In Pictures: Londoners continue to stay at home as retail destinations...
As the UK continues to abide by Government instructions and stay at home to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, key shopping destinations in London including
John Lewis repays £300m COVID-19 loan early
The John Lewis Partnership has today announced it has completed an early repayment of the £300 million HM Treasury and Bank of England COVID Corporate
In Detail: ONS retail sales figures 2020 show fastest level fall...
UK retail sales volumes increased in December as stores were allowed to reopen briefly, following the end of the second national lockdown in England, new figures show.
NHS COVID-19 vaccination clinic opens in empty Westfield retail unit
Westfield Stratford has opened one of the UK's latest NHS COVID-19 vaccination clinics, operating from an empty retail unit on the edge of the shopping
Superdry sales and profits hit by continued COVID-19 disruption
Superdry sales slumped -24% to £282.7m in the half-year to 24 October 2020 as the group lost 23% of its owned-store trading days due to COVID-19 leading...
Hammerson reveals just 41% of rents collected
Commercial landlord Hammerson has revealed it collected just 41% of rent from its tenants as the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions took their toll on the...
Christmas restrictions impact sales at Matalan
Matalan has reported a 21.4% sales drop in the latest quarter, partially due to the four-week lockdown in England throughout November.
The omni-channel fashion and...
Barclay family mulls Very Group float amid online sales boom
With online sales expected to continue growing at pace, the Barclay family is reported to be in the early stages of exploring a £3bn-plus...
Footfall continues to drop in second week of Lockdown 3 but...
UK footfall is now 67.5% lower than in the same week of 2020, but that is still some way off from the lowest level...
Jaeger to cut 233 staff and permanently shut all stores after...
Administrators for Jaeger have said that 233 staff will be made redundant following the heritage fashion brand’s acquisition by Marks & Spencer.
As expected Jaeger’s...
UK heads towards double-dip recession as GDP falls 2.6% in November
The UK economy is on track to head back into recession as official figures showed that GDP fell 2.6% in November after the country...
COVID-19 impact on commuter footfall could see 400,000 job losses across...
Commuter footfall loss could be up to a third on pre-COVID levels across England, and high streets could lose 20-40% of their retail offerings...
Uniqlo sees group revenue dip, bolstered by sales in China
Fast Retailing, parent company of Uniqlo, has reported its latest financial results for the quarter ended 30 November 2020, with sales in China mitigating...
Primark owner warns of potential £1.1bn in lost sales from lockdowns
Primark owner Associated British Foods has warned of a hit from lost retail sales of more than £1bn if coronavirus lockdowns force its stores...
Debenhams Oxford Street flagship among six stores to be permanently closed
Stricken department store Debenhams has said it will permanently close six branches, including the flagship Oxford Street shop, with the loss of 320 jobs.
It...
Nicola Sturgeon halts non-essential Click & Collect in Scotland
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has put a halt to non-essential Click & Collect services in a bid to keep people at home and...
Matt Hancock praises John Lewis for suspending Click & Collect
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has praised John Lewis for suspending its Click & Collect services after the retailer said it had made the move...
ASOS predicts £40m lockdown profit boost as sales jump
Online young fashion giant ASOS has said it expects the impact of the pandemic to provide a £40m profit boost which will help drive...
Tory MP calls for business rates to be scrapped and replaced...
Business rates should be scrapped and replaced by an increase in VAT in order to save high street businesses, according to a Conservative MP.
Kevin...
December consumer spending down 2.3% but online retail sales up 52.2%
Consumer spending in the UK declined by 2.3% year-on-year in December – the largest drop since June 2020 – as tighter tiered restrictions came...