Today marks a very special day in the UK supermarket calendar – it’s Lidl’s 30th birthday! Just like anyone else on their 30th, Lidl’s got a wish-list. The main difference is that while the average person’s birthday list contains some clothes and maybe a piece of jewellery, Lidl’s after several hundred new locations across Britain. ...
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Toys ‘R’ Us is opening 30 new UK shops
Once upon a time, Toys ‘R’ Us was a UK retail giant. With its huge warehouses of goodies and shelves stacked to the ceiling with toys, the American company was an essential part of growing up in this country. Well, up to the 2010s, anyway: in 2017, online competition forced Toys ‘R’ Us to close...
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Woman Who Worked At UK Clarks Store For 68 Years Sacked With Just 2 Days Of Notice – News18
Last Updated: April 28, 2024, 15:00 IST The woman even put off her honeymoon in 1969 so she could take a training course.(Representative Image) Jill Cornick, a shoe shop employee, started working at the facility in 1956 at the age of 14. An 82-year-old woman in the United Kingdom who had been employed at Clarks...
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A London fish and chips shop has been named the best in the UK
London is known for many things: tall buildings, fast-paced locals, extremely overpriced pints of beer. But, unfortunately for some, it’s been a while since fried fish, chunky chips and mushy peas made that list. In the National Fish and Chip Awards earlier this year, only one London chippy was nominated. But Stones Fish and Chips in...
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Sovereign wealth fund bets big on UK shopping centre recovery
The centre boasts a prestigious tenant list that includes retail giants like Marks & Spencer, Zara, and Primark. Credit: Angelina Dimitrova via Shutterstock. In a move signalling confidence in the future of prime UK retail locations, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, Norges, is on the verge of acquiring full ownership of Meadowhall, a prominent shopping centre...
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Inflation in UK Shops Falls to Lowest Level since 2021
TEHRAN (ANA)- Annual inflation for shop prices in the United Kingdom (UK) dropped to 1.3 percent in March, the lowest level in more than two years, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) announced. “Shop price inflation eased to the lowest level since December 2021 last month as retailers continued to compete fiercely to bring prices down...
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Aldi is opening 500 brand-new stores across the UK
Bargain supermarket and marketing menace Aldi is one of the UK’s fastest growing supermarkets – though, surprisingly, not so fast as Lidl and M&S – and that makes a lot of sense. Amid the cost-of-living crisis, Brits increasingly want their groceries on the cheap. And if that means settling for Aldi’s iconically shameless rip-offs of well-known products, so...
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Hundreds of schoolchildren storm UK shopping centre and overwhelm security
Milton Keynes became a scene of mayhem after hundreds of rowdy schoolchildren rampaged through a shopping centre. The chaotic scenes were filmed and shared on social media, including a tense standoff between the children and security guards. In one clip, a security guard is seen bodyslaming a child to the floor, before a crowd of...
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Muji has gone into administration
Lovers of the immaculately tidy and sumptuously minimalist goods of Japanese retailer Muji, we have terrible news. Following in the wake of the Body Shop and Ted Baker so far this year, today (March 28), Muji has called in administrators in order to avoid going bust. Not all of Muji is going into administration. As...
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Wilko is opening 300 new UK stores – here’s the full list of confirmed locations so far
Fans of beloved homeware chain Wilko, it seems there’s plenty of life in the old dog yet. Having closed 400 stores last year, the brand’s new boss has announced plans to open hundreds of new outlets. And now we know where some of those stores are going to be – and when they’ll open, with...
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UK Store Closures Put Spotlight on Digital Shoppers
One of the U.K.’s oldest retailers, Marks and Spencer (M&S) announced last week it plans to shutter 110 stores during the next five years. This news comes only weeks after reports that the British division of The Body Shop was closing nearly half of its 198 U.K.-based stores and reducing its headcount by 40 percent....
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Starbucks targets 100 more UK stores following strong outlet and sales growth
The US coffee chain achieved its goal of opening 100 new UK stores last year and will continue to focus on drive-thru and smaller format stores to drive growth A drive-thru Starbucks store in York, UK, operated by franchisee 23.5 Degrees | Photo credit: 23.5 Degrees Starbucks has announced plans to open 100 more...