Rieves Lotteries, a leading UK retail charity scratchcard specialist, is today delighted to announce a new partnership with Poundland, which is looking to raise £150,000 for breast cancer research charity Breast Cancer Campaign over the next few months. The Rieves Lotteries
Europe’s biggest single price value retailer, Poundland has selected The Victoria shopping centre in Southend as its latest location for a new store. The large 8,400sq ft store has just opened on the ground floor of the shopping centre, in
A report that discount supermarkets Aldi and Lidl could be on track for combined sales in excess of the UK’s fourth-biggest multiple – Morrison’s – together with news that Poundland has posted double-digit rises in full-year sales and profits, boosted by the
Poundland, Europe’s leading single price discount operator, has reported full-year sales growth of 13.3% to £997.8m, driven by new store openings and mature stores. The group opened 70 net new stores in the year to 30 March 2014, taking the year end store number
Middle ground supermarkets need to watch out from the threat posed by the discounters, according to new research into UK shopping habits by Shoppercentric, an independent shopper research agency. Its report, entitled: “Window On…The Rise of the Discounters” surveyed more
The former managing director of Seabrook Crisps has launched his own range of crisps. John Tague, who took Seabrooks from £11m turnover to £30m, has created TAGS Tasty Crisps. The range is made up of 125g premium hand cooked potato
Asda and Poundland have been voted the most helpful retailers in the tough post-Christmas period by shoppers in a study by a company specialising in creating online communities for retail brands. The Vision Critical survey talked to 2,000 UK consumers
Law firm Olswang reports its property team has been busy buying and selling shopping centres in cities across the north of England and has invested nearly half a billion pounds on behalf of its clients in the last 12 months.
Discount stores have increased their occupancy of former Woolworths stores the most in the last 12 months, figures form the Local Data Company reveal. Discount retailers now occupy 29% of the former Woolworths estate, up 7% on January 2011. Supermarkets
Value retailer Poundland is upgrading its communications systems across administrative and distribution functions. The retailer has signed a contract with communications supplier NextiraOne to design, supply, implement and maintain its communications infrastructure. According to NextiraOne, the investment will ensure the
Discount retailer Poundworld is planning to open 120 new stores in the next three years after relocating to a new 215,000sq ft warehouse in Normanton, West Yorkshire. The retailer, which currently trades from 118 stores, claims to have enjoyed record
Amazon has been ranked the world’s top retail brand by value in the Brandz 2011 league, published by global research agency, Millward Brown. Amazon took pole position in the retail rankings with a brand value of $37.6bn, up 37%. It beat
