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Asda becomes UK's biggest supported internship provider with 210 new roles

14 September 2026 by Angela Beevers
Asda has become the UK’s largest supported internship provider following the creation of 210 new placement opportunities for young people with special educational needs and disabilities…View Article
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Dusk drops plans for £300m London Stock Exchange float

Dusk drops plans for £300m London Stock Exchange float

14 September 2026 by Angela Beevers

Dusk has dropped plans for a £300 million float on the London Stock Exchange. According to a report by Sky News, the online homeware and furniture…View Article

K-Way to open third UK store in Covent Garden

K-Way to open third UK store in Covent Garden

14 September 2026 by Angela Beevers

Shaftesbury Capital has announced that K-Way, the premium French outerwear brand, is to open its third standalone store in the UK on Earlham Street in London’s…View Article

OKA posts 25% sales growth following financial restructuring

OKA posts 25% sales growth following financial restructuring

14 September 2026 by Angela Beevers

Premium interiors brand OKA has reported annual sales growth of 25% and tripled profits two years after a financial restructuring. In the 12 months to the…View Article

Primark to enter Mexico through El Puerto de Liverpool partnership

Primark to enter Mexico through El Puerto de Liverpool partnership

14 September 2026 by Angela Beevers

Primark is to enter Mexico through a partnership with leading Mexican retail group El Puerto de Liverpool. With a population of nearly 130 million and a…View Article

PUMA chief commercial officer Matthias Baeumer to step down

PUMA chief commercial officer Matthias Baeumer to step down

14 September 2026 by Angela Beevers

PUMA has announced that its chief commercial officer, Matthias Baeumer, has decided to step down from its management board for personal reasons, with effect from 30…View Article

Matalan takes a new fashion direction with latest autumn/winter range

Matalan takes a new fashion direction with latest autumn/winter range

14 September 2026 by Angela Beevers

Matalan has taken its fashion ranges in a new direction as it looks to change customers’ perception of the brand. Its new autumn/winter collection marks a…View Article

Whole Foods Market UK seeks start-up brands for store shelves

Whole Foods Market UK seeks start-up brands for store shelves

14 September 2026 by Angela Beevers

Whole Foods Market (UK) will be giving start-up and challenger brands more chances to be stocked on its shelves, with four opportunities to pitch to its…View Article

Sanctuary Bathrooms doubles warehouse space after record online sales

Sanctuary Bathrooms doubles warehouse space after record online sales

14 September 2026 by Angela Beevers

Sanctuary Bathrooms is more than doubling its warehouse footprint after a record year for online revenue, with the lease of a new 16,353 square foot warehouse…View Article

Interview: Nadine Neatrour on why customer centricity is a culture, not a strategy

Interview: Nadine Neatrour on why customer centricity is a culture, not a strategy

11 September 2026 by Angela Beevers

Here we chat with former Selfridges director of marketing Nadine Neatrour about what true customer centricity looks like, why connected retail is harder to achieve than…View Article