with an estimated near £7bn of unwanted clothes returned to retailers each year.
  The “serial returners” account for around a quarter of all online returns in the UK, according to new data from Retail Economics.
  It follows the rise of “hauls” on platforms such as TikTok, where social media users will share videos of themselves trying on items and ask
  
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• Hotter Shoes to ramp up UK production

  21-10-2024 08:34 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Hotter Shoes is planning to ramp up the number it produces in British factories each year to one million pairs under its new owner.
  WoolOvers, which snapped up the retailer out of administration last year, has reversed the footwear specialist’s planned “phasing out” of manufacturing at its factory in Skelmersdale, Lancashire.
  The new owner wants to raise domestic production to three quarters of the shoes, up from 25%,  that Hotter sells, The Times reported.
  WoolOvers chief
  
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