LATEST RETAIL NEWS UK

Alternative Flooring names new managing director

Alternative Flooring has appointed Stephen Brooks as its new managing director. With more than 25 years’ leadership experience gained from multinational, listed and investor-backed businesses, Brooks... View Article

Blue Diamond secures £60m Caledonia investment to fund expansion

The Blue Diamond garden centres group has secured a £60 million investment from Caledonian which will be used to fund further expansion. The deal will include... View Article

Sainsbury’s freezes school uniform prices for fourth year running

The Sainsbury’s Tu clothing brand is locking school uniform prices for a fourth year in a row as it looks to help families get ahead of... View Article

Matalan narrows losses and lifts EBITDA as turnaround gains pace

Matalan has narrowed its pre-tax loss in the year to 28 February to £55 million from £67 million in the previous 12 months. The fashion and... View Article

Morrisons sales growth continues but slows in second quarter

Morrisons has reported its 14th consecutive quarter of like-for-like sales growth with an uplift of 2.2%. However, the second quarter growth was slower than in the... View Article

Hush hires former Reiss exec as chief customer officer

Hush has hired former Reiss executive Sally-Anne Newson as chief customer officer. She previously worked for six years with Reiss where she was both chief customer... View Article

Primark appoints director of womenswear design

Primark has appointed Keiron Birch to the newly created role of director of womenswear design. Birch has 20 years’ experience in the fashion industry after working... View Article

AO World posts record profit of £50.5m as growth outpaces revenue

AO World has reported a record annual profit with growth of 16.1% outpacing revenue growth of 11.4%. In the 52 weeks to 31 March, the electrical... View Article

John Lewis invests £50m in five-store transformation programme

John Lewis is investing £50 million in the transformation of five stores in Glasgow, Cambridge, Leicester, Reading and Liverpool. The move forms part of a long-term... View Article

Lavish Alice hires managing director and creative director

Occasion wear brand Lavish Alice has appointed Blue Wilson as managing director as it looks ahead to accelerating global expansion. It has also hired Michael Egerton... View Article

Dr Martens CEO buys £85,000 worth of shares after profit growth

Dr Martens chief executive Ije Nwokorie has signalled his confidence in the brand through a new share purchase. The footwear brand has announced that he has... View Article

Disney Store expands Selfridges partnership with Birmingham and Manchester openings

Disney Store is to open two new retail destinations inside Selfridges’ Birmingham and Manchester Trafford stores as it looks to give customers outside of London access... View Article

Take it easy, there’s no rush

Retail is typically a fast-paced sector but there are exceptions to this rule and the planned launch of EasyShop as an e-commerce site is a great... View Article

Aldi to open 16 new UK stores in coming months

Aldi is set to open 16 new stores over the coming months as it continues to expand its footprint across the UK. The supermarket said stores... View Article

Waitrose reports surge in demand for unhomogenised milk

Waitrose has reported a surge in demand for unhomogenised organic whole milk as customers look to increase their intake of whole foods. The supermarket said sales... View Article

Turning Workforce Cost into Competitive Advantage

Turning Workforce Cost into Competitive Advantage

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Q&A: PerfectTed co-founder Marisa Poster

Here Glynn Davis speaks with Marisa Poster, the co-founder of matcha products brand PerfectTed. What’s your favourite colour? Pantone 2256C. I’m biased, but it’s the perfect... View Article

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Talking Shop 2026: UK frontline workforce report

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