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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James Dyson: Reeves’ inheritance tax hike ‘is killing geese that lay golden eggs’

January 27, 2025

Billionaire Sir James Dyson has again hit out at Rachel Reeves for her tax raid budget, saying British family businesses are being “fleeced”. The British entrepreneur, 77, hit out at the Chancellor in a letter to The Times, writing that Reeves will “kill off” British family businesses with a “vindictive” budget, including inheritance tax hikes. [...]
Dr Martens: Asia drives recovery for FTSE boot-maker as Europe falters

January 27, 2025

Dr Martens reported a recovery in revenue driven by e-commerce sales in Asia and a turnaround in America. Overall group revenue rose by three per cent to £267m in constant currency, an adjustment of figures to align the number of reporting days in the current and prior reporting periods, in the third quarter of the [...]
St Ewe Free Range Eggs on the ‘utter carnage’ of IHT reform and rebuilding trust with Labour

January 25, 2025

For Rebecca Tonks, running St Ewe Eggs has been a passion project for 17 years. Tonks, who was 12 when her family first started selling eggs in addition to its dairy produce, launched the St. Ewe Free Range Eggs brand to UK supermarkets in 2007 under the Red Lion accreditation. “It didn’t take very long for [...]
City broker slashes price target for Primark-owner Associated British Foods

January 24, 2025

Analysts at Panmure Liberum downgraded their rating for Primark-owner Associated British Foods from ‘Buy’ to ‘Hold’ after Primark underperformed over the festive quarter. Panmure downgraded its target price for ABF to 1900p from 2800p. Its share price currently sits at 1,892.50p after falling five per cent in the last five days. Associated British Foods reduced [...]
Burberry’s share price soars out trenches but analysts won’t upgrade yet

January 24, 2025

Investors breathed a sigh of relief this morning after Burberry’s first set of results after implementing its turnaround plan showed it was heading in the right direction. Burberry’s share price rose more than 13 per cent in early trades. In the past six months the share price has risen more than 71 per cent – [...]
Burberry: Shares spike as luxury giant’s transformation shows green shoots

January 24, 2025

British luxury brand Burberry has reported a boost in demand for its core products after implementing a wide-ranging turnaround plan, although overall revenue has continued to fall. The company’s share price rose more than 14 per cent in early trades. Total retail revenue in the 13 weeks ended December 28 fell seven per cent, from [...]
The UK’s housing crisis is creating a generation of broke retirees

January 24, 2025

The affordability crisis in the UK housing market is creating a generation who will still face monthly mortgage or rent payments well into retirement, according to a new study. With deposits increasingly hard to save up for and mortgages increasingly burdensome, few people will be free of housing costs by 2050, unless something changes. A [...]
Food and drink deals spike as big firms look to strengthen positions

January 23, 2025

M&A deal volumes in the food and drink sector saw a double digit rise last year, as buyers targeted undervalued companies in a bid to strengthen their positions in the market. Total deal volume rose to 151 deals in 2024, a 29.1 per cent increase from 117 deals in the previous year, while the total [...]
Chapel Down: Off-trade issues pull England’s biggest winemaker down

January 23, 2025

Sales at England’s biggest winemaker, Chapel Down, fell in 2024 due to “one-off” issues in the first half of the year, but the company has still reported net sales revenue in line with guidance. Chapel Down’s share price rose more than two per cent in early trades. Sales of sparkling wine, which accounts for more [...]
Weak UK sales pull Primark down despite international growth

January 23, 2025

Lower sales in the UK and Ireland pulled Primark’s performance down in the last quarter of 2024 despite double-digit growth in countries like Spain, Portugal and the US. Primark’s parent company ABF Foods told markets this morning that sales in the UK and Ireland, which account for approximately 45 per cent of its market, declined [...]

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