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Dunelm to open new small high-street shop as it ups profit forecast

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Homeware chain Dunelm is a High Street star as it posts jump in profits, gears up for more store openings and seals deal with Channel 4’s ‘First Dates’ show Dunelm to trial a new small ‘low cost’ 5,000 square foot High Street store Homeware group’s profit jumped 19.4 per cent year-on-year to £83.6million Shares in … Read more

Five trends that are shaping how, what, why, when and where we shop

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The struggles on many UK high streets are well documented, with shop closures and job losses rarely away from the headlines.  But we Brits do still love to shop.    The retail industry accounts for a third of all consumer spending and 5 per cent of the country’s total GDP. Indeed the industry generated £380billion in … Read more

Sweet shop that inspired Roald Dahl’s books including Matilda and The Twits is now an Airbnb

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Holidaymakers can now stay in the sweet shop that inspired some of Roald Dahl’s classic books, including The Twits and Matilda, as it’s now listed on Airbnb Mrs Pratchett’s sweet shop in Llandaff, Cardiff, sleeps up to 21 people and can be rented for £450 per night   It has recently undergone a renovation by owners … Read more

Shop worker, 24, claims a stroke left her paralysed after taking the Pill

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A shop worker claims she suffered a stroke that left her arm swinging ‘with a life of its own’ before she was left paralysed after taking the Pill.   Bobbie Jarvis, 24, was sent home from hospital in February after doctors told her she merely had a headache. But five days later, she had a stroke … Read more