All High Street articles – Page 47
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NewsBooths defers decision on business rates relief
The upmarket retailer said the increased costs associated with coronavirus safety measures were still ongoing
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NewsHolland & Barrett to phase out chillers and freezers as sales decline
The health food retailer told suppliers this week it would begin removing chillers and freezers from January
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NewsPoundland defends not repaying business rates relief
The variety discounter has argued it should not be judged on the same terms as retailers who saw business boom in lockdown ’like the supermarkets or Amazon’
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NewsLandlords and retailers urged to collaborate to open shops longer
In a joint call, the BRC and British Property Federation have urged retailers and landlords to work together so that shoppers can feel safer in stores by visiting at less crowded times
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NewsSuperdrug bracing for surge in violence and aggression in Christmas run-up
The retailer expects the spike in abusive behaviour recorded over 2020 to get worse still
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NewsSelfridges to open outdoor Christmas food market behind Oxford Street store
Market on the Mews will sell a selection of food and drink, plants, homeware and gifts
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NewsFour in five major retailers threatened with County Court Judgements over rent
Of 25 major national retailers surveyed by the BRC in October, 21 had been threatened by landlords using a ‘loophole’ in government protections
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Analysis & FeaturesAfter lockdown II, what now for the rent debt crisis?
As the end of protections for tenants looms, retailers and landlords are at loggerheads over what next, and a solution appears no nearer
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NewsHolland & Barrett sets out stall to eliminate food waste
The health food retailer is aiming to sell around 370,000 items each year with expired best before dates
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NewsIndustry reacts to PM’s announcement shops can reopen from 2 December
BRC chief Helen Dickinson said the move would preserve the economy
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NewsRetail and landlord chiefs at loggerheads over mounting debt crisis
The BRC has called for an extension to protections for tenants but the British Property Federation has slammed the suggestion as unsustainable
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NewsCity Snapshot: Early Christmas shoppers boost October retail sales
Retail sales continued to rise in October despite the second wave of the coronavirus outbreak as early Christmas shoppers looked to beat renewed Covid lockdowns
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NewsHarrods launches rapid food delivery service from Knightsbridge store
Customers within a 2.5-mile radius of the store can choose from 60 products and dishes
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NewsPret a Manger breaks into takeaway dinner market
It has launched ‘Dinners by Pret’ for delivery via Uber Eats, Just Eat and Deliveroo
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NewsSelfridges recruits Andrew Keith as managing director
Keith will join the luxury retailer in February 2021, replacing Simon Forste
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NewsJohn Lewis Christmas ad launched with kindness theme
The two-minute ad features various scenes of people helping one another
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NewsPoundland to open 45 UK and Ireland stores within 12 months
Ten of the 45 are set to open by Christmas
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NewsHotel Chocolat keeps 34 stores open through lockdown
Chocolatier closed all of its stores during the UK’s first national lockdown in the spring
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NewsPoundstretcher FD Jonathan Foister exits after three months
Jonathan Foister was appointed as the struggling variety discounter’s FD on 23 July, replacing Hemant Patel, who had been in the post five years
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NewsSelfridges to close all stores aside from Oxford Street Food Hall
The closures are due to the second lockdown announcement