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Aldi signs £750m deal with British apple grower

Retail Gazette

AC Goatham & Son has supplied apples and pears to the discounter since 2016 and was named early last year as its sole supplier of British apples. The agreement will see the creation of ‘Aldi Orchard’, a 200 acre-plot growing a mix of Gala and Braeburn apples exclusively for the discounter.

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US retailers’ members-only programs under scrutiny with Amazon lawsuit

Inside Retail

For years, Amazon “knowingly complicated the cancellation process for Prime subscribers who sought to end their membership,” the FTC said in the complaint. Amazon, which launched Prime in 2005 and has around 170 million subscribers in the US, said it is willing to defend itself in court. The retailer reached a $2.35

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Aldi’s Kevin the Carrot returns with an easter makeover

Retail Gazette

Subscribe to Retail Gazette for free Sign up here to g et the latest news straight into your inbox each morning The supermarket chain first unveiled its Kevin the Carrot character for its 2016 Christmas advert, which saw the root vegetable embark on a festive adventure in a quest to meet Santa Claus.

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Tesco group customer director Emma Botton steps down

Retail Gazette

Botton joined Britain’s largest supermarket in 2016 as a marketing communications director before being promoted to group brand, proposition and marketing communications director in 2021.

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Morrisons stores chief David Lepley resigns

Retail Gazette

Lepley, who joined Morrisons in 2016 from Asda, has spent the last four years as its group retail director. Morrisons stores chief David Lepley has resigned from his role after eight years at the supermarket. M&S attempted to poach Lepley in 2019 but he decided to remain at Morrisons as its operations director.

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Peloton disrupted fitness once. Can it leverage TikTok to do it again?

Inside Retail

Since TikTok first came onto the scene in 2016, certain retailers have excelled at harnessing the power of the social media platform to go viral and sell products ranging from makeup to perfume to home decor. million fitness subscribers, accounting for almost half of the brand’s connected fitness subscriber base.

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JD Sports’ Dutch subsidiary Sports Unlimited declared bankrupt

Retail Gazette

Subscribe to Retail Gazette for free Sign up here to g et the latest news straight into your inbox each morning JD Sports bought Sports Aktiesport and Perry Sport out of administration in 2016 and has since closed more than half of the stores and converted many of the remaining units to the Sprinter brand.

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