Retail research analyst, GlobalData, has concluded that Homebase-Bunnings was the most disastrous UK retail acquisition in history and inevitably doomed to fail as Westfarmers sold its Homebase operation to Hilco for £1 at the end of May. Patrick O’Brien, UK Retail Research Director at GlobalData a leading data and analytics company commented: ”Wesfarmers has finally
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Struggling value retailer, Poundworld, is thought to be on the verge of appointing administrators Deloitte in order to protect the failing business from creditors between ten days and two weeks. 5,300 jobs are now at risk but staff and suppliers will continue to be paid for this two week period. The company has 355 stores,
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The fantastic Just a Card initiative, founded in 2015 in response to dwindling sales at independent shops, galleries and design shows, has launched Just A Card Week 2018, taking place from 18-22 June. The Just a Card campaign has gone from strength to strength, bringing designers, artists, shop owners and the general public together for
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Alan Monahan writes: Since Marks & Spencer announced that it was closing 100 stores over the next four years, the world and his wife seem to have had their say on how the high street can be saved. Well-meaning people are coming out of the woodwork to vow their allegiance to physical stores. Lucy Mangan,
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Online retail parcel delivery order volumes were up + 13.9% year on year in April, according to IMRG data. Easter fell early this year (in March), so a dip in volumes may have been expected in April due to a tough comparator with last year, when Easter was in April. However, the monthly decline on
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Using its unique position as the voice of the home and gift industry, the Giftware Association has been present at high-level government talks recently on subjects that matter to its members. This includes taking part in the ‘Access to Finance Committee’ meetings, discussing the finance needs of SMEs, and being invited to the prestigious Commonwealth
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