Mayor of Harrogate wishes Home & Gift a happy 65th anniversary edition
The Home & Gift Buyers’ Festival 2025 officially opened its doors on Sunday 20th July for its milestone 65th edition. On hand to help cut the cake [...]
M&S opens its first ever airside food store in partnership with Heathrow
M&S opens two new stores in Heathrow this summer, bringing the best of M&S Food to customers airside The stores offer a selection of Food on the [...]
Primark moves to make its kids clothing more inclusive
Primark introduces small changes designed to make extra comfort as standard, addressing some of the biggest sensory challenges many children face with clothing. Changes include removing neck [...]
Wingstop UK opens today in Norwich
Wingstop UK has officially landed in Norwich. To celebrate the highly anticipated opening, the first 100 people through the door will receive free chicken wings. Located in [...]
Screwfix celebrates Apprentices at Graduation Ceremony
Screwfix is proud to celebrate the graduation of 347 colleagues who have recently completed their apprenticeships in areas across the business – the most in a single [...]
Dalziel & Pow launches new retail store for Next in Newcastle
Global strategy and design studio Dalziel & Pow has created a new store for retail giant Next at Eldon Square this week, Newcastle’s oldest, most iconic shopping [...]
UK consumers to spend £78 million at retail stores over Women’s Euro Quarter-final
UK retailers are forecast to see five million consumers shop either in-store or online for the Quarter-finals stage of the Women’s Euro tournament, according to a new [...]
Co-op partners with The Hacking Games to help prevent future cybercrime
In the wake of the recent cyber-attack it experienced, Co-op has announced a new strategic partnership with The Hacking Games, a UK-based social impact business, to help [...]
Home & Gift Buyers’ Festival opens this week!
The stage is set, the brands are ready, and the retail community is counting down the days! With just one week to go, excitement is building for [...]
Lakeside Shopping Centre raises over £59k for vital wildlife rescue efforts
Lakeside Shopping Centre, the internationally renowned shopping, dining and leisure destination in Essex, is thrilled to announce it has raised over £59,000 for its 2024/25 Charity Partner [...]
Shawton Energy partners with Iceland to accelerate rooftop solar rollout across their retail estate
Iceland Foods Limited (Iceland) has partnered with renewable technology provider, Shawton Energy, to roll out rooftop solar systems across multiple sites within its retail portfolio. The combined [...]
Gunwharf Quays to open first-ever Oliver Bonas outlet store
Gunwharf Quays is set to welcome the first-ever Oliver Bonas outlet store. Opening on Saturday 19th July, the British lifestyle brand will be located on The Avenues, which [...]
ProCook expands retail footprint with opening at Cotswolds Designer Outlet
ProCook has announced the opening of its latest store at the newly opened Cotswolds Designer Outlet, marking the brand’s fourth new store in 2025. ProCook’s continued strategic [...]
Amazon Prime Day 2025 delivers record sales and savings in expanded four-day shopping event
Amazon has announced that Prime Day 2025 was its biggest Prime Day event ever and that customers saved billions on deals across more than 35 product categories, [...]
Cotton Traders records increase in operating profit for 2024
British heritage fashion brand, Cotton Traders, has continued to deliver a steady performance FYE 2024 in the face of a turbulent macro environment. Following a 52-week financial year [...]
Evri and Vinted expand partnership as pre-loved shopping boom delivers volume boost
Evri, one of the UK’s largest dedicated parcel delivery companies, has expanded its long-term partnership with Vinted, the second-hand fashion marketplace and a go-to destination for all [...]
Sephora UK opens in Sheffield Meadowhall as it welcomes its 9th UK store
Global beauty retailer Sephora UK is officially saying “Ay up” to Sheffield as it opened the doors to its first-ever Yorkshire location at Meadowhall on Friday 11th [...]
Next opens flagship store at Lakeside Shopping Centre
NEXT plc hhas opened its brand-new flagship store at Lakeside Shopping Centre. At 83,000 sq ft, this expansive new retail space marks one of the largest stores [...]
Nobody’s Child expands store portfolio outside of London with new Windsor location
Fashion brand Nobody’s Child is delighted to announce the opening of its new 1000 sq ft standalone store in Windsor at the end of July 2025. The [...]
The Cotswold Company delivers 19 percent top-line growth to deliver record sales of £100m
The Cotswold Company, the digitally-led premium handcrafted furniture and homeware brand, is pleased to announce a trading update for the 52-week period to 28th February 2025. Key [...]
August 2025 issue
2025 A1 Buyers Guide
