All High Street articles – Page 59
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Comment & OpinionIt’s Groundhog Day for UK high streets with yet another review
If it were not that the problems facing the high street were so serious, the announcements from the latest high street minister, Jake Berry, would have been comedy gold
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NewsWH Smith Travel stores to trial Sainsbury’s food to go lines
The nine-store trial is set to kick-off next week
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NewsPoundworld stores to close on 6 August if no buyer is found
So far 25 stores have aleady closed with 80 set to shutdown on 22 July…
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NewsAnother 80 Poundworld stores to close with loss of 1,024 jobs
The closures will result in the loss of 1,024 jobs
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NewsCosta Coffee links with Flux to trial mobile rewards scheme
Customers can get digitised rewards stamps automatically as part of any purchase
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NewsPret may open store run by former homeless people
Pret has been helping the homeless through its Rising Stars initiative for 10 years
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NewsStarbucks commits to eliminating single-use straws by 2020
Pret and Costa to ditch plastic straws by the end of the year
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NewsSainsbury's expands Patisserie Valerie products to 70 stores
All stores with Patisserie Valerie concessions offer a click & collect service
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NewsPret a Manger offers apprentices business leadership scheme
Those who reach the final manager stage of the programme will be invited to apply for a BA in business management
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NewsKFC faces more delivery delays following IT update problems
IT problems occurred last weekend at its Rugby distribution centre
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NewsLidl to create 300 jobs with five new stores across Scotland
The discounter has announced plans to recruit up to 40 new staff for each of the planned stores
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NewsPoundland defies high street turmoil with positive results
This whole story of the demise of the high street is actually the demise of poor retailers, says Poundland MD Barry Willia…
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NewsWhitbread blames high street woes for Costa Coffee sales fall
Whitbread said a decline in footfall in traditional shopping locations dragged Costa’s like-for-like sales back 2% in its first quarter.
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NewsHolland & Barrett accused of ‘tarnishing’ Groceries Code
In an interview with BBC Radio 4, Holland & Barrett CEO Peter Aldis claimed the idea of strained relations with its suppliers was “old hat”
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NewsCity snapshot: Costa Q1 like-for-likes slide ahead of demerger
Whitbread owned Costa Coffee grew its first quarter sales by 5.2% ahead of its planned demerger, but like-for-like sales fell 2% reflecting the slump on UK high streets. Plus, butchery group Crawshaw suffers 12.9% like-for-like collapse in 20 weeks to 17 June and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsObesity Plan Mark 2: government considers HFSS promotions ban
Ministers announced they would pass legislation to ban so-called supermarket guilt lanes and buy one get one free deals
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NewsPret launches reusable cup made from bamboo fibre
Pret CEO Clive Schlee said he hoped the move would encourage more customers to bring in reusable cups
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NewsPoundworld makes a third of head office staff redundant
The high street chain axed 98 of around 270 head office posts yesterday
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NewsM&S new chief finance officer to join in July
Singer will be working closely with CEO Steve Rowe and the senior leadership team as they continue to accelerate the pace
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Comment & OpinionBusiness rates a solution, Veg needs innovation
I read, with interest, your story on the high street facing “annihilation”