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• Over a quarter of Brits plan to wear pre-loved outfits this festive season

  06-12-2024 17:10 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  The UK is gearing up for a pre-loved party season, with more than a quarter of adults planning to buy second-hand outfits for Christmas and New... View Article
  
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• Mike Ashley’s former-right-hand man Dave Forsey makes surprise return to Frasers

  06-12-2024 14:52 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Former Sports Direct CEO Dave Forsey is making an unexpected return to Frasers Group to spearhead its international expansion efforts.
  Retail Week reports that Forsey, known for being Mike Ashley’s right-hand man, will take on the role of general manager for the Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa (APMEA) regions.
  The role will see him based in Malaysia, with regular trips to the retail giant’s London office for two weeks every two months. Related StoryBoohoo v Frasers: What’
  
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• Call for greener planning rules after M&S London redevelopment given go-ahead

  06-12-2024 13:41
  
  Campaigners want rethink of national policy because of ‘wasteful knock-it-down-and-start-again approach’Campaigners are calling for planning rules to be consider the environmental implications of knocking down buildings after a controversial redevelopment of Marks & Spencer’s historic store on London’s Oxford Street was given the green light by the government.Save Britain’s Heritage said national policy should consider the embedded carbon linked to a site when c
  
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• Instagram is down: Glitch disrupts UK retailers’ key sales channel

  06-12-2024 13:32 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Instagram experienced a significant outage on Friday morning, leaving users unable to refresh their feeds, send messages, or interact with content. The disruption began early at... View Article
  
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• Harrods staff vote for Christmas strikes in pay dispute

  06-12-2024 10:15 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of Harrods workers are set to strike during the busy Christmas season in a dispute over pay and working conditions.
  Employees from the department store’s retail, restaurant, kitchen, and cleaning departments that are part of the United Voices of the World (UVW) union have voted in favour of industrial action on 19 December, with 95% backing the move.
  The dispute arises from longstanding concerns over low pay, staff shortages, and excessive workloads. Workers claim management has r
  
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• Frasers Group eyes bid for Norwegian sports giant

  06-12-2024 10:04 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Frasers Group is planning to submit a takeover offer for Norwegian sporting goods chain XXL Sport & Villmark as it eyes further international expansion.
  The Sports Direct owner, which is the chain’s second largest shareholder, holding a 25.8% stake, will offer 10 kroner for every share of equity that it does not own, valuing the retailer at around £17.45m.
  Frasers said it has the “relevant experience to have a chance at saving XXL”, which has been suffering with profi
  
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• Quiz may need further funding after “disappointing” November

  06-12-2024 09:30 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Fashion retailer Quiz is reviewing its financing and strategic options after trading was impacted by a “marked decline” in both store footfall and online traffic in... View Article
  
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• Aldi opens four new stores in a day

  06-12-2024 09:20 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Aldi has opened four new stores in a day this week as it continues its expansion across the UK. The new sites are in Cribbs Causeway... View Article
  
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• CDS Superstores appoints Sam Davies as chief supply chain officer

  06-12-2024 09:10 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  The Range owner CDS Superstores has appointed Sam Davies to the newly created position of chief supply chain officer as it works to drive its next... View Article
  
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• Quiz hires advisors as it runs out of cash

  06-12-2024 09:06 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Quiz has launched a review of its financing and strategic options as it warned it could run out of cash in the new year following poor trading.
  The fashion retailer said it was working with advisors as it anticipated that additional funding will be “required” by the business during the first quarter of 2025.
  Quiz reported that the business experienced “a marked decline in traffic both online and in-store” during November, which resulted in sales for the four months to 30
  
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• Watches of Switzerland Group boosted by strengthening sales growth

  06-12-2024 09:00 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Watches of Switzerland Group has grown its first half revenue by 3% to £785 million, or 4% at constant currency, after an improvement in trading its... View Article
  
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• ‘Unlawful’: Woolworths wins bid to clear picket line outside Melbourne warehouse

  06-12-2024 08:59
  Fair Work finds United Workers Union’s industrial action had affected employees who wanted to return to the work site Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWoolworths has won its application to clear a picket line at one of its key distribution centres in Melbourne, and prevent similar action at other sites, after arguing that the industrial protests were being used as a “metaphorical gun” during negotia
  
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• Ex-Boohoo CEO John Lyttle resigned amid stalking claims

  06-12-2024 08:31 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Former Boohoo boss John Lyttle resigned from his post earlier this year following claims of stalking and “corporate espionage” made by several of the group’s executives.
  The chief executive, who quit the etailer on 18 October after five years, is thought to have mentioned the stalking and surveillance concerns as reasons for his departure, The Times reported.
  The news comes after it emerged on Thursday that Police forces in Manchester and Kent are looking into reports of stalki
  
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• Roundtable: Retailers reflect on ‘punch in stomach’ Budget, voucher vultures, and smarter discounting

  06-12-2024 08:14 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Retail Gazette and Webloyalty bring retailers together to talk current trading, Budget impact, new discount and loyalty strategy, and the push towards greater profitability.
  No sooner had retailers mapped out their plans for the 2025 than the Budget on 30 October changed things entirely.
  Three weeks later 81 UK retail bosses added their signatures to a British Retail Consortium (BRC) letter to chancellor Rachel Reeves highlighting concerns about the “cost burden” the Budget placed on
  
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• If folks can’t have a cold Christmas frothy because Woolies management are greedy there will be hell to pay | First Dog on the Moon

  06-12-2024 06:41
  
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• ‘It comes at a cost’: British growers criticise Christmas vegetable price war

  06-12-2024 06:00
  
  Supermarkets slash the cost of vegetables to lure Christmas shoppers – but are low prices taking too great a toll on Britain’s farmers?Ten years ago, marketing executives at Britain’s biggest supermarket had a brainwave: might slashing the price of basic vegetables tempt shoppers to do their Christmas shop with them?Tesco, under chief executive Dave Lewis, was trying to revive a business reeling after falling sales, five profit warnings and an accounting scandal. That promotion
  
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• Workers picketing Woolworths’ Melbourne warehouse are ‘capricious’, supermarket tells Fair Work

  06-12-2024 01:18
  
  Marc Felman KC says demonstration ‘should be stopped’ because it’s being used to pressure company during negotiations over pay and conditionsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWoolworths has described a picket line outside one of its key distribution centres in Melbourne as a “metaphorical gun” pointed at its head, as the supermarket giant seeks to restart warehouse operations amid an indu
  
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