The Anti Copying in Design (ACID) watchdog has reported that ‘Marks & Spencer – Poacher turned Gamekeeper’ – has resolved its battle with Aldi over the latter’s copyright theft of its popular Colin the Caterpillar Cake design, in a dispute which began over a year ago. ACID reported that despite not admitting any liability (which
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Brands stocked by John Lewis are facing a price hike as the department store bellwether plans to charge them more for stocking products. Suppliers already have to pay John Lewis up to 50 per cent of each sale made via the retailer in fees and commissions, compared with around 38 per cent which brands pay
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Marks & Spencer has announced that it is to close 30 of its stores as its clothing and homeware offering suffer the worst ever year of trading. The company posted a pre-tax loss of £201m for the year to March 27, compared with £67.2m profit a year earlier. The retailer has already closed or relocated
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Retailers and consumers alike are called upon to end the fast fashion obsession which relies upon slave labour in China Uighur women are, according to a BBC report, systematically raped, sexually abused and tortured in detention camps in Xinjiang, where a quarter of the world’s cotton is grown and made into fabric. Most of us
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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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The Government has announced that shops will be allowed to open 24/7 in the run up to Christmas as the penny finally drops that retail at this time of year is a vital part of the local and national economy. High street giants including John Lewis, Next and Primark have already said they will be
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