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Co-op profits quadruple but warns of rising costs
Co-op has reported a fourfold increase in profits but warned it faces more than £200m of new headwind and investment costs in the upcoming year. The convenience store chain said part of the new costs ...
Former M&S co-CEO Katie Bickerstaffe joins Sainsbury’s as non-exec
Sainsbury's has appointed former M&S co-chief executive Katie Bickerstaffe and The Sage Group boss Steve Hare as its non-executive directors.
How Iceland, Aldi and more are helping shoppers with the cost of living crisis
With a new host of hiked prices and bill payments arriving from today (1 April), the cost of living crisis is certainly far from over for shoppers and staff.
New Look owners inject £30m to accelerate digital transformation
New Look owners are injecting £30m of fresh equity into the fashion chain in a bid to accelerate its digital transformation.
Boux Avenue back in the black, bolstered by M&S and Next tie-ups
Boux Avenue chairman Theo Paphitis credited an elevated product range and third-party partnerships for the lingerie operator’s return to profit.
Lidl trials middle aisle click and collect scheme for loyalty programme members
Lidl is trialling a new click, reserve and collect service on its app where customers will be able to reserve a Middle of Lidl product before it launches in store.
Retail MediaX returns
Retail MediaX is back on 13 May 2025, with a three track program packed full of prime content and another stellar line-up of speakers, making it the largest retail media specific event in EU. The prog...
Co-op Media Network launches new first-party data solution connecting brands with convenience stores at scale
Co-op Media Network (CMN) has today announced the launch of its first-party data solution, Co-op Compass, which enables brands to navigate and target curated sets of convenience shoppers across digita...
M&S aims to be “most personalised retailer in UK”, says chairman
Archie Norman, who was appointed chairman of M&S in 2017, has promised updates to its Sparks loyalty programme will be coming soon – as the high street giant works to become “the most personalised ret...
Levi’s grows Red Tab membership programme in Europe
Denim giant Levi’s is aiming to strengthen its DTC-first strategy, with the expansion of its member scheme, Levi’s Red Tab™, introducing it into four new European markets. Consumers in Poland, Ireland...
Sports Direct and Under Armour support National School Sports Week 2025
Sports Direct is supporting National School Sports Week for a third consecutive year, with Under Armour joining as a key brand partner to encourage schools nationwide to take part in the week of activ...
New Look targets £1bn ecommerce demand by 2030
New Look’s shareholders, Alcentra and Brait, are investing £30mn of new equity into the company to fuel its digital transformation. According to reports, the investment – to be confirmed later this we...
ClearBank expands crypto market position with Kraken deal
Embedded finance firm ClearBank has bolstered its position in the crypto market through a partnership supporting the British operations of US exchange Kraken. ClearBank will provide GBP clearing servi...
Early-stage investments dominate UK term sheets
Early-stage investments made up three-quarters of UK VC term sheets last year while the value of late-stage funding rounds fell, fresh figures have found, highlighting the challenges facing mature com...
AI-powered video commerce platform Unravel lands $7m Series A
An AI-powered video commerce platform has landed $7m in a Series AI funding round. London-based Unravel is seeking to become the “TikTok of travel” by turning creator content into travel bookings. Unr...
Effective Altruism charity sees funding plummet after imprisonment of major donor
A charity once popular with tech entrepreneurs in the UK and US has seen its funding plummet after the imprisonment of one of its biggest donors. Effective Ventures, a charity operated by the Effectiv...
Tesla UK market share falls amid record month for EV sales
The EV market share in the UK for Elon Musk’s Tesla has fallen by a quarter since the start of the year despite a record number of electric car sales in March. UK sales for battery electric vehicles (...
AI for investment firms AlphaLoops lands £440k grant
A startup building the agentic operating system for investment firms has secured a £440k grant to scale the business. London-based AlphaLoops has been awarded the UK Smart Grant by Innovate UK, part o...
ClearBank expands crypto market position with Kraken deal
Embedded finance firm ClearBank has bolstered its position in the crypto market through a partnership supporting the British operations of US exchange Kraken. ClearBank will provide GBP clearing servi...
Early-stage investments dominate UK term sheets
Early-stage investments made up three-quarters of UK VC term sheets last year while the value of late-stage funding rounds fell, fresh figures have found, highlighting the challenges facing mature com...
AI-powered video commerce platform Unravel lands $7m Series A
An AI-powered video commerce platform has landed $7m in a Series AI funding round. London-based Unravel is seeking to become the “TikTok of travel” by turning creator content into travel bookings. Unr...
Effective Altruism charity sees funding plummet after imprisonment of major donor
A charity once popular with tech entrepreneurs in the UK and US has seen its funding plummet after the imprisonment of one of its biggest donors. Effective Ventures, a charity operated by the Effectiv...
Tesla UK market share falls amid record month for EV sales
The EV market share in the UK for Elon Musk’s Tesla has fallen by a quarter since the start of the year despite a record number of electric car sales in March. UK sales for battery electric vehicles (...
AI for investment firms AlphaLoops lands £440k grant
A startup building the agentic operating system for investment firms has secured a £440k grant to scale the business. London-based AlphaLoops has been awarded the UK Smart Grant by Innovate UK, part o...
Retail MediaX returns
Retail MediaX is back on 13 May 2025, with a three track program packed full of prime content and another stellar line-up of speakers, making it the largest retail media specific event in EU. The prog...
Co-op Media Network launches new first-party data solution connecting brands with convenience stores at scale
Co-op Media Network (CMN) has today announced the launch of its first-party data solution, Co-op Compass, which enables brands to navigate and target curated sets of convenience shoppers across digita...
M&S aims to be “most personalised retailer in UK”, says chairman
Archie Norman, who was appointed chairman of M&S in 2017, has promised updates to its Sparks loyalty programme will be coming soon – as the high street giant works to become “the most personalised ret...
Levi’s grows Red Tab membership programme in Europe
Denim giant Levi’s is aiming to strengthen its DTC-first strategy, with the expansion of its member scheme, Levi’s Red Tab™, introducing it into four new European markets. Consumers in Poland, Ireland...
Sports Direct and Under Armour support National School Sports Week 2025
Sports Direct is supporting National School Sports Week for a third consecutive year, with Under Armour joining as a key brand partner to encourage schools nationwide to take part in the week of activ...
New Look targets £1bn ecommerce demand by 2030
New Look’s shareholders, Alcentra and Brait, are investing £30mn of new equity into the company to fuel its digital transformation. According to reports, the investment – to be confirmed later this we...
Co-op profits quadruple but warns of rising costs
Co-op has reported a fourfold increase in profits but warned it faces more than £200m of new headwind and investment costs in the upcoming year. The convenience store chain said part of the new costs ...
Former M&S co-CEO Katie Bickerstaffe joins Sainsbury’s as non-exec
Sainsbury's has appointed former M&S co-chief executive Katie Bickerstaffe and The Sage Group boss Steve Hare as its non-executive directors.
How Iceland, Aldi and more are helping shoppers with the cost of living crisis
With a new host of hiked prices and bill payments arriving from today (1 April), the cost of living crisis is certainly far from over for shoppers and staff.
New Look owners inject £30m to accelerate digital transformation
New Look owners are injecting £30m of fresh equity into the fashion chain in a bid to accelerate its digital transformation.
Boux Avenue back in the black, bolstered by M&S and Next tie-ups
Boux Avenue chairman Theo Paphitis credited an elevated product range and third-party partnerships for the lingerie operator’s return to profit.
Lidl trials middle aisle click and collect scheme for loyalty programme members
Lidl is trialling a new click, reserve and collect service on its app where customers will be able to reserve a Middle of Lidl product before it launches in store.