LEGO Super Mario has done it again, cracking another retailer’s top ten toys for Christmas 2020, as the supermarket giant, Tesco reveals its own predictions of the wish list winners this year. Alongside the popular Nintendo and LEGO collaborative building set, toy vehicles and play-sets that “entertain children for longer”, …
Read More »Boppi and Harry Potter LEGO tipped in Tesco’s top ten toys for Christmas
Boppi the booty shaking Llama has topped Tesco’s top ten toys for Christmas list, the supermarket giant’s own prediction of what the best selling toys will be this year. Boppi is joined on the grocer’s list by big hitting items such as the LEGO Hogwarts’ Clock Tower from Harry Potter, …
Read More »Retailers call for ‘urgent government action’ to save a high street in strife
Retailers are calling for urgent government action to help high streets in their struggle for footfall and sales as new data reveals that the number of shops, pubs and restaurants closing is rising at the fastest rate in ten years. According to the research, around 16 stores closed their doors …
Read More »Smiffys twice-shortlisted for Barbie and Roald Dahl fancy dress at Licensing Awards 2019
The fancy dress specialist, Smiffys may well be wearing its lucky outfit come this September, having been shortlisted not once but twice for the best dress-up award at this year’s Licensing Awards. Both the Smiffys’ 60th Anniversary Limited Edition Barbie Costume and its children’s Roald Dahl collection have been shortlisted …
Read More »“Unsustainable” business rates system needs reform, says Tesco boss Dave Lewis
The boss of Tesco has called on internet retail giants like Amazon to pay new sales tax to support shops on the British high street, warning that the current business rates system is ‘unsustainable.’ Dave Lewis, who has been the CEO of Tesco since 2014, suggested in a piece written …
Read More »Former Tesco’s buyer Dawn Lavalette joins the “eminently scalable” Wow! Stuff as new commercial director
Wow Stuff has seen 50 per cent so far this year as it sees an stark uptake in its newly created Demonstration Division, now headed up by Jon Birch.
Read More »Tesco takes battle to Aldi and Lidl with discount store chain launch hints
According to retail insiders, Tesco may name the chain Jack’s after it was noted that a division of the grocery group had attempted to register the name as a retail trademark.
Read More »Tesco-Carrefour alliance called into question by French antitrust
The inquiry has been launched to “assess the competitive impact of these purchasing partnerships on the concerned markets, both upstream for the suppliers and downstream for the consumers.”
Read More »Tesco profits rebound to £1.6bn
Boss David Lewis has led the turnaround for the supermarket as profits soar by 24.8 per cent.
Read More »Aldi and Lidl outpace the Big Four in UK expansion race
The pair are pressing ahead with ambitious growth plans here in the UK, with a combined total of 128 planning applications having been submitted for new stores in 2017.
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