By: Amber Murray

Retail Reporter Amber Murray is a reporter at City A.M., covering retail, luxury and property stores. Prior to City A.M., she worked as a sub-editor for Fastmarkets and completed a Masters in Financial Journalism at City University. Please get in touch with stories/tips/coffees at amber.murray@cityam.com

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CVS halts acquisitions in the UK amid competition watchdog probe

July 24, 2025

CVS has halted UK acquisitions and focused on Australian expansion due to a probe by the UK’s competition watchdog into the pet sector. The vet group has also delayed its full-year results until October to allow shareholders to “have more visibility” and details of the Provisional Decision of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which [...]
Reckitt: Consumer goods giant upgrades outlook

July 24, 2025

Reckitt Benckiser has upgraded its expected revenue for its core brands this year, following the implementation of a significant simplification drive last year. The FTSE 100 giant now expects like for like net revenue growth to above be above four per cent in ‘Core Reckitt’ brands – which include Dettol, Nurofen and Lysol – this [...]
Swatch moves London headquarters to new Canary Wharf office space

July 24, 2025

Swatch has signed a five-year lease for 9,500 sq ft of office space in a multi-purpose office building in Canary Wharf. The watches and jewellery manufacturer will move its London headquarters from Dockside Road to Docklands site Sierra Quebec Bravo (SQB). Swatch did not respond to a request for comment and did not disclose the [...]
Savills cuts estimate for house price growth over next two years

July 24, 2025

Savills has cut its estimate for house price growth over the next two years as caution stalls the housing market, but expects looser mortgage rules to boost in the market in the medium term. The real estate giant cut its forecast for house price growth in 2025 from four per cent to one per cent, [...]
Evri: Boom in bedroom CEOs drives best-ever parcel deliveries

July 23, 2025

Evri has delivered record results thanks to a boom in second-hand sellers sending parcels with the logistics giant. The parcel delivery company, which was acquired by private equity firm Apollo from Advent International in 2024 for £2.7bn, has revealed that its volumes increased by 11 per cent in the year to 1 March, 2025, to more [...]
Demand for strawberries and cider help grocery sales surge

July 23, 2025

Sales at UK supermarkets surged in June as shoppers splashed out on summer staples like strawberries and cider. Total till sales growth at the grocers soared 5.8 per cent in the four weeks ending July 12, up from 3.8 per cent growth in June, according to new data released today by NielsenIQ (NIQ). “With three [...]
JD Wetherspoons: Sales overtake pre-pandemic levels

July 23, 2025

Sales at JD Wetherspoon have overtaken pre-pandemic levels for the first time after a sluggish five years for the hospitality industry. Revenues at its 794 pubs have grown 5.1 per cent in the year to date, the company told markets this morning, putting growth at the chain above the industry average. “Sales volumes, which were [...]
‘Irresponsible’ M&S ad gets banned for promoting ‘unhealthily thin’ models

July 23, 2025

The UK’s advertising watchdog has upheld a complaint that Marks and Spencers used an “unhealthily thin” model to advertise clothes on its app. In its ruling on the M&S ad, the Advertising Standard Authority (ASA) said the model “appeared unhealthily thin” and concluded that the ad was “irresponsible.” “The pose of the model and the [...]
Luxury watch crime ‘remains a threat’ but recovery rates improve

July 22, 2025

The theft of luxury watches remains a significant risk for owners despite the rate of recovery jumping in the last year, according to new data. In the first six months of 2025, The Watch Register located 607 lost and stolen watches through its global database, a 26 per cent increase on the same period in [...]
Landlords lose confidence in face of Renters Rights Bill

July 22, 2025

Fewer than one in twenty landlords have plans to increase investment in the rental sector in the short term as rising costs and regulatory confusion bite. Half of landlords surveyed by JLL say ongoing uncertainty surrounding the Renters’ Rights Bill discourages them from expanding their portfolios, while two in five say they have been out [...]

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