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• Debenhams unveils new brand identity

  03-09-2018 11:42 via theretailbulletin.com
  Department store chain Debenhams has launched a new brand identity following a series of store modernisations.
  
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• Ebay to pay $55.7mn to settle case over harassment of company critics

  28-07-2026 19:24 via ft.com
  Couple received threatening deliveries including funeral wreath and live cockroaches after chiding retailer in blog
  
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• Ebay pays couple $56mn for its role in cockroach harassment campaign

  28-07-2026 19:24 via ft.com
  Couple received threatening deliveries including funeral wreath after criticising ecommerce retailer in blog
  
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• Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group builds stake in Burberry

  28-07-2026 19:05 via ft.com
  Sports Direct owner discloses 4% position as it strives to establish itself in the luxury market
  
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• Rightmove helps Barbie find her dream home

  28-07-2026 17:23 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Mattel, Barbie’s parent company, has teamed up with Rightmove to find Barbie her next Dreamhouse.
  It will appear as a property listing on the platform over the summer. Fans were able to visit the Barbie DreamHouse Estate Agent pop-up in Covent Garden, London from July 24 to July 26.
  As part of the experience, visitors will be able to explore the 2026 Dreamhouse.
  This comes as research from the brand shows 75 per cent of  Gen Z and Millennial women see homeownership as an “import
  
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• Very’s head of beauty buying on building a modern, digital-first destination

  28-07-2026 14:26 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Earlier this month, The Very Group added Estée Lauder to its beauty offer in a continuation of its efforts to expand its premium brands. Sophie Blackledge, head of beauty buying at The Very Group, explains how premium beauty can encourage new and existing customers to shop across more categories, and enable the digital retailer to build deeper loyalty.
  “Rather than trying to recreate the traditional beauty hall online, our ambition is to build a modern, digital-first premium beauty
  
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• Gymshark promotes Matt Rogers to chief supply chain officer

  28-07-2026 13:53 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Gymshark has appointed Matt Rogers as chief supply chain officer, it has been confirmed.
  Rogers joined Gymshark in 2023 as supply chain director and subsequently became interim general manager for sourcing and supply chain.
  The executive has 25 years of supply chain experience, including more than a decade working in ecommerce. Before joining Gymshark, he spent almost 11 years at Asos, where he held a series of senior supply chain positions and latterly served as group supply chain director.
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• Measuring the true value of stores in multichannel retail

  28-07-2026 13:00 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Retailers are right to question stores. But many are still judging them with an incomplete picture.
  The easiest retail story to tell in 2026 is one about decline. Another store closes, another high street unit goes dark.
  In this new Retail Gazette report, we go ‘Beyond the till’ to measure the true value of stores in multichannel retail.
  What you’ll learn:Why store closures don’t tell the full retail story
  The P&L blind spot
  The online ‘halo effect’: the v
  
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• Pret launches flagship store in Heathrow Terminal 5

  28-07-2026 11:48 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Pret A Manger has opened a new flagship shop in Heathrow Terminal 5, marking its ninth in the airport.
  The launch represents “another milestone” in Pret’s “long-standing partnership with the world’s most connected airport,” according to the retailer.
  Located in the terminal’s arrivals hall, the store will sell Pret’s full range of barista-prepared drinks and freshly made food, including super plates and protein pots.
  The site is equipped with mobil
  
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• Morrisons Daily expands Snappy Shopper delivery partnership to hundreds more stores

  28-07-2026 11:46 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Morrisons Daily is extending its partnership with rapid grocery delivery platform Snappy Shopper, bringing hundreds of additional convenience stores across England and Wales onto the service.
  The latest phase of the rollout will allow more shoppers to order Morrisons Daily’s full convenience range through the Snappy Shopper app, including everyday essentials, Morrisons Savers products, own-brand lines and multibuy promotions.
  Customers placing orders worth more than £35 will also qua
  
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• Virgin Media O2 tests in-store experience to encourage tech recycling

  28-07-2026 11:26 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Virgin Media O2 is seeking to help shoppers “better understand technology recycling and reuse” as part of a trial at its experiential flagship O2 store in Westfield Stratford City. 
  The company is piloting its “O2 tech refab lab” as one of the store’s interactive discovery zones, where customers can learn how devices can be given a second life so they don’t go to waste. 
  The zone, which was created in collaboration with the O2 stores team, helps cons
  
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• M&S rolls out electric trucks across food logistics network

  28-07-2026 11:22 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  M&S is introducing 10 electric trucks across its food and fashion supply chains to cut emissions from deliveries to depots and stores.
  The retailer is rolling out 10 DAF XD electric tractor units, with five already in operation and the remaining vehicles set to enter service later this year.
  One of the trucks features an integrated inverter that draws power from the vehicle’s main battery to run the refrigeration unit in its chilled trailer.
  M&S said the technology would reduce the
  
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• Clarks launches nostalgic back-to-school campaign

  28-07-2026 11:11 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  British shoe firm Clarks has unveiled a nationwide Back-to-School campaign.
  Titled ‘Jump into Clarks’, the campaign will roll out across TV, social media, owned digital channels and in-store. It aims to “capture the excitement” of returning to school.
  The marketing drive highlights that selected school shoes are available from £25. It also showcases the retailer’s limited time three pairs for the price of two promotion.Related StoryClarks launches nostalgic ba
  
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• Aldi unveils latest priority locations for new shops

  28-07-2026 09:46 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Aldi has revealed its latest priority locations across the UK as it seeks to secure sites for new stores.
  It comes as the discount giant continues its expansion as it aims to make “high-quality, affordable food” accessible to more communities.
  The announcement builds on Aldi’s wider UK expansion plans. 
  The supermarket is investing over £370 million into new stores this year as it works towards its long-term target of 1,500 locations nationwide.
  It also follows Aldi&
  
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• Cracker Barrel boss steps down a year after viral botched rebrand

  28-07-2026 09:41 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Cracker Barrel chief executive Julie Masino is stepping down nearly a year after the chain’s attempt to modernise its brand prompted a fierce customer backlash.
  Masino will leave the top job and the company’s board on 10 August, after almost three years as chief executive. She will remain in an advisory role until 9 October to support the transition.
  The company has appointed former Bloomin’ Brands boss David Deno as her successor following what it described as a “compreh
  
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• EY and audit partner fined £1.25m over Made.com failings

  28-07-2026 09:31 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  EY and one of its audit partners have been fined a combined £1.25m following failings in their audit of collapsed online furniture retailer Made.com.
  The Financial Reporting Council imposed a £1.197m financial sanction on EY and fined audit engagement partner Julie Carlyle £49,000 over their work on Made.com’s accounts for the year ending 31 December 2021.
  Both EY and Carlyle admitted breaching international auditing standards in two areas: Made.com’s status as a go
  
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• Royal Mail bulk price hike set to increase retailer marketing costs

  28-07-2026 09:26 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Retailers face higher costs for direct marketing and customer communications after Royal Mail revealed plans to raise its wholesale postal prices by an average of 25 per cent.
  The group will introduce the increases from 5 October, with some bulk-mail services rising by more than a third.
  The changes will affect access-mail operators including UK Mail, Whistl and Citipost, which sort and process large volumes of post before handing items to Royal Mail for final-mile delivery.
  These operators serv
  
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• H&M and Wardrobe.NYC to launch designer collaboration on 6 August

  28-07-2026 09:19 via theretailbulletin.com
  H&M is set to launch a new designer collaboration next month with New York based luxury essentials brand Wardrobe.NYC. The fashion retailer said the collection will…
  
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• Lidl launches £1 Planet Plate recipes with chef Miguel Barclay

  28-07-2026 09:19 via theretailbulletin.com
  Lidl GB has collaborated with budget chef Miguel Barclay, creator of the bestselling One Pound Meals series, to launch seven new £1 Planet Plate recipes. The…
  
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• Unilever upgrades outlook as sales growth beats expectations

  28-07-2026 09:18 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Unilever has raised its full-year outlook after stronger demand for brands including Dove, Vaseline and Persil helped second-quarter sales surpass expectations.
  The consumer goods giant posted underlying sales growth of 5.8 per cent for the three months to 30 June, ahead of analysts’ forecasts of 4.3 per cent.
  The performance was driven largely by a 5.5 per cent increase in sales volumes, while prices edged up 0.2 per cent. Second-quarter turnover climbed 3.8 per cent to €13bn.
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• Ocado drops £191m M&S payout fight as warehouse talks continue

  28-07-2026 09:12 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Ocado has reportedly abandoned its pursuit of a £190.7m payment from Marks & Spencer, drawing a line under the long-running dispute surrounding the pair’s online grocery joint venture.
  No final payment will be made by M&S, according to The Times, despite Ocado previously warning that it could take legal action to recover the money.
  M&S acquired a 50 per cent stake in Ocado Retail for up to £750m in 2019, enabling the retailer to sell its food range online through Oc
  
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• Dior turnaround pushes LVMH fashion arm back into growth

  28-07-2026 09:08 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  LVMH’s fashion and leather goods division has returned to growth for the first time in two years, boosted by improving sales at Dior.
  The luxury conglomerate’s largest division, which includes Louis Vuitton, Dior, Celine and Loewe, posted organic sales growth of one per cent during its second quarter to €8.9bn.
  The improvement ended seven consecutive quarters of falling sales, although growth came in slightly below analysts’ expectations.
  Dior delivered an accelerating per
  
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• Frasers boss warns business rates are stifling town centre investment

  28-07-2026 09:03 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Frasers Group chief executive Michael Murray has warned that rising business rates are discouraging retailers from investing in high street stores.
  Murray said retailers were effectively being penalised for refurbishing and improving their physical estates, as the investment could result in higher tax bills.
  Speaking to The Telegraph during the opening of a new Sports Direct store in Dublin, Murray said Frasers spends tens of millions of pounds upgrading its shops, only to see the properties&rsq
  
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• Mango turnover grows 7.2% to €1.8bn in first half of 2026

  28-07-2026 08:52 via theretailbulletin.com
  Mango grew its turnover by 7.2% to €1.8 billion in the first half of 2026 and by 10.7% at constant exchange rates. Online sales recorded double…
  
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• Morrisons offers NHS Meningitis vaccinations to eligible consumers

  28-07-2026 08:51 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Morrisons Pharmacies will now offer free NHS Meningitis B vaccinations to eligible consumers.
  It is also the lowest supermarket price available for those paying privately- £75. The retailer aims to make the injection more accessible to those “who need to pay privately”.
  This comes as the NHS advises eligible Brits to get the vaccine. Related StoryMorrisons offers NHS Meningitis vaccinations to eligible consumers 28/07/2026 x 7:51 AM
  John Parry, Head of Pharmacy at Morrisons sai
  
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• Schuh appoints ex-Foot Locker exec Tomas Petersson as new president

  28-07-2026 00:47 via theretailbulletin.com
  Schuh has appointed Tomas Petersson to succeed Colin Temple as president, ahead of Temple’s retirement. Petersson will join the footwear retailer at the end of July…
  
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• Morrisons launches free NHS and at-cost Meningitis B vaccines

  27-07-2026 23:54 via theretailbulletin.com
  Morrisons has announced that it is now offering Meningitis B vaccinations across participating Morrisons pharmacies. Customers eligible under NHS criteria can access the vaccine for free…
  
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• Dior rebound helps LVMH’s fashion business return to growth

  27-07-2026 17:50 via ft.com
  Luxury giant’s crucial fashion and leather goods division back in growth for first time in almost two years
  
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• Lululemon brings Klarna to stores: does the future of BNPL lie in physical shops?

  27-07-2026 13:54 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Last week Lululemon introduced Klarna payments across its physical UK and German stores.
  The buy now pay later (BNPL) service has already been available for shoppers on the Lululemon website for more than five years. 
  However, Klarna described the decision as a “natural next step in that relationship” which reflected its “strategic move beyond the browser”.
  Appealing to a younger audience
  The move makes sense from Klarna’s point of view. The business said that
  
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• The Works CEO on its performance since scrapping ecommerce

  27-07-2026 13:39 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Discount retailer The Works saw profits soar 47 per cent to £14 million in its latest full year results, as stronger sales, improved margins and cost savings helped to offset its higher wage and tax costs.
  The brand attributed its performance to its “screen-free” strategy paying off. It also noted that supplier negotiations, tighter stock controls, improved promotional markdowns and a more favourable product mix helped to boost its margins.
  The results come after The Works opte
  
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