Boots CEO insists there is still ‘a lot of interest’ in the group
// Boots chief executive quashes fears that interest in the chemist retailer has dried up // Four bidders have made pitches for Boots, including Apollo, Asda-buyer TDR Capital and Sycamore The boss of...
View ArticleM&S chairman attacks Brexit red tape, claims it has cost retailer £30m
// Marks & Spencer chair Archie Norman has slammed “pointless” rules affecting business in Ireland following Brexit // Norman told the BBC that since Brexit, exporting to Ireland now took 30% more...
View ArticleAsda: shoppers are setting £30 limit at tills as cost-of-living crisis bites
// Asda chairman says customers are setting £30 for their groceries as inflation hits 9.1% – its highest rate in 40 years // The retail veteran said he could see last year that a jump in inflation was...
View ArticleSouthern Co-op faces legal challenge for facial recognition CCTV ‘adding...
// Southern Co-op chain is facing legal challenge to its facial recognition cameras // Southern Co-op insists that its system is not a list of people with criminal convictions, but of people for which...
View ArticleCurrys CEO: Amazon getting ‘free ride’ from UK retailers
// Currys CEO claims Amazon is getting a “free ride” from UK retailers as it swerves taxes // Alex Baldock told the BBC that Amazon “appear[s] to play by different rules than those of us who actually...
View ArticleLouis Vuitton names Pharrell Williams creative director of menswear
// Pharrell Williams has been named the creative director of Louis Vuitton menswear // It marks only the second time a Black American designer has held a head position at the world’s biggest luxury...
View ArticleSainsbury’s promises ‘robust action’ after sexual abuse allegations in tea...
// READ MORE ON GROCERY GAZETTE Sainsbury’s has promised ‘robust action’ to safeguard workers in its supply chain after sexual abuse was uncovered at a tea farm owned by one of its suppliers in Kenya....
View ArticleWHSmith rules out any more UK high street stores
// The boss of WHSmith has said the retailer will not be opening any more high street stores in the UK // Instead the business will focus on airports and train stations WHSmith bosses have said the...
View ArticleBoohoo under fire in BBC undercover sting for breaking promises on ethical...
Promises made by Boohoo to produce its clothes fairly and ethically at its new Thurmaston Lane plant in Leicester have been broken, according to BBC’s Panorama. An undercover reporter at the fast...
View ArticleBoohoo denies it broke ethical promises after Panorama exposé
Boohoo boss John Lyttle has denied accusations the retailer went back on its promises to produce its clothes fairly and ethically following an investigation by BBC’s Panorama. In a now published letter...
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