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UK retail results

  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    John Lewis Partnership PLC
    John Lewis hails turnaround effect as Waitrose sales help narrow losses

    Retailer expects ‘significant uplift’ in full-year profits

    People entering and exiting a Waitrose store in Lewes, East Sussex
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    Aldi
    Aldi’s UK operation posts jump in profits despite recent market share fall

    Chain plans to open 23 new UK sites before end of the year

    Customers with shopping trolleys leave an Aldi supermarket in Ipswich, UK
  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    Greggs PLC
    Greggs targets dinner market with more late openings

    Food-to-go retailer says purchases made after 4pm growing faster than overall average as it continues expansion

    A customer carrying products from a Greggs shop
  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    Tesco PLC
    Tesco boss says he is ‘well paid’ as investors back £10mn package

    Shareholder vote on Ken Murphy’s pay comes as executive remuneration is in the spotlight

    Tesco chief executive Ken Murphy
  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    LexMarks & Spencer Group PLC
    Why this M&S turnaround should finally stick

    A new stores format and better supply chain have helped the retailer achieve consistent sales growth

    Person carries an M&S branded bag
  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    Marks & Spencer Group PLC
    Marks and Spencer chief hails ‘beginnings of a new M&S’ as profits soar

    Retailer pays first dividend since 2019 as turnaround pays off with revival in food and clothing divisions

    A window display at a Marks and Spencer store in London with a pedestrian pulling a suitcase in the foreground
  • Thursday, 25 April, 2024
    J Sainsbury PLC
    Sainsbury’s says customers ready to splurge as it targets higher profits

    Supermarket chain’s chief suggests shoppers are starting to ‘trade up’ as food price inflation eases

    A Sainsbury’s store in west London
  • Monday, 22 April, 2024
    Asda Group
    Asda seeks to raise £2.6bn to refinance debt burden

    UK supermarket has carried heavy debt load since sale to billionaire Issa brothers and TDR Capital

    A shopper with an Asda grocery basket picking up milk at a chiller
  • Wednesday, 10 April, 2024
    Tesco PLC
    Tesco forecasts rising profits as inflation ‘lessens substantially’

    UK grocer reports higher earnings and announces £1bn share buyback

    A Tesco store
  • Monday, 25 March, 2024
    Kingfisher PLC
    B&Q owner Kingfisher forecasts profits will fall this year

    London-listed group strikes cautious note on DIY market

    A B&Q DIY store in Cardiff
  • Thursday, 21 March, 2024
    Next PLC
    UK consumer confidence at its best in seven years, says head of Next

    Shares hit record high after retailer predicts profit of almost £1bn this year

    A sign in the window of a Next store
  • Saturday, 16 March, 2024
    News in-depthJohn Lewis Partnership PLC
    How John Lewis and M&S are faring in the battle for Middle England

    Retailers at different stages of turnarounds are fighting for same affluent consumers

    John Lewis and M&S bags
  • Tuesday, 5 March, 2024
    Greggs PLC
    Greggs forecasts sales to double by 2026

    UK food-to-go retailer targets more store openings as expanded evening trading and digital business boost sales

    People walk past a branch of the UK bakery chain Greggs in London
  • Friday, 12 January, 2024
    Lex PopuliPersonal Finance
    Festive retail detail can offer good guidance for the year ahead

    Lidl and Next enjoy a successful Christmas

    Shoppers at a Lidl store
  • Thursday, 11 January, 2024
    Fortnum & Mason PLC
    Fortnum & Mason Christmas sales jump 17%

    Refurbishment of flagship Piccadilly store and restart of EU deliveries boost number of customers to record levels

  • Thursday, 11 January, 2024
    Tesco and M&S emerge as winners from Christmas trading

    Retailers say demand for premium food ranges drove sales

    A Tesco Express store in the UK
  • Wednesday, 10 January, 2024
    J Sainsbury PLC
    Sainsbury’s shares slide as general merchandise sales disappoint

    Supermarket group among biggest fallers on FTSE 100 as strong grocery Christmas sales are overshadowed

    A customer shops for cooking products at a Sainsbury’s supermarket in London
  • Wednesday, 10 January, 2024
    Greggs PLC
    Greggs shares jump after bumper year for sales

    Food-to-go retailer reveals plans to boost store portfolio after almost 20% rise in full-year revenues

    Greggs staff picking up a doughnut from food display
  • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
    LexMarks & Spencer Group PLC
    M&S: Machin will find it harder to retain retailer’s new rhythm Premium content

    Last year, the chief exec set himself two 5-year goals and has already surpassed them

    Inside an M&S clothes store
  • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
    Marks & Spencer Group PLC
    Marks and Spencer to pay first post-pandemic dividend

    Strong food sales drive higher first-half profits at UK retailer

    A Marks & Spencer store in Kingston-upon-Thames
  • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
    Associated British Foods PLC
    Primark owner ABF boosted by inflation-driven higher prices

    UK-based group that also produces Twinings tea bags warns it expects cost pressures to remain

    A Primark store
  • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
    J Sainsbury PLC
    Sainsbury’s says annual profit will hit upper end of forecast

    Grocery sales jumped a tenth in first half of year as chain claims it is winning share from discounters

    The Sainsbury’s logo outside a supermarket in London
  • Friday, 20 October, 2023
    Anya Hindmarch
    Anya Hindmarch takes back control of luxury brand as turnaround picks up pace

    Handbag maker remains lossmaking but sales have risen

    Anya Hindmarch
  • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
    Boohoo.Com PLC
    Boohoo slashes profits forecast as consumers cut back

    Fast-fashion retailer warns sales will be lower than expected

    An advert for Boohoo’s men’s clothing range
  • Monday, 25 September, 2023
    Aldi
    UK shoppers still struggling with food bills despite inflation waning, says Aldi

    Discount supermarket to increase investment in UK as it targets expansion of store network

    A customer unloads her shopping trolley at the new Aldi store in Tarleton, UK
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