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    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      Lex
      The Body Shop: 1970s brand needs millennial makeover Premium content

      Ethical retailer has failed to adapt to a digital age of YouTube tutorials and TikTok influencers

      Anita Roddick helped launch ‘retailing with a conscience’
    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      Private equity
      General Atlantic takes controlling stake in Joe & the Juice

      Private equity firm agrees deal that values Danish sandwich chain at about $600mn

      A branch of Joe & the Juice in Soho, central London
    • Sunday, 12 November, 2023
      News in-depthRetail & Consumer industry
      Worker unrest adds to US drugstore woes as Covid vaccine sales dwindle

      Pharmacy staff aim to form union after coming under pressure to make up for falling demand for jab

      Employees and supporters picket outside the headquarters of drugstore chain Walgreens during a three-day walkout by pharmacists in Deerfield, Illinois on November 1
    • Saturday, 11 November, 2023
      InterviewMarks & Spencer Group PLC
      Breaking the ‘vicious circle’ of ageing customers: Archie Norman on turning around M&S

      Chair says making clothing more appealing to all ages and closing unprofitable stores is paying off

      People walk by a Marks and Spencer
    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      The Top LineElaine Moore
      Groceries shoppers are proving resistant to tech disruption

      Instacart and Amazon show shopping habits are hard to break, especially in the US

    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      News in-depthLuxury goods
      Luxury ecommerce groups lose their sparkle after top labels play digital catch-up

      Farfetch and Yoox Net-a-Porter suffer as high-end brands boost their online offerings

      Montage of Mytheresa and Yoox Net-a-Porter logos, a mobile phone showing Farfetch logo being held over a lap, and a model wearing a pink dress
    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      LexMarks & Spencer Group PLC
      M&S: Machin will find it harder to retain retailer’s new rhythm Premium content

      Last year, the chief exec set himself two 5-year goals and has already surpassed them

      Inside an M&S clothes store
    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      Marks & Spencer Group PLC
      Marks and Spencer to pay first post-pandemic dividend

      Strong food sales drive higher first-half profits at UK retailer

      A Marks & Spencer store in Kingston-upon-Thames
    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      Associated British Foods PLC
      Primark owner ABF boosted by inflation-driven higher prices

      UK-based group that also produces Twinings tea bags warns it expects cost pressures to remain

      A Primark store
    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      UK inflation
      UK grocery inflation falls to single digits for first time in 16 months, data shows

      Kantar’s figures suggest official statistics will be lower when published next week

      A customer shops for bread at Sainsbury’s supermarket in London
    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      UK retail sales
      UK retail spending growth drops in run-up to Christmas

      Data from British Retail Consortium points to household caution ahead of busiest shopping season

      The choir of angels Christmas display at Selfridges in London
    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      No one wants to buy luxury goods online any more

      Pret-a-passé

    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      News in-depthHermès International SCA
      ‘The Hermès Game’: how the luxury house is defying the slowdown

      Tightly controlled production and premium positioning are helping maker of Birkin and Kelly bags outshine rivals

      Person holds a Hermes bag as models walk by
    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      Amazon.com
      Amazon earned $1bn from secret pricing algorithm, FTC alleges

      Regulator reveals new details about allegations at centre of antitrust challenge

      The Amazon logo
    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      LexJ Sainsbury PLC
      UK supermarkets: market share gains invite ‘Tescopoly’ comparison Premium content

      Competitors of Sainsbury’s and Tesco are struggling with highly leveraged balance sheets

      A customer shopping at a Sainsbury’s supermarket
    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      J Sainsbury PLC
      Sainsbury’s says annual profit will hit upper end of forecast

      Grocery sales jumped a tenth in first half of year as chain claims it is winning share from discounters

      The Sainsbury’s logo outside a supermarket in London
    • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
      LexGig economy
      DoorDash: gig economy business sees opportunity in sector destruction  Premium content

      Group delivers more than half a billion orders per quarter but reported a net loss of $75mn

      A restaurant displays a DoorDash logo in the Brooklyn borough of New York
    • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
      ASOS PLC
      Fashion retailer Asos predicts sales dip in 2024 as losses balloon

      Online group reports pre-tax loss of almost £300mn as it seeks to revive fortunes following drop in demand

      Asos logo
    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
      UK inflation
      UK shop price inflation falls to lowest level in more than a year

      British Retail Consortium says declining cost of homegrown food behind improvement

      Shoppers on London’s Oxford Street
    • Monday, 30 October, 2023
      LexFrasers Group
      Frasers/Missguided: canny retail groups put fashion IP on their shopping lists Premium content

      Turmoil in the retail sector has thrown up bargains

      A poster advert for Missguided in a London tube station
    • Monday, 30 October, 2023
      Shein
      Fast-fashion group Shein buys UK brand Missguided

      Chinese online retailer faces growing threat from new rival Temu

      Shein shopping bags
    • Sunday, 29 October, 2023
      News in-depthLVMH
      Louis Vuitton juggles volume and value as luxury boom ebbs

      Sector’s first brand to top €20bn annual sales must continue to grow while maintaining its cachet

      A model presents a creation from the Spring/Summer 2024 Men’s collection by American designer Pharrell Williams for Louis Vuitton
    • Friday, 27 October, 2023
      TikTok Inc
      TikTok shops around for options in wake of Indonesia app ban

      Chinese group sets up teams to explore way forward after biggest ecommerce market imposes curbs

      TikTok sales channel
    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      Amazon.com
      Amazon reports robust sales while cloud growth remains steady

      Artificial intelligence presents ‘gigantic’ opportunity, says chief executive

      Amazon’s Midtown office in New York
    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA
      Casino slashes profit forecast after French market disappoints

      Troubled French supermarket group hobbled by falling sales and rising debt

      Customers at a Casino supermarket
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