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UK retail industry

  • Monday, 7 July, 2025
    Maternity wear group Seraphine collapses into administration

    Company was part of London’s bumper crop of 2021 IPOs but was taken private two years ago at 90% discount

    Catherine, the then Duchess of Cambridge, wearing a Seraphine dress in 2018
  • Friday, 4 July, 2025
    Retail sector
    Mike Ashley’s Frasers warns Hugo Boss it will not back dividends

    UK retailer says German brand should use cash on value-enhancing measures instead of payouts

    Mike Ashley
  • Wednesday, 2 July, 2025
    Greggs PLC
    Greggs shares tumble as hot weather prompts profit warning

    Bakery chain says heatwave has reduced footfall, exacerbating investors’ concerns that company faces protracted slowdown

    Pedestrians outside a branch of Greggs in Leicester Square, London
  • Monday, 30 June, 2025
    WH Smith PLC
    WHSmith takes haircut on price tag for high street business

    Modella Capital renegotiates price downwards after weak trading at UK retailer

    A WHSmith branch in Woking
  • Thursday, 26 June, 2025
    The Big Read
    The high-tech fight against shoplifters

    Companies are building up an arsenal of antitheft technology as organised crime fuels an epidemic of petty larceny

    montage showing CCTV and a person shoplifting
  • Wednesday, 25 June, 2025
    Asda Group
    Asda sinks to £600mn loss as it struggles to regain ground

    Private equity owned supermarket chain hit by writedowns and weak trading

    Prices for unleaded petrol and diesel on a sign outside an Asda supermarket in London, UK
  • Friday, 20 June, 2025
    UK retail sales
    British retail sales tumble 2.7 per cent in May

    Steeper than expected drop comes amid signs that economic growth is slowing

    Shoppers carrying bags walk past store windows displaying large sale signs with discounts up to 75% off on Oxford Street, London.
  • Friday, 20 June, 2025
    News in-depthGreene King PLC
    Points for pints: pubs roll out loyalty schemes to lure back drinkers

    Greene King and other UK pub groups seek to combat declining alcohol consumption

    A woman pouring a pint
  • Tuesday, 17 June, 2025
    Poundland Ltd
    Poundland aims to shut up to 150 stores

    New owner Gordon Brothers to close two distribution centres as part of retail group’s restructuring plan

    A customer carries a Poundland shopping bag outside a Poundland store in London
  • Monday, 16 June, 2025
    London
    Oxford Street pedestrianisation plan to go ahead, says mayor

    Two-thirds of Londoners back removal of traffic from shopping district in a public consultation

    How Oxford Street is expected to look after pedestrianisation
  • Thursday, 12 June, 2025
    Poundland Ltd
    Poundland sold for less than a pound

    Investment firm Gordon Brothers plans to restructure struggling UK discount retailer after sealing acquisition

    Two men walk past a Poundland discount store in Nottingham
  • Monday, 9 June, 2025
    UK retail sales
    UK retail sales growth slowed in May, casting doubt on consumer resilience

    Shoppers traded down to cheaper items, especially in non-food areas such as clothing

    People carry shopping bags as they walk along Oxford Street in London
  • Sunday, 1 June, 2025
    John Lewis Partnership PLC
    John Lewis and Waitrose face demands to reinstate bonuses

    Some staff say partnership model is being eroded after no bonus was paid despite its profit increase

  • Thursday, 29 May, 2025
    Asda Group
    Asda pledges more price cuts as sales fall 

    Revenues down 6% as grocer attempts to revive its fortunes

    A worker in an Asda uniform crouches to stack shelves in the bakery section of an Asda Express convenience store in London
  • Monday, 26 May, 2025
    UK inflation
    UK food inflation hits 1-year high, industry data shows

    Fresh food costs push prices to their fastest rise since May 2024

    A woman shops for packaged vegetables at a supermarket in London
  • Saturday, 24 May, 2025
    Claer Barrett
    This is not just any cyber meltdown: will shoppers forgive M&S?

    Customer loyalty is the magic ingredient that should see Marks and Spencer bounce back from this crisis

    A woman shops in an M&S store
  • Friday, 23 May, 2025
    Marks & Spencer Group PLC
    Tata Consultancy Services carries out internal probe into M&S hack

    Indian IT company investigating whether it was gateway used by criminals to access retailer

    Tata Consultancy Services, M&S website on phone
  • Friday, 23 May, 2025
    UK retail sales
    British retail sales rose more than expected in April

    Warm weather encouraged shoppers to spend more across most sectors, says statistics office

    Shoppers walk along a bustling high street in Maidstone, UK
  • Wednesday, 21 May, 2025
    Marks & Spencer Group PLC
    M&S blames ‘human error’ for cyber attack that will hit profit by £300mn

    UK retailer discloses that breach came via supplier and warns online operations will be disrupted until July

    A close-up picture of the Marks and Spencer sign above a shop
  • Tuesday, 20 May, 2025
    Greggs PLC
    Greggs boosted by warm weather and viral TikTok campaign, chief says

    Shares in bakery chain rise to highest level since February after reporting improved sales growth

    Exterior of a branch of Greggs at Cribbs Causeway retail park near Bristol
  • Wednesday, 14 May, 2025
    Marks & Spencer Group PLC
    M&S cyber insurance payout to be worth up to £100mn

    UK retailer to file big claim as it admits for first time that some customer data was stolen in recent hack

    Shoppers walk past a Marks and Spencer retail store in London, England
  • Monday, 12 May, 2025
    UK economy
    Spring sunshine and late Easter boost UK consumer spending

    Retail sales increase at an annual rate of 7 per cent in April despite uncertainty over US tariffs

    Shoppers in narrow pedestrian street in North Laine’s bohemian quarter in Brighton
  • Friday, 9 May, 2025
    UK retailers face 10% rises in premiums after cyber attacks

    Recent ransomware attacks and data breaches are expected to push up rates for the sector

    A sign at an M&S Food Hall in London warns of temporary delays with Click & Collect parcels
  • Tuesday, 6 May, 2025
    Beware hackers imitating IT help desks, UK cyber agency tells retailers

    National Cyber Security Centre has urged companies to pay attention to so-called social engineering tactics

    A pedestrian looks at a phone while outside a Co-op store in London, England
  • Wednesday, 30 April, 2025
    Ikea
    Ikea aims to lure city dwellers with store on London’s Oxford Street

    Swedish furniture retailer wants to expand beyond giant out-of-town warehouses

    The new branch of Ikea, on the site of the old Topshop store, will open on Thursday
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