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As the long-standing managing director of British media company Condé Nast – among many other titles – Nicholas Coleridge has a wealth of celebrity stories up his sleeves. The former President of Conde Nast International spent 30 years at the top of the business, assembling more than 100 titles, as well as countless A-lister encounters which he shared … Read more
Business rates must be cut permanently to prevent lasting fallout for high streets and jobs, retail bosses warn the Chancellor today. The heads of some of the UK’s top stores, including Tesco, Asda and Waterstones, are urging Rishi Sunak to use next month’s Budget to save shops devastated by the pandemic. They want business rates … Read more
JD Sports holds talks about running Topshop stores in partnership with Asos as sale of fashion brand inches closer By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 30 January 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 30 January 2021 JD Sports has held talks about running Topshop stores in partnership with Asos as a sale … Read more
Online fashion retailer Boohoo has confirmed it has bought the Debenhams brand for £55 million and will relaunch the department store as an online-only operation from next year. Bosses said the deal will not include saving Debenhams’ stores which will close for good as part of a structured winding down of the business. Debenhams started … Read more
McDonald’s worker reveals the ‘truth’ about the drive-thru order process in stores around the world – shocking thousands of customers A McDonald’s worker has revealed the secrets behind drive-thru orders She has shown how workers manage to get the orders to the right cars Young model shared ingenious hack online to easily eat a Mcdonalds … Read more
Arcadia administrators are set to permanently shut another 31 of the fashion group’s stores by the end of January, with the loss of 714 more jobs. Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia retail empire collapsed into administration at the start of December. Arcadia, which once consisted of 444 UK retail chain stores including Topshop, Miss Selfridge, Dorothy … Read more
M&S stores in France have started running out of food as ‘convoluted’ Brexit rules were blamed for millions of pounds worth of meat exports from Britain being left to rot in Rotterdam and Calais. Shelves in the upmarket supermarket’s food halls in Paris and Lille are bare as it becomes the latest company affected by Brexit border … Read more
Jaeger to disappear from the High Street with all 63 stores to close for good and 233 staff axed despite deal with M&S All of Jaeger’s 63 stores will close down and its 233 staff made redundant Only six head office staff and seven warehouse staff have been retained M&S sealed a deal to buy … Read more
Claire Foges supports the proposition that stores could ban you from buying junk food online YES By Claire Foges A family bag of toffee popcorn; a super-sized packet of chocolate buttons; a 12-pack of cola: add to basket! Now that so many of us are doing our food shopping online, there is even more temptation … Read more
We’re fresh out of fresh food! Supermarket shelves are hit by Brexit port chaos and staff shortages as stores start to run low on fruit and veg Gaps are appearing on fruit and vegetable shelves due to Brexit red tape at ports Lettuce, cauliflower packs and oranges are ‘out of stock’ in Tesco’s in some areas Supermarket … Read more