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Retail investing

  • Krispy Kreme plays down impact of UK rules on unhealthy foods

    Donuts

    The boss of Krispy Kreme doughnuts has shrugged off the impact of new UK regulations on unhealthy food in supermarkets, insisting that consumers could simply be “trained” to look elsewhere in shops for their sweet treats. Major retailers have been banned from placing high fat, sugar or salt items near prominent store locations such as [...]

  • Hargreaves Lansdown pledges to hike dividend after profit grew by 30 per cent despite market turbulence

    Hargreaves Lansdown

    Investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown today pledged to hike its dividend after it successfully boosted its profits in the face of widespread market turbulence. The online trading platform, which is known for its index fund offerings, said it grew its revenues by a fifth (20 per cent) over the final six months of 2022 despite the [...]

  • Peel Hunt joins forces with rival brokers to launch retail capital markets and IPO investment platform

    Retail investment

    Peel Hunt is set to launch a new independent retail investment platform alongside other brokers in the second half of 2023, as it seeks to broaden access to capital markets amongst retail investors. The investment bank will establish RetailBook as a new legal entity which will own and operate a deal platform based on Peel [...]

  • Ocado: Annual revenue dives to £2.2bn but up on pre-pandemic level as retailer sees strong festive trade

    January 17, 2023

    Online grocery retailer Ocado saw its revenue dive to £2.2bn in 2022, down 3.8 per cent from the previous year, but up by 40 per cent on pre-pandemic levels in 2019. The online grocery delivery giant managed to claw back some growth with postive Christmas and New Year trading updates. It’s rivals Tesco and Sainsbury’s [...]

  • Exclusive: High Street queen Mary Portas says retail’s 2022 race to the bottom is finally over

    January 12, 2023

    City A.M. sits down with the 'Queen of retail', or Madam High Street, retail consultant and broadcaster Mary Portas.

  • Staggering £25bn down the drain as 9 in 10 Brits plan to cut back in 2023

    January 12, 2023

    Close to £25bn-worth of discretionary outgoings in the “cut-back economy” may be lost this year as close to nine in 10 people plan to reduce their spending over the year ahead. More than a third of UK households are “financially distressed” and plan to cut back across most, if not all, of their non-essential spending, [...]

  • Aggressive institutional investors pushing into digital assets set to replace retail players

    January 10, 2023

    Institutional investors are set to replace retail investors as the major holders of digital assets in 2023, according to new research shared with City A.M. today. More than 7 out of 10 of professional investors believe institutions will hold 60 per cent of digital assets within seven years, reversing the current status where institutions hold [...]

  • Plus500: Fintech group tops analysts’ estimates after boost in ‘high-value’ traders

    January 10, 2023

    Fintech trading group Plus500 topped market expectations today as it said revenues for its full year swelled to around $832m on the back of a boost in "high value, long term" customers.

  • Hargreaves Lansdown’s shares appear to rally as founder rounds on trading platform’s bosses over hybrid advice plans

    January 8, 2023

    The co-founder of trading platform Hargreaves Lansdown has launched a scathing attack on “unnecessary and irrelevant” programmes launched by its outgoing chief today, after a collapse in the FTSE 100 firm’s share price over the past three years.

  • Retail woes: 47 shops closed EVERY DAY in 2022 amid warning ‘big hitters’ could fall

    January 2, 2023

    The UK’s retail sector had a bruising year in 2022 as more shops closed their doors than at any other point for at least five years. Around 47 sites shut up shop for the last time every day last year, according to new analysis. The Centre for Retail Research found that 17,145 shops on high [...]

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