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Morrisons expands into the Channel Islands

7 May 2024 Editor

Morrisons has today acquired 38 stores in the Channel Islands from long term partner SandpiperCI. All of the stores are currently supplied by Morrisons in some capacity and 19 already operate under the Morrisons Daily […]

Space NK owners bring in bankers for sale

30 April 2024 Editor

Space NK owner US Private Equity business Manzanita Capital has recruited bankers Raymond James to handle the sale of the chain, and is expected to fetch between £300-400m according to reports on Sky News. Manzanita […]

Curvy Kate rolls out new era of lingerie advertising

25 April 2024 Editor

In time for National Lingerie Day, lingerie brand Curvy Kate is launching a new groundbreaking advertising campaign, ‘Uplift Your Life’, as part of their new strapless launch. Departing from the traditional focus of serving the […]

Ottolenghi launches an exclusive range at Waitrose

23 April 2024 Editor

Waitrose is to feature a new exclusive range from chef Yotam Ottolenghi. The range will include spice mixes, pasta sauces and shawarma marinade, and is Ottolenghi’s first venture onto supermarket shelves. The full range will […]

Victoria’s Secret to close Birmingham flagship

25 March 2024 Editor

Victoria’s Secret has announced its flagship store in the Bullring will close for good after a nine-year stay. A notice in the stores window said it would be ‘closing soon’ but did not specify a […]

Matalan launches new brand platform and gets back to its roots

22 March 2024 Editor

Matalan launched a multi-million pound brand platform on Friday that it said “represents a return to [our] family roots”, showing families across the UK that “we get you, and we’ve got you”. The company said […]

Next Sales and profits grow

21 March 2024 Editor

Next full year results to Jan 2024 saw sales and profits up on 2022. Total group sales were up 5.9% to £5.842bn with group profit before tax up 5% to £918m, some £3m ahead of […]

Aldi is forecasting its biggest ever Easter

20 March 2024 Editor

Aldi has said its gearing up for the “biggest and best Easter yet” and expects to sell around 20m hot cross buns and 8.6m own-label chocolate eggs over the season. With Easter falling earlier this […]

Aldi launches the first supermarket own-brand paper wine bottles

17 March 2024 Editor

Aldi is launching the UK’s first, supermarket own-brand paper wine bottles. The bottles are made from 94% recycled paperboard and lined with a food-grade pouch to contain the wine, the new bottles are fully recyclable […]

John Lewis Partnership returns to profit

14 March 2024 Editor

Following a “challenging set of results in 2022/23” John Lewis group made a £120m improvement turning a loss of £78m into a £42m profit before tax and exceptional items for 2023. With profit before tax […]

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