Jollyes: Pets at Home rival to lower 3,000 prices and open new stores January 28, 2025 Pet superstore chain Jollyes has revealed plans to lower thousands of prices and open new stores across the UK. The retailer, which is a major rival to Pets at Home, has also announced a range of new benefits for its employees in a bid to attract new talent. The news comes almost a year after [...]
Trouble for B&M as millions wiped off value despite huge pay day January 14, 2025 Despite reporting increased sales and a huge dividend of more than £150m, shares in B&M plunged in the aftermath of its latest trading update last week. Shares in the Liverpool-headquartered discount retailer slumped from 360p to 316p following the publication of its third quarter results. B&M’s price has hardly recovered in the days since, with [...]
Home Bargains billionaire pays himself over £1bn as sales and profit surge January 7, 2025 The billionaire owner of Home Bargains paid himself more than £1bn as sales and profit both jumped at the discount retail giant during its latest financial year. Tom Morris, who owns 98 per cent of Liverpool-headquartered TJ Morris, the firm behind the brand, received the vast majority of the £1.22bn in ordinary dividends and asset [...]
Shoe Zone shares crash as Budget deals major blow to profit plans December 18, 2024 Shares in Shoe Zone have plummeted to their lowest value for more than three years after the company warning the changes announced in the Autumn Budget has forced it to close a number of stores. The Leicester-headquartered retailer issued a trading update to the London Stock Exchange in which it revealed the impacted that “significant [...]
Asda needs to ‘dig down into its soul’ and recover sense of purpose, say analysts December 9, 2024 Asda needs to “dig down into its soul” and reshape its pitch to customers if it wants to tackle the rising threat from the likes of Aldi and Lidl following a rollercoaster 2024, analysts have warned. The Leeds-headquartered supermarket giant has not been far from the headlines all year amid debt struggles, strikes, falling sales [...]
Lacoste: Flagship London store fails to boost sales as label falls to loss November 29, 2024 The opening of a flagship store in London’s Regent Street failed to stop the UK arm of sports fashion label Lacoste entering the red, it has been revealed. The business has reported a pre-tax loss of £3.2m for 2023, according to delayed accounts filed with Companies House. The results for the brand also show its [...]
Homebase racked up debts of over £730m ahead of collapse November 23, 2024 The company behind Homebase owed more than £730m when it collapsed into administration before the brand was partially saved by the owner of The Range, it has been revealed. Retail group CDS, which also owns Wilko, took on 70 stores and secured the future of up to 1,600 jobs at the troubled DIY and garden [...]
Superdry issues warning as struggling fashion label cuts jobs after quitting London November 20, 2024 Superdry has warned its sales will continue to fall significantly during its current financial year after quitting the London Stock Exchange in an attempt to stay afloat. The Cheltenham-headquartered fashion brand delisted earlier this year as part of a radical restructuring plan to keep the company trading. At the time, the company said that cutting [...]
The Range owner confident of sales success but Homebase rescuer struggles to return to profit November 19, 2024 The owner of The Range has forecasted a continued rise in its sales as it carries on taking advantage of “high profile retail casualties” after rescuing Wilko and Homebase. CDS (Superstores International) hit the headlines again recently when it snapped up part of strike DIY chain Homebase out of administration. The move came after the [...]
Angling Direct: ‘Robust’ performance spurs hope of reeling in £100m revenue target August 21, 2024 Angling Direct has reported a “robust” first half of the year and said it was confident of achieving a 25 per cent increase in UK revenue to £100m in the medium term. The Norwich-based specialist fishing tackle and equipment retailer reported UK growth of 5.9 per cent in the six months ended 31 July 2024. [...]