Hotel Chocolat

Hotel Chocolat is an upmarket chocolatier and cocoa grower that trades through more than 120 locations across the UK, and international outlets including Denmark, Hong Kong, Tokyo and New York. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about AO and the electricals sector. It was acquire by global food and drink conglomerate Mars in early 2024. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about Hotel Chocolat and the grocery sector.

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Interview
Q&A: Particular Audience CEO on the evolution of retail media, search and personalisation
2026-07-10T05:00:00+01:00By Megan Robinson
Chief executive says retail media architecture “won’t survive” the next five years without adding advanced search and recommendation systems.
News
Hotel Chocolat names new head of retail in raft of internal promotions
2026-07-09T09:05:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev
Hotel Chocolat has promoted Nicola Hallinan to head of retail alongside two other new internal appointments, Retail Week can reveal
Data
Ranking: the retailers with the happiest workforces in the UK
2026-01-28T07:00:00+00:00By Ellis Hawthorne
New data has revealed the companies with the happiest workforces, according to participants in WorkL’s Happy at Work Test employee survey.

More on Hotel Chocolat

News

Hotel Chocolat taps up Mars executive as new UK boss

2025-08-29T13:31:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev

Hotel Chocolat has tapped up the general manager of Kind, which is owned by parent company Mars, to run its UK business, Retail Week can reveal.

Analysis

Store tour: Hotel Chocolat’s new flagship boxing up the best of the retailer’s physical formats

2025-07-24T23:01:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev

Nine months after taking over the top job at Hotel Chocolat from entrepreneurial founder Angus Thirlwell, chief executive Lysa Hardy and her team are building something new.

Hotel Chocolat savours record Christmas as it eyes US expansion
2025-01-27T10:14:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev
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2025-01-27T07:00:00+00:00By Retail Week staff
Hotel Chocolat has named a new chief executive after being acquired by Mars
2024-09-16T11:56:00+01:00By Ritika Bhoora
What next for Hotel Chocolat after its sweet £534m deal with Mars?
2023-11-16T15:24:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev

Hotel Chocolat accepts £534m Mars bid
2023-11-16T07:24:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev
Hotel Chocolat swings to loss as online struggles
2023-10-12T08:55:00+01:00By Ellis Hawthorne
Hotel Chocolat warns on profits as inflationary pressures bite
2023-06-23T11:53:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev
Hotel Chocolat to open five new retail park stores by Christmas
2023-06-19T14:48:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev

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