Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

She joined Asda in 2020 as a senior finance exec for George, before being promoted to senior finance director for clothing and general merchandise in 2022. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter Mamas & Papas has poached Asda’s finance exec Sarah Ashby as its new chief financial officer.

Finance 98

Finance Grocer Supermarket Promotions 98

Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Hilco initially put Homebase up for sale in 2020 in a bid to capitalise on the pandemic boom for home improvement companies. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter However, Homebase ended the arrangement 18 months early after renegotiating the majority of its leases and improved profts.

Finance 115

Finance Fashion Shopping 115

Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter The business saw steeper operating losses in its recent half year results, as a result of a one-off, non-cash charge of £26m. In August, THG rebranded MyProtein to position it for better growth.

Consumer 108

Consumer Beauty and Health Marketing 108

Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The fresh figures follow the news that chancellor Jeremy Hunt had asked the Office for Budget Responsibility to review the costs and benefits of reinstating the shopping scheme for overseas tourists, which was scrapped in 2020. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

Returns 116

Returns Shopping ATS 116

Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 8, 2023

since the beginning of 2020, according to Kantar. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter Waitrose’s market share in the grocery industry has dipped from 5.1% When the Ocado deal closed it held a 4.9% market share.

Marketing 111

Marketing Grocer Supermarket 111

Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter It now operates as a franchise business, with Boots its exclusive UK and Ireland partner. The baby brand, which operates in 32 markets, is stocked in more than 400 Boots stores and on its website. Poundland’s Biggleswade store is due to open on 24 February.

Marketing 127

Marketing Fashion 127

Retail Gazette

APRIL 22, 2024

Subscribe to Retail Gazette for free Sign up here to g et the latest news straight into your inbox each morning The group’s stock has plunged 90% from a peak of more than £28 in 2020 to less than £3.80 Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter today (22 April).

Marketing 59

Marketing Supermarket Consumer Shopping 59

Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A potential listing raises eyebrows given THG’s track record as a listed business since it floated on the London Stock Exchange in 2020. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter However, THG eventually terminated discussions soon after as it believed the offer undervalued the group.

Returns 116

Returns Planning 116

Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A dozen of the supermarket’s drivers working out of its depot in Greenford, west London, allegedly conspired with people outside of the grocer to carry out more than fifty staged accidents between 2019 and 2020, The Sunday Times reported. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

Supermarket 114

Supermarket Grocer Management ATS 114

Retail Gazette

AUGUST 14, 2023

Malhotra was promoted to chief executive in January 2020 and will leave the business at the end of the year. profit in 2020. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter Harvey Nichols boss Manju Malhotra has resigned from her post following a dispute with the luxury retailer’s Chinese owners.

Department Stores 98

Department Stores Promotions Planning ATS 98

Retail Gazette

AUGUST 30, 2023

The 419 claimants launched action in August 2020, shortly after the retailer collapsed and axed a third of its workforce. ” Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

Department Stores 105

Department Stores ATS 105

Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The failed businessman was jailed in 2020 for tax evasion on the £2.2m Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter Ex-BHS owner Dominic Chappell has been freed from prison on parole, after being jailed for tax evasion. income he received after purchasing BHS, avoiding around £600,000 in taxes.

Department Stores 102

Department Stores Finance 102

Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The allegations were first reported by The Sunday Times in 2020 before verified in an independent review by barrister Alison Levitt KC. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter This fall in value is the basis for investors’ bid to claim compensation.

Fashion 126

Fashion Marketing ATS 126

Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Hunt has asked the OBR to “examine the costs and benefits” of the scheme, which Rishi Sunak decided to end in 2020. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter The results of the review are set to be unveiled alongside next month’s Budget, The Sunday Times reports.

Shopping 105

Shopping ATS 105

Retail Gazette

APRIL 15, 2024

Pre-pandemic in 2020, the retailer’s turnover was around £220m, which fell to £100m during the height of lockdowns. payout for the year to July 2023 to Wheeler and his wife is the first since 2020, according to its latest accounts. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter Of that, £11.7m

Returns 52

Returns Accounting Planning Shopping 52

Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

She previously worked in the same position at Sports Direct from 2020 to 2022. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter Stanion joined the business in May 2022, overseeing the brand direction and marketing for Flannels, Sports Direct, USC, House of Fraser and Frasers.

Marketing 111

Marketing ATS Fashion 111

Retail Gazette

JANUARY 15, 2024

Subscribe to Retail Gazette for free Sign up here to g et the latest news straight into your inbox each morning However, his most notable appointment was as the chief executive of Tesco between 2014 to 2020 where he led a successful turnaround of the business following an accounting scandal.

Supermarket 98

Supermarket Accounting Consumer Management 98

Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Back in 2020, the Co-op rolled out the technology to hundreds of stores. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter It is time we put an end to it” Earlier this year, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) revealed abuse against retail workers had nearly doubled that of pre-Covid levels.

Supermarket 144

Supermarket Grocer Shopping ATS 144

Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Kavan, who was a vice president at Amazon from 2011 to 2020, is currently a senior advisor to the global investment firm KKR and a member of the advisory panel to Piper Private Equity. Taylor’s experience lies in digital, consumer-facing brands, and he has been the chief executive of Flutter International since 2020.

Grocer 59

Grocer Consumer Management ATS 59

Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Rival M&S launched activewear brand Goodmove in January 2020 and in just two years it became the retailer’s biggest in-house brand. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter GlobalData predicts demand for athleisure will grow in the UK by 16.4% between 2023 and 2027.

Fashion 111

Fashion Fulfillment Planning Marketing 111

Retail Gazette

JANUARY 4, 2024

The founder added that Lululemon, which expanded its range sizing in 2020, isn’t reaching its potential over a fear of media backlash. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter “I think the definition of a brand is that you’re not everything to everybody.

Fashion 110

Fashion ATS 110

Retail Gazette

JULY 5, 2023

Subscribe to Retail Gazette for free Sign up here to g et the latest news straight into your inbox each morning The site was used as security for a £128m portion of a £202m loan the council gave to the THG founder’s Moulding Capital company in 2020, according to Business Live.

Management 111

Management 111

Retail Gazette

APRIL 19, 2024

IMG was appointed after the brand was acquired by Gordon Brothers in 2020. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter The partnership between Laura Ashley and Next was facilitated by IMG, Laura Ashley’s licensing representative for fashion in the UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Asia.

Fashion 59

Fashion Location Management ATS 59

Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The programme, which was previously wound down in 2020 amid covid-19, brings together a group of “style enthusiasts” from the retailer to offer customers beauty, fashion, and style advice across social channels. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

Fashion 78

Fashion Marketing Consumer Shopping 78

Retail Gazette

JANUARY 3, 2024

in the four weeks to 24 December, achieving its highest market share since December 2020 at 15.8%, according to analysts at Kantar. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter The supermarket chain saw its sales jump 9.3%

Supermarket 126

Supermarket Accounting Promotions Consumer 126

Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Meanwhile, promotional spend was pushed to its highest level since February 2020. The consumer intelligence company found promotional activity rose 25%, up from 23% last year, as inflation slowed. Online grocery shopping sales grew 8.2% compared to a 5.3% bump for in-store shopping, pushing online market share to 11.5% compared to 11.2%

Supermarket 105

Supermarket Grocer Promotions Shopping 105

Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Since she outlined her transformation plan in 2020, she has had a global pandemic and a cost-of-living crisis to contend with. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter Former Ofcom boss White has not had the easiest run since she took over the department store and grocery group.

Department Stores 116

Department Stores Planning ATS 116

Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

It comes after the business pledged to overhaul its practices in 2020 as it promised to change the way it operated, launching its “Agenda for Change” programme. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter Retail Gazette has contacted Boohoo for comment.

Fast Fashion 110

Fast Fashion Fashion ATS 110

Retail Gazette

JANUARY 30, 2024

Feather & Black has eight stores nationwide and was snapped up by Dreams in 2020. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter The retail giant is offering a curated collection of beds, storage and upholstery from the Dreams-owned retailer on its website.

Accounting 52

Accounting Consumer 52

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

In a self-penned column published in the Substack newsletter Common Sense , Sey said she quit because “the company I love has lost sight of the values that made people everywhere want to wear Levi’s.”

Finance 262

Finance Promotions Marketing Management 262

Retail Gazette

MARCH 14, 2024

The target was set in 2020 when inflation was 2% and interest rates zero. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter Chair Dame Sharon White put the change down to the economic environment. We all know the world of the last few years,” she said.

Visual Merchandising 122

Visual Merchandising Planning Finance Returns 122

Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

In a letter to one of the billionaire brothers who bought the supermarket with private equity firm TDR Capital back in 2020, Darren Jones, the chair of parliament’s business and trade select committee, has asked for details of its corporate structure, capital investment and profit margins on petrol.

Payment Services 105

Payment Services Finance Supermarket Wholesale 105

Retail Gazette

AUGUST 15, 2023

The two floor store on South John Street is the former Debenhams retail unit which closed in May 2021 after entering administration in December 2020. ” Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

Department Stores 98

Department Stores Location Management 98

Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Across January 2009 to 2020, an average 22.6% Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter Retail footfall plunged 20% in January compared to December, which despite the big decline falls in line with previous years’ post-Christmas performance. Year on year, footfall dipped 0.8%, mainly driven by a 1.4%

Location 69

Location Planning Marketing 69

Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Thirsk, who stepped down as Prince Andrew’s private secretary in 2020, is currently working in a senior business development role at JD.com, according to Sky News. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter Redwheel, which owns 14.6%

Marketing 52

Marketing ATS 52

Retail Gazette

JULY 23, 2023

Asda was acquired in 2020 by billionaire brothers the Issas, who made their fortune from EG Group. ” Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter Last year, rival Tesco paid £247m in corporation tax whilst Sainsburys paid £120m. The deal saddled Asda with £4.8bn of debt. for every pound spent with it.”

Payment Services 98

Payment Services Finance Supermarket 98

Retail Gazette

MARCH 6, 2024

.” Subscribe to Retail Gazette for free Sign up here to g et the latest news straight into your inbox each morning Bickerstaffe joined M&S in 2018 as a non-executive director before becoming its chief transformation and strategy director in 2020, its joint chief operating officer in 2021 and eventually, co-ceo in 2022.

ATS 64

ATS Fashion 64