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Retail and leisure

  • THG brings in new finance chief ahead of bleak looking year

    January 24, 2023

    E-commerce giant THG has hired Damian Sanders as its new chief financial officer amid a recent slew of negative earning reports and a collapse in share price. Following a global search, the troubled British firm has landed on Sanders as the replacement for John Gallemore, who is moving over to the role of chief operating [...]

  • London to get its own highline – as Camden looks to emulate Manhattan

    January 24, 2023

    Camden’s green garden in the sky took a step closer to reality after charity Camden Highline was given the go-ahead for the first stage of a project that will transform a section of disused Victorian railway into an overhead park. Garden designer Piet Oudolf, working with the London Wildlife Trust, is leading the design and [...]

  • Exclusive: London-based Peckwater Brands swallows competitor to become largest virtual food brand in Europe

    January 24, 2023

    Peckwater Brands has acquired its chief competitor eatclever, making it the largest provider of virtual food outlets in Europe. The acquisition has seen Peckwater scooping brands like taste&soul, KoChi and Chicos from its health food-focused competitor, expanding its reach into Germany, Austria and Switzerland in the process. The terms and price of the deal are [...]

  • Marston’s bucks hospitality trend as historic pub chain reports bumper festive period

    January 24, 2023

    Pub and hotel operator Marston’s  has reported bumper sales over the Christmas period as Brits treated a pint as an “affordable treat”. The historic London-listed firm, founded in 1834, said like-for-like sales were up 12.9 per cent on Omicron-affected 2022, for the 16 weeks to 21 January. Marston’s has however experienced difficulties in this time [...]

  • Bill Ackman invests £48.8m in luxury watchmaker Bremont

    January 23, 2023

    Bill Ackman has bought a minority stake in British luxury watchmaker Bremont after being a loyal customer for many years. The American billionaire hedge fund manager has invested £48.8m alongside Bremont’s current lead investor private equity fund Hellcat, Bremont announced today. With the new investment from Ackman, Bremont is now valued at around £100m. Ackman’s [...]

  • Spotify’s revenue slow down will lead to 600 job losses, as tech giant becomes the latest to cull staff

    January 23, 2023

    Spotify will be cutting its global workforce by nearly six per cent with around 600 people expected to lose their jobs. The music streaming platform has joined fellow tech giants including Amazon, Google, Meta and Twitter in laying off staff, with tens-of-thousands of workers being laid off in recent weeks. Last November Meta, the owner [...]

  • Chapel Down shows English wine still has its fizz with bumper results

    January 23, 2023

    The world is waking up to sparkling wine from England, new results from flagship brand Chapel Down suggest. A new trading update from the Kent-based wine producer reports a 164 per cent increase in exports, indicating a growing market for English sparkling wine overseas. Domestic revenues paint a similarly rosy picture, with off-trade sparkling wine [...]

  • Top Gun: Maverick and pricier tickets help Everyman cinemas post 75 per cent boom in earnings

    January 23, 2023

    Blockbuster movie Top Gun: Maverick helped boost Everyman Media’s revenues by 62 per cent as Brits continue to embrace cinema going as an affordable luxury. The company, which has 14 of its 38 cinemas in greater London, announced its annual update to December, reporting revenue of £79.7m which is up from the previous covid-impacted year [...]

  • Glass half-full: Why Fuller’s chief remains optimistic despite strikes leaving a £4m dent in Christmas sales

    January 23, 2023

    Pub chain Fuller’s lost £4m in sales due to the impact of strikes over Christmas and new year, as its chief warned of lower expectations for the full year.  Chiswick-based Fuller, Smith and Turner reported in the 43 weeks to January that like-for-like sales were up a fifth on the Covid-impacted previous year – despite [...]

  • Slow fashion: Retailers embrace second-hand clothing to draw in thrifty eco-conscious fashion lovers

    January 23, 2023

    High street retailers are following in the footsteps of their online rivals, offering more second-hand clothes to lure in shoppers wanting to steer clear of fast fashion and hunt for bargains amid a cost of living crisis. The second-hand clothing market has exploded over the last decade to an estimated £6.5bn last year, largely thanks [...]

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