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Consumer confidence falls amid concerns about personal finances

Consumer confidence has declined in February as people feel more concerned about their personal finances and making major purchases. GfK’s Consumer Confidence Index has dropped three... View Article

Sainsbury’s to shed 300 jobs in major restructure

A restructure at Sainsbury’s could result in around 300 jobs being lost across its supermarket and Argos businesses. Most of the job cuts would come from... View Article

Asda accelerates plans to rebrand ten Asda Living shops to George

Asda is accelerating plans to rebrand ten Asda Living shops to standalone stores for its George fashion and homewares brand. The supermarket has announced that Peterborough... View Article

Ocado to cut around 1,000 jobs

Ocado Group has confirmed plans to cut around 1,000 jobs as it looks to reduce costs by around £150 million. This will equate to around 5%... View Article

Superdrug adds Made by Mitchell to its range

Superdrug has added social media born brand Made by Mitchell Cosmetics to its range in-store and online. The brand was founded by professional makeup artist Mitchell... View Article

Sofa Club appoints Stephanie Rackley to head up marketing

Sofa Club has appointed Stephanie Rackley as group marketing director. Most recently, she was marketing consultant and social media strategist at Caroline Gardner. She has also... View Article

Aldi to raise pay for second time this year

Aldi is raising its pay rates for store staff for a second time since the new year. From 1 April 2026, store assistants will earn £13.50... View Article

Zalando expands pre-owned offering to include childrenswear

Zalando is expanding its pre-owned category to include children’s fashion for the first time. The move means customers in 14 European markets can now shop for... View Article

EG Group to divest French operations

EG Group, the international operator of convenience retail, foodservice and fuel stations, is to sell its French operating business to co-founder and shareholder Zuber Issa as... View Article

Co-op appoints Andy Wilmot as group supply chain and logistics director

Co-op has appointed former A.F. Blakemore and DHL executive Andy Wilmot as group supply chain and logistics director. Due to join the group in April, he... View Article

Authentic Brands to expand Dockers in South America

Authentic Brands Group is to partner with International Apparel Corporation to drive growth of Dockers across Central and South America and some Caribbean markets. IAC will... View Article

Victorian Plumbing announces change of leadership as founder CEO prepares to step down

Victorian Plumbing has announced that its founder Mark Radcliffe will relinquish his role of chief executive but will remain on the board as a non-executive founder... View Article

Clarks managing director of EMEA exits the business

Olivier Motteau, Clarks managing director of EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) has announced he is leaving the business. Motteau joined the footwear brand in... View Article

JD Sports holds biggest ever careers event

A record 10,000 young people are attending JD Sports’ biggest ever careers event this week as the retailer looks to help young people get into work... View Article

Zadig & Voltaire appoints Dan Sablon as creative director

Zadig & Voltaire has appointed Dan Sablon as creative director of the fashion house. Formerly fashion director of Lui magazine and contributing editor at i-D Magazine,... View Article

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Conversation with… People in Retail Awards Judge Ian Hunt

Here we catch up with Ian Hunt, director of customer services and procurement at Liberty London. From record-breaking sales to joining the judging panel at The... View Article

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2026 CDO Retail Exchange

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