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• Antidote to online: Germany’s one-stop wellness shops get ready for Christmas

  15-12-2024 17:14
  
  Reformhaus retains an unmatched selection of tea and slippers butis morphing to stay competitive Wellness, organics and sustainability have become buzzwords in modern consumer marketing, but the mainstreaming of “green” lifestyle is creating some challenges for the German retailers that pioneered these products.As the country gears up for the holiday shopping season, the Reformhaus cooperative, a long-established promoter of homegrown health and beauty in the retail sphere, is morphi
  
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• Frasers Group wins backing for new HQ

  15-12-2024 16:21 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Frasers Group has received official backing for its new Warwickshire headquarters, despite a report finding that it will permanently damage the county’s green belt.
  The 275-acre facility in Ansty has been recommended for approval by planning officials even though they noted that it would “clearly cause substantial and permanent harm to the green belt by reducing its opened”, The Telegraph reported.
  Planning officers ruled in a 208-page report that the benefits of the campus&nbs
  
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• Boohoo’s £60m head office sale stalls as bidder exits talks

  15-12-2024 16:09 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Boohoo’s £60m sale its London office has suffered a fresh blow after a prospective buyer reportedly abandoned negotiations to buy the property.
  According to The Telegraph, an Israeli investor is understood to have pulled out of talks to acquire the fashion retailer’s Soho office following concerns raised by a survey.
  Boohoo bosses put the 43,963sq ft six-storey building at 10 Great Pulteney Street up for sale in August in a bid to meet a £47m debt repayment due in August
  
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• Boohoo’s £60m head office sale falls through

  15-12-2024 16:09 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Boohoo has been dealt a fresh blow after a £60m sale of its London head office fell through.
  According to The Telegraph, an Israeli investor is understood to have pulled out of talks to acquire the fashion retailer’s Soho office following concerns raised by a survey.
  Boohoo bosses put the 43,963sq ft six-storey building at 10 Great Pulteney Street up for sale in August in a bid to meet a £47m debt repayment due in August next year. Related StoryBoohoo Group eyes sale of London
  
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• ‘A huge regression’: Walmart’s DEI rollback incites new racial equity push

  15-12-2024 13:00
  
  Largest private employer in US pledged to tackle inequities after George Floyd murder but has now dropped initiativesA year after the murder of George Floyd, Doug McMillon, CEO of Walmart had a warning for corporate America. The death of Floyd triggered a wave of protest over systemic racism and was “not an isolated event. We have a long history of racism, and we see unacceptable events continue.”Walmart and other large US corporations made pledges to address inequities within their
  
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• UK retailers accused of recruiting young shop workers without rights over Christmas

  15-12-2024 07:00
  Lush and Gymshark among chains using apps promoted by TikTok influencers to take on gig economy assistants lacking basic protections, say unionsUnions have accused high-street retailers of drafting in young gig economy store assistants without basic employment rights in the run-up to Christmas.The Observer has found large brands, including Urban Outfitters, Lush, Gymshark and Uniqlo, are recruiting “freelance” shop assistants through gig apps to staff their stores during the busy fes
  
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• China’s ecommerce merchants set up shop in Russia’s online marketplaces

  15-12-2024 06:00
  
  Ozon and Wildberries welcome Chinese sellers looking for new markets as sanctions hit both countries’ traders
  
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• I waited 45 minutes to buy a single croissant in Fitzroy. Why do humans queue?

  15-12-2024 00:00
  Lines for pastries, phones, even paying respects have become famous. What is it that draws people to spend their scarce, precious time in queues?Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailI have waited in line for a Lune croissant. At the worst possible time, too – mid-morning on a Sunday, the queue stretching out the door of the vaunted bakery’s Fitzroy warehouse and curling around the corner. This is an embarrassing admission for someone wary of falling for hype.The line, which on
  
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