Carpetright suppliers, customers and landlords have been left £80m out of pocket following the chain’s collapse at the start of the week ..read more

UK supermarkets are not likely to be misleading shoppers over loyalty pricing, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found ..read more

Asda workers at its Lowestoft store are set to walk out for the second time in a dispute over working conditions ..read more

Wayfair UK saw profit slide in its full-year results, as it slashed roughly 30% of its staff members in efforts to reduce costs ..read more

JD Sports workers at a warehouse in Derby are facing potential job losses, with the future of the distribution centre under review ..read more

John Lewis has been permitted to transform its Waitrose site in Bromley into a new residential community of 353 rental homes as well as a modernised store ..read more

Evri is set to be snapped up by private equity firm Apollo for £2.7bn, after being offloaded by its owner Advent International ..read more

THG is planning to cut 171 jobs across various departments as it orders staff to return to the office five days a week ..read more

The Perfume Shop has partnered with Deliveroo to offer a rapid delivery service on its fragrances. The initiative has been introduced to 21 of the retailer’s stores covering London, Manchester, Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Customers will be able to shop from over 1,000 of The Perfume Shop’s most popular products and have them delivered in as little as 25 minutes. The tie-up with the fragrance retailer forms part of the rapid-delivery app’s ‘Deliveroo Shopping’ expansion to add more non-grocery and food brands to its platform. Related Story The Perfume Shop profits dip ..read more

Howdens has maintained its profit outlook as half-year edged up despite the “challenging marketplace”. Pre-tax profits for the trade kitchen supplier remained flattish at £112.3m in the 24 weeks to 15 June, compared to the £111.9m. Sales increased  £to966.3m, driven by a 4.3% rise in UK revenue to £933.7m and 2.5% lift in international to £32.6m. Howdens attributed its resilient performance to a £16m investment into strategic initatives which included an upgraded click and collect service to show live depot stock, 26 depot revamps and relocations, as well as new kitchen ranges. Related St ..read more