Stores news – Page 12
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NewsAmazon launches first new Fresh store in a year
The store – in West Hampstead – also gives shoppers the option to use a self-checkout till
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NewsPlanet Organic ‘forced’ to close another store after failing to agree new lease
The Spitalfields store is the third Planet Organic closed since founder Renée Elliott’s return to the business
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NewsOut of town retailers damaging high streets, warns Lords committee
The Built Environment Committee has made a series of recommendations for boosting high streets, while giving its support to the government’s business rates reform plans
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NewsSupermarkets already rethinking investment plans as business rates bill gets second reading
The proposed changes could add hundreds of millions in tax on large supermarkets
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NewsScottish Retail Consortium calls for business rates relief for shops amid ‘spiralling’ statutory costs
The letter to Scottish Finance Secretary Shona Robison says the increase in employers’ national insurance in the UK budget has added £190 million in annual costs to Scotland’s retailers
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NewsB&M to open 700,000 sq ft import and distribution centre in Ellesmere Port
The retailer has signed a 10-year lease with real estate investor Cain International, with the site due to commence operation in 2025
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NewsTesco reveals plan to open 150 new Express convenience stores
Tesco is marking 30 years since opening its first c-stores in the UK, in Barnes and Norbury, London, in 1994
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NewsSainsbury’s trials self-service Pokémon ‘select & dispense’ tech
The Vensafe system is used in more than 2,500 stores across Europe
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NewsWaitrose promises to ‘always’ keep manned checkouts in stores
New signs have appeared in a number of Waitrose’s recently refitted stores, highlighting the retailer’s ‘promise’
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NewsHigher business rates aimed at ‘online giants’ will hit 1,900 superstores and hypermarkets
Across England and Wales, the proposed tax hike will hit more superstores and hypermarkets than it will large distribution warehouses, according to analysis by property consultancy Colliers
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NewsByRuby launches new freezer concessions into Sainsbury’s
The new branded ‘standout’ freezers will sit away from the freezer aisle, alongside fresh and ambient products in Sainsbury’s stores
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NewsRetail will be hit with additional £7bn in costs from next year, industry chiefs warn Chancellor
Costs including rising employers’ national insurance will make job losses and price rises inevitable according to the letter orchestrated by the BRC, which calls for a meeting with Rachel Reeves to discuss measures to reduce the impact
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NewsSupermarket Income REIT buys 113,000 sq ft Sainsbury’s for £50m
It joins the real estate investment trust’s omnichannel-focused portfolio of more than 70 supermarkets across the country, including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons sites
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NewsTreasury minister James Murray defends government’s business rates plans
Increasing business rates from 2026 for the most valuable properties will enable a permanent reduction for the retail, hospitality and leisure properties that “make up the backbone of our high streets”, says James Murray
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NewsSubway rolls out new restaurant design with focus on convenience and brand perception
The chain is investing in new digital solutions as well as refreshing its look
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NewsSimplyFresh launches second store using Amazon’s Just Walk Out tech
The ‘LittleFresh’ branded store – SimplyFresh’s smaller format that focuses on food to go – opened last week in partnership with energy company Gridserve, which owns and operates it
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NewsCentral Co-op to sell 19 ‘unsustainable’ stores, including three to B&M
The other 16 stores will be sold to independent convenience chain Samy Limited
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NewsSoup disappearing from supermarket shelves amid Bakkavor strike
Thirty-six chilled soup SKUs were unavailable in Tesco at the time of writing
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NewsBudget measures to heap £120m in added costs on M&S, says chief
Stuart Machin said ‘we don’t want to pass on these costs to our customers’ through price rises but ‘can’t rule anything out’
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NewsAldi reveals sites of 11 stores to open by Christmas
New Aldi supermarkets are set to open this week in Sedgley in the West Midlands and Castle Douglas in Scotland, with Horsham in West Sussex and Muswell Hill in London next in line for later in November