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The Fragrance Shop, the UKs biggest independent fragrance retailer, has announced it has raised over £1.3 million pounds, for charities such as Rays of Sunshine as part of the companies ‘Spray a Little Happiness’ initiative.
Callander-based McQueen Gin is celebrating after launching a new flavoured gin with Aldi in Scotland and securing a UK wide listing in their August Spirits Festival worth almost £350k.
Mercaux today announced a pilot project with the UK’s leading specialist health food retailer, Holland & Barrett. The pilot will support Holland & Barrett’s colleagues in delivering a highly specialised wellbeing service to customers visiting stores. The deployment of Mercaux’s
Alida’s history is steeped in helping iconic brands like Buzzfeed, LinkedIn and Red Bull change their business for the better by uncovering customer motivations, opinions, and sentiment through an award-winning customer insights platform. Now, the newly refocused brand will build
M&G Real Estate and intu, joint owners of Manchester Arndale, have announced Cruyff, the lifestyle and shoe brand, will open its first UK store in the centre, occupying a 2,000sq ft unit. It will join the centre’s exciting mix of
Market information is crucial for Colruyt Group. The innovative retail company is the market leader in Belgium, responsible for established brands including Colruyt Lowest Prices, DATS 24, OKay, Bio-Planet, Dreambaby and Spar. To further strengthen its position, the business invests
Symphony RetailAI, the leading global provider of integrated AI-enabled marketing, merchandising, and supply chain solutions for FMCG retailers and manufacturers, today announced the signing of a significant agreement with Intermarché and Netto.
LEON today announces the launch of an extensive new product list including: ready meals, sensational vegan sides and two delicious ready-to-eat marinated, chargrilled chicken thighs, created to enjoy at home as part of its exclusive partnership with Sainsbury’s supermarket stores.
Board International, the leading provider of the#1decision-making platform, has announced that luxury lifestyle brand Stella McCartney is working with Board to transform financial consolidation and lease accounting.
World-renowned British toy emporium, Hamleys, has selected Liverpool ONE to launch its latest in-store retail concept at 101 Paradise Street, marking the iconic retailer’s debut in the city.
Following today’s release of Joules Q1 figures for 2020/21, Emily Salter, retail analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, comments: ‘‘Joules has proved its resilience and the strength of its brand appeal as its retail revenue only fell
Quintain reports it has secured an “extraordinary and unforgettable” taste experience, set to open in a prime location in Wembley Park, London’s newest cultural neighbourhood. Haute Dolci, the luxury dessert operator, has signed to open in a 3,350sq ft restaurant
Magnit, one of Russia’s leading grocery retailers, has launched an ‘e-pharmacy’ pilot scheme that enables customers throughout Moscow and the Moscow region to click and collect 5,000 products from over 100 pharmacies through its online channel www.magnit.ru.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, has expanded its partnership with Morrisons, a leading supermarket chain in the UK, through a five-year contract for application management services, data services and cyber security
The UK’s leading garden centre retailer, Dobbies Garden Centre, is delighted to announce the launch of its coir pot houseplant range, launching in stores across the UK this month.
Leading national card and gift retailer Clintons has reopened its Chelmsford store in Essex following the store’s closure due to COVID-19.
Currys PC World, the UK’s number one tech recycler, is on a mission to become the UK’s greenest and most responsible tech retailer, and helping customers get hold of greener tech.
Leading two-person delivery company ArrowXL has appointed an experienced senior professional to the role of director of people services. Nicola Waring joins the business with a remit to ensure that the business is able to attract and retain the best
Deeside distiller, Lost Loch Spirits, is "toasting" a deal with the Co-op which will make it available at up to 50 stores in Scotland.
Dalton Park outlet shopping destination in County Durham has built upon its remarkable return to buoyant trading with four new deals this September. The lettings include a new store opening for Molton Brown which will complement the prestigious line-up of
Launching publicly next month, London fintech start-up HyperJar may well be the antidote to the British High Street’s sharp decline, the company claims.
Austrian grocery chain, MPREIS, has teamed up with headless commerce specialists, emporix, to expand its brand online with the launch of a new digital storefront.
With the demand for healthier meat products continuing to rise, Irish producer, Oakpark Foods, has secured a new listing with Morrisons for its Naturally Smoked Turkey Breast Rashers.
Following today’s release of Superdry FY figures for 2019/20, Chloe Collins, Senior Retail Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, comments: ‘‘Superdry’s woes were amplified in its final quarter of FY2019/20, with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Logistics expert Dr Jonathan Owens, of the University of Salford Business School, comments on the increased demand for supermarket online deliveries as the number of Covid-19 cases rise. Dr Owens said: “The second wave of increased Covid-19 infections appears to
