Bradford-based supermarket, Morrisons intends to stock more British goods and is calling on specialist food producers to get in touch with their proposals. The retailer, already a long-time champion of British farmers, had a strong Christmas trading period with like-for-like sales rising by 9.3 per cent. The grocer tailors each store to local tastes and […]
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American homeware retailer, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. has completed the sale of its Christmas Tree Shops business to Handil Holdings, which is owned by Marc and Pam Salkovitz. Handil — a contraction of their children’s names, Hannah and Dillon — has operated mostly in the greeting card business for the past few years, but
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Responding to news that the French border with the UK has been closed, Andrew Opie, Director of Food & Sustainability at the British Retail Consortium, said: “The closure of France to UK traffic, including accompanied freight poses difficulties for UK capacity to import and export key goods during the busy Christmas period. While goods can
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As we head into the last weekend before Christmas, shoppers are set to spend £2.5million every minute from today, Friday December 18. Total spending today – Frenzied Friday – is forecast to hit £1.55billion will go even higher tomorrow. Despite warnings about Covid, lockdown and more restrictive tiers, some 42million shop visits are predicated, with
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Following its acquisition of Adobe Wholesale and The Garden Foundry, Woodlodge, the UK’s leading brand for pots, containers and garden décor, is to further expand its offering for garden retailers with the introduction of its new Snowlodge Christmas Décor range. This exciting new offering of around 1,400 festive products represents Woodlodge’s first foray into Christmas
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GAME, the UK’s largest high street retailer of video games, has announced the launch of its first-ever foray into perfumery, with the unisex fragrances, Eau De Plumber and FPS (First Person Scent). Available exclusively via GAME’s website and available in time for Christmas, both fragrances have been expertly curated and crafted by some of Basingstoke’s
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