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NewsVery Group reports âresilientâ peak trading driven by toys, home and beauty
The Very Group has reported a âstrong and resilientâ festive trading period as toys, home and beauty saw the strongest sales.
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NewsIkea launches virtual products on Roblox
The home retailer is testing out their new experience in the Welcome to Bloxburg life-simulation game, where Roblox players can make and design homes.
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NewsDunelm has âsofter than anticipatedâ golden quarter
The homewares retailer blames the âongoing challenging macroeconomic environmentâ as it said profit before tax will now come in at the lower end of consensus expectations
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NewsN Brown promotes internally for newly created chief operating officer role
Fashion and homewares retailer N Brown has announced the appointment of Natalie Rogers to a newly created role of chief operating officer.
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NewsProCook sees record peak season trading and gains in market share
Specialist kitchenware brand ProCook has recorded its best ever peak trading season as well as significant gains in market share.
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AnalysisThe retail categories set to succeed in the next six months
Download How Theyâll Spend It 2026 to find out which sectors will succeed in convincing squeezed shoppers to part with their money in the first half of the year
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NewsNeptune sees Christmas boost driven by full-price sales
Neptune has grown its like-for-like sales and cash margin over the festive trading period as it executes its turnaround, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsTopps Tiles âoutperformsâ market as sales rise
The eponymous business achieved a 2% increase in like-for-likes in the first quarter to December 27, helped by a 3.7% advance in its trade business and category extensions. The group, which notched up record revenues in its last financial year, posted revenue growth of 3.7% year ...
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NewsOkaâs ârebuildâ project on course after seasonal sales hike
Oka has credited both Black Friday momentum and its winter sale period for a 21% year-on-year sales uplift in the run-up to Christmas.
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AnalysisStore tour: Cotswold Companyâs first retail park store with CCO Lisa Coppin
The Cotswold Company chief creative officer Lisa Coppin speaks to Retail Week about creating a film set-worthy environment in an empty retail park unit, what the extra space has allowed it to introduce, and whatâs next on the list for 2026.
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NewsCautious consumer mood to linger into new year
Consumers will start 2026 in a downbeat mood amid continued concern about the economy and the cost of living.
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NewsSales volumes fell in November, ONS finds
Month-on-month retail sales volumes edged down in November but were up year on year, official data showed.
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InterviewExit interview: outgoing Ikea UK&I boss Peter Jelkeby
As Ikea UK&I boss Peter Jelkeby prepares to step down from his post and take over the lead job at the furniture giantâs operation in Germany, he speaks to Retail Week about how shoppers have changed, the moves by competitors that he has envied and the learnings heâll be taking forward into his new job.
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NewsBensons for Beds returns to Tottenham Court Road
Bensons for Beds has returned to Tottenham Court Road in London with a new store.
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DataRanking: Retailâs biggest winners and losers in business rates revaluation
Some retailers are facing increases of hundreds of thousands of pounds in their business rates on certain properties, while Harrodsâ bill is set to fall by over ÂŁ1m
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NewsProCook trims losses and makes âstrongâ start to Christmas trading
ProCook said it has âsignificantly outperformed the marketâ as it trimmed its half-year losses and reported a âstrongâ start to Christmas trading.
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NewsWickes staff celebrate ÂŁ14m return on share scheme
Employees of DIY retailer Wickes have more than doubled the value of their investment in a company sharesave scheme that has just matured.
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NewsTopps Tiles hires new chief financial officer
Topps Tiles has announced Caroline Browne will join the business as its new CFO.
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NewsNext closes in on Primark with surge in shopper purchase intent
The leading fashion retailer had the biggest increase in consumer purchase intent of any major brand in the retail sector over the past month, according to data from Kantar BrandDynamics
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NewsKingfisher ups profit guidance as âbig-ticketâ recovers
Kingfisher has upgraded its profit guidance for the year as it posted growth in volumes and an improvement in âbig ticketâ sales.