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NewsWilko launches its first rapid delivery service with Deliveroo
It marks the first time Wilko has offered an on-demand, rapid delivery service. The available range covers garden, home, kitchen, DIY, cleaning, petcare and storage
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Comment & OpinionThink local to improve Britain’s high streets
If Labour is to rejuvenate our high streets, it needs to think carefully about the marketing and creative propositions that will thrive in this new future, says Fergus McCallum, CEO at creative agency TBWA\MCR
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NewsThe Range and Wilko owner appoints new head of property
Antony Darbyshire will be particularly responsible for the continued rollout of new Wilko stores
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Analysis & FeaturesAs inflation recedes, has the tide turned on discounter growth?
New figures show Aldi is now in negative growth, and variety discounters that once were riding high are also going backwards
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NewsWilko set to expand grocery partnership with Iceland Foods
The move is an extension of an established partnership between Iceland and Wilko owner CDS Superstores
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NewsPoundland closes nine former Wilko stores
A Poundland spokesman said affected staff had been offered roles at nearby stores in all cases
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Videos2023 in cartoons: The Grocer’s Christmas Tinkle is back
The Grocer wishes you a very merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous 2024
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Analysis & FeaturesHeroes, car crashes and epic fails in our unofficial review of 2023
It’s been another rollercoaster year in grocery. Here’s our review of the ups and downs that came to define 2023
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NewsCity News: Pepco Group posts ‘record’ revenues but profits take a hit
European discount retail group and Poundland owner Pepco Group posted “record” revenues last year, but shares have fallen back on a sharp drop in profitability and a slowing of sales
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NewsRegulators should ‘explore every option to claw back’ Wilko dividends, says MP
Liam Byrne made the call in the House of Commons on Thursday, after former Wilko chair Lisa Wilkinson was grilled by Business and Trade Committee earlier in the week
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NewsWilko back on UK high streets as first new stores open
The stores, in Plymouth and Exeter, are the first two of five planned by CDS Superstores, which bought the brand from administrators in September
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NewsFormer Wilko chair accused of ‘burgling a failing business’ in MP grilling
‘What is especially stark is that as the business plunged into deeper trouble, the dividends went up,’ said Business and Trade Committee chair Liam Byrne
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NewsWilko bosses to be grilled by MPs over chain’s collapse
Lisa Wilkinson, granddaughter of Wilko founder James Kemsey Wilkinson and former chair of the retailer, is among those to be questioned by the Commons’ Business and Trade Committee
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NewsPoundland yet to reach agreement on 15 former Wilko stores
The variety discounter struck an agreement with administrators for Wilko in August
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NewsUnion calls for Wilko owners to be grilled by MPs over chain’s collapse
GMB Union has called on the Business & Trade Select Committee to hold an emergency session to demand answers
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NewsFirst three towns to get a new Wilko store named
New owner CDS Superstores is pledging to prioritise former Wilko workers in recruiting for the new stores
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NewsPoundland in ‘biggest ever quarter of organic space growth’
The variety discounter is due to have opened or relocated 75 stores in the three months to the end of December, including former Wilko sites
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NewsStandalone Wilko stores to return to the UK under ‘aggressive’ rollout plans
The Wilko brand owner CDS International has unveiled an “aggressive” expansion plan aimed at rebuilding the discounter’s UK footprint
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NewsOne Beyond eyeing up acquisition of 50 former Wilko stores
Deals have already been signed for two former Wilko stores – in Boston and Chelmsford – with a third close to signing
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NewsAnother nine former Wilko stores set to reopen as Poundlands this weekend
Poundland agreed to buy 71 stores from administrators for Wilko last month and began reopening them from 30 September