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• Main distributor to Amazon’s Whole Foods hit by cyber attack

  09-06-2025 22:17 via ft.com
  United Natural Foods discloses disruption to its operations that could affect supplies to supermarkets
  
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• Arshad Ahmed obituary

  09-06-2025 18:50
  My father, Arshad Ahmed, who has died aged 86, was a trailblazing British Pakistani businessman. He started out in Stockport at the age of 17, selling stockings on a market stall, and often slept there overnight to secure the best spot.With much perseverance, he was able to buy his own premises, where he founded Ahmed’s of Stockport. It became the go-to place for affordable clothing and is still remembered fondly today by locals who described it as the Primark of its time. Building on this
  
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• Fortnum & Mason launches membership programme

  09-06-2025 17:59 via retailgazette.co.uk
  Fortnum & Mason has launched its first ever membership programme, Friends of Fortnum’s.
  The luxury department store said the scheme, which costs £100 per year, has been designed for its “community of food and drink lovers”.
  Members will receive a curated welcome gift designed exclusively for them, seasonal gifts when shopping online, and free next-day UK delivery on all orders over £25.
  Subscribers will also be able to access tickets for exclusive events, alongs
  
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• Fortnum & Mason launches first-ever membership programme

  09-06-2025 17:59 via retailgazette.co.uk
  Fortnum & Mason has launched its first ever membership programme, Friends of Fortnum’s.
  The luxury department store said the scheme, which costs £100 per year, has been designed for its “community of food and drink lovers”.
  Members will receive a curated welcome gift designed exclusively for them, seasonal gifts when shopping online, and free next-day UK delivery on all orders over £25.
  Subscribers will also be able to access tickets for exclusive events, alongs
  
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• Tesco launches 90s themed nightclub to mark Clubcard anniversary

  09-06-2025 14:45 via retailgazette.co.uk
  Tesco is launching a 90s themed nightclub to mark its Clubcard loyalty scheme’s 30th birthday.
  The grocer‘s pop-up, called “Club Card,” is an exclusive club for Clubcard members, with door entry requiring proof of visitors’ Clubcard member status.
  “Club Card” will take place at The Vinyl Factory in Soho, London, with multiple sessions running from 4 July to 5 July.
  The event will feature a “little Tesco” bar, which will serve drinks including
  
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• John Lewis Partnership to trim staff committee amid turnaround efforts

  09-06-2025 14:03 via retailgazette.co.uk
  John Lewis Partnership is set to slim down its most senior staff committee as it ramps up its turnaround efforts.
  The retail giant, which also owns Waitrose, will downsize its partnership council by a quarter this autumn, reducing the number of members from 57 to 43, The Telegraph reported.
  The committee forms a crucial part to the partnership’s democratic structure and staff that are elected to the council can have an input in how the business is run. In extreme cases, it has the power to
  
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• The slow fashion movement: a shift in consumer consciousness

  09-06-2025 11:43 via theretailbulletin.com
  Consumers are driving a major transformation in the fashion industry. Many of them are starting to wake up to the fact that the fast fashion industry... View Article
  
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• Frasers Group offers Debenhams cash injection amid debt refinancing

  09-06-2025 10:53 via retailgazette.co.uk
  Frasers Group is looking to tighten its grip on Debenhams, formerly Boohoo, by offering a cash injection amid the retailer’s debt refinancing talks.
  The retail giant has demanded a meeting with the retailer’s non-executive chairman Tim Morris to discuss the possibility of becoming a lender to the business, The Telegraph reported.
  Frasers wrote to Morris in a letter via lawyers White & Case that it “has been seeking to arrange an urgent meeting between Mr Ashley and you as t
  
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• Pret A Manger boosts regional expansion with new shop format

  09-06-2025 10:46 via theretailbulletin.com
  Pret A Manger has announced the trial of a new store format where customers will be offered a more spacious, family-friendly environment with a made-to-order food... View Article
  
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• Digital Lessons for Retailers: What traditional shops can learn from online-first businesses

  09-06-2025 10:35 via theretailbulletin.com
  The retail landscape has changed dramatically in the last decade. While high streets continue to play an important role in communities, the rise of online-first businesses... View Article
  
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• Poundland plots store closures and rent cuts under restructuring plan

  09-06-2025 10:31 via retailgazette.co.uk
  Poundland is planning a financial overhaul of the business in a bid for survival, which could see mass store closures and steep rent cuts imposed.
  The discount chain has identified hundreds of stores for rent reductions and possible closures ahead of a possible sale, The Telegraph reported.
  The retailer was put up for sale in March and the auction has since been narrowed down to distressed investors Hilco and Gordon Brothers.
  It is understood that Poundland’s new owner will inherit a radic
  
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• Casinos Turn to Retail to Boost Revenue

  09-06-2025 10:23 via theretailbulletin.com
  Theyare no longer relying on gaming tables and slot machines alone to keep profits rolling in. As customer expectations shift and digital competition intensifies, many casinos... View Article
  
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• Matalan to open 10 stores a year in £25m transformation drive

  09-06-2025 09:29 via retailgazette.co.uk
  Matalan is set to invest over £25m into its UK store estate this year as part of a multi-year transformation programme.
  The fashion and homeware retailer will upgrade 30 stores and open 10 new or relocated sites across key regions including London, Essex, Hampshire and Northern Ireland. The move follows a £25m funding boost from anchor investors last month.
  Matalan said the investment will focus on modernising store layouts, improving customer experience and expanding its national fo
  
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• In pictues: Inside Pret’s new sit-down shop format with made-to-order service

  09-06-2025 09:19 via retailgazette.co.uk
  Pret A Manger is launching a new shop format that offers a more spacious, family-friendly environment with made-to-order food and drink service designed for longer, more relaxed visits.
  Set to open in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, and Maidenhead this month, the new format marks a shift from the chain‘s usual grab-and-go style common in London stores.These shops will feature a longer counter where customers can watch their food being made, more dine-in space, a Little Stars Café play area
  
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• Marks Electrical chief financial officer to step down and join Roadchef

  09-06-2025 08:32 via theretailbulletin.com
  Marks Electrical has announced that its chief financial officer, Josh Egan, is to leave the business to take up the same role at Roadchef. Egan joined... View Article
  
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• Amazon to crack down on fake reviews after UK regulator probe

  09-06-2025 08:32 via retailgazette.co.uk
  Amazon has committed to a sweeping crackdown on fake product reviews after reaching an agreement with the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
  The online marketplace has pledged to strengthen its detection systems and introduce harsher sanctions for sellers and users found to be manipulating product ratings.
  The move follows a CMA investigation into concerns the online giant was not doing enough to protect shoppers from misleading reviews.
  The watchdog said it welcomed Amazon&rsqu
  
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• River Island drafts rescue plan as losses mount

  09-06-2025 08:24 via retailgazette.co.uk
  River Island has brought in restructuring experts from PwC as the high street fashion chain battles tough trading conditions and falling sales.
  The fashion retailer, which operates around 230 stores and employs approximately 5,500 people, is working on a formal restructuring plan that could result in store closures and job cuts.
  The move follows cost-cutting efforts launched January, when the business launched a redundancy programme at its London head office, affecting departments such as buying
  
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• Aroma-Zone appoints Penny Grivea as managing director UK & Ireland

  09-06-2025 08:24 via theretailbulletin.com
  Penny Grivea, the former Rituals managing director for the UK and Ireland, has taken up a leadership position at French natural beauty brand Aroma-Zone. Grivea worked... View Article
  
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• Asda pledges £300,000 to support Community Alcohol Partnerships in 2025

  09-06-2025 08:21 via theretailbulletin.com
  Asda has pledged £300,000 in financial support in 2025 for Community Alcohol Partnerships (CAP), an organisation that sets up and supports local partnerships that aim to reduce... View Article
  
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• Frasers Group eyes potential takeover of struggling Revolution Beauty

  09-06-2025 08:17 via retailgazette.co.uk
  Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group is weighing a potential cut-price takeover of troubled cosmetics brand Revolution Beauty.
  The retail giant – which owns retail brands including House of Fraser, Sports Direct and Evans Cycles – is said to have approached the listed beauty brand about a possible bid as the business explores strategic options following a sharp decline in value.
  Industry sources told Sky News that Frasers is considering an offer, although no final decision has been made
  
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• MWC Partners and Yocuda launch integrated digital receipt and customer display solution with Cegid Retail Live Store

  09-06-2025 08:00 via theretailbulletin.com
  MWC Partners and Yocuda are delighted to announce the successful integration of MWC’s customer-facing screen extension for Cegid Retail with Yocuda’s market-leading digital receipt solution This... View Article
  
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• [ ON DEMAND ] Beyond the Checkout: How AI is redefining retail from the inside out

  09-06-2025 07:00 via theretailbulletin.com
  Our friends at Kerv have uploaded another fabulous discussion for retailers. In this special episode of Learning Kerv, host Rufus Grig is joined by three retail... View Article
  
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