#Tech Amazon has launched a new contract that offers parents, grandparents and guardians of school-age children the option to work term-time only. According to the ecommerce giant, the new contract will allow those eligible to take six weeks of hol...

#Tech Asos’ head of commercial change and operations Anthony Benham has left the business after 16 years at the online-only fashion retailer. Benham joined Asos in 2006 as a senior merchandiser for menswear before being promoted to retail project m...

#Tech Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc, the parent company of Boots, has unveiled plans to cut its corporate workforce by 10% in a bid to streamline operations. According to Reuters, store positions are not being affected, alongside the company’s fulfi...

#Tech Boohoo CEO John Lyttle has been handed a £650,000 bonus despite the group reporting a £90 million loss. Lyttle, who has been CEO of the fast fashion retailer since 2019, took home £1.39 million in the year to February, The Guardian reported. ...

#Tech Sainsbury’s is set to launch its own online marketplace for high street fashion, in a bid to diversify its product offering. According to The Sunday Times, the Big 4 grocer is pitching to brands including Jigsaw, White Stuff and Yours Clothin...

#Tech Ebay has named renowned fashion stylist and second-hand advocate, Amy Bannerman, as its new in-house pre-loved stylist. Bannerman has over two decades’ worth of experience in buying and selling on the online marketplace. The newly created rol...

#Tech Ebay has named renowned fashion stylist and second-hand advocate, Amy Bannerman, as its new in-house pre-loved stylist. Bannerman has over two decades’ worth of experience in buying and selling on the online marketplace. The newly created rol...

#Tech On Running’s global head of direct-to-consumer (DTC), Samuel Wenger has credited the brand’s success to its omnichannel strategy, which he claims has “helped to build a loyal customer base”. Months after the opening of its flagship store in L...

#Tech Pandora has increased its hourly pay for its UK and Ireland store employees by up to 14%. The pay increase, which came into effect earlier this month, is the third by the omnichannel jewellery retailer in the past year. As a result, employees...

#Tech Uniqlo’s parent company, Fast Retailing, has revealed plans to evolve into an “unprecedented digital consumer retailing business”, as it reported a 16.5% increase in revenues. In the six months ended February 2023, the fashion giant reported ...

#Tech Sainsbury’s has unveiled plans to simplify its logistics operations as part of a major restructure that will affect around 7,000 employees. According to the Big 4 grocer, the move will allow the business to invest further in modernising its l...

#Tech Ocado has named Mat Ankers as its new chief financial officer, who will be joining the business in autumn this year. In his new position, Ankers will oversee finance, operations, IT and Insights at Ocado Retail, bringing a wealth of strategic...

#Tech The Hut Group Ingenuity (THG) has penned a decade-long partnership with beauty and fragrance company Maximo Group, which operates websites All Beauty and Fragrance Direct. The partnership, which is expected to add in excess of £150 million GM...

#Tech UK customers spent 29.2% more on online purchases compared to March 2020, at the height of the Covid-19 lockdown, new research has revealed. According to the Adobe Digital Economy Index, the increase represented an 8.9% annualised growth over...

#Tech Amazon will close its Book Depository later this month, 12 years after acquiring the UK-based online shop. The store, which has been running since 2007, will shut its doors on 26 April. In a statement on its website, Book Depository told cust...

#Tech Topps Tiles has attributed its omnichannel strategy to its record first half revenues. In the 26 weeks to 1 April. the retailer posted revenue of £130.5mn, up by 9.5% compared with the same period last year. Online sales climbed £10.1mn, up f...

#Tech Clarks managing director of the UK, Ireland and the Middle East and Africa (MEA) Joe Ulloa has stepped down from his position. Ulloa joined the footwear brand in 2017 as retail and franchise director of the UK and Europe before being promoted...

#Tech Cosmetics giant L’Oréal has acquired luxury personal care brand Aesop from Natura & Co for around £2bn ($2.52bn). Natura & Co, the parent company of The Body Shop, said the deal will strengthen its finances and free up resources to focus on “...

#Tech Online fashion retailer Boohoo has appointed former Matalan CEO and New Look chairman, Alistair McGeorge as an independent non-executive director. McGeorge succeeds Brian Small as the group’s deputy chairman and will act as interim chair of t...

#Tech John Lewis boss Dame Sharon White has come under fire by former chairman Sir Stuart Hampson over the possible sale of a stake to an outside investor, branding the move as “highly undesirable”. According to the former chairman, the proposal wh...