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Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group snaps up Luton mall in £58m deal Frasers Group Mike Ashely’s Frasers Group has snapped up The Mall in Luton in a £58m deal as the retail giant expresses its “confidence in the future of the UK high street”. The Mall in Luton spans 900,000 sq. ft of space and is home to more than 150 retailers including Primark, TK Maxx, and H&M. It [...]
AO World swings back to profit thanks to reduced costs while revenue down 17 per cent AO World AO World swung back into profit on reduced costs and better margins as the firm said it made a 17 per cent loss in revenue in its annual results. The white goods retailer said revenue decreased by 16.8 per cent to £1.1bn compared to £1.3bn in the same period last year ending 31 March, as [...]
Online retail firms in trouble as punters turn back to the high street Cost of living crisis E-commerce retailers which were bolstered by Brits stuck at home during the pandemic are now going bust, a new report shows, as the cost of living crisis continues to eat away at businesses. The number of insolvencies of UK e-commerce businesses rose 71 per cent to 529 in the past year, up from 309 in [...]