Amazon cuts retail jobs after “overhiring”
Amazon has cut 1,000 corporate jobs, with the majority of roles affected sitting within its Stores division, which oversees the retailer’s core ecommerce operations. The latest…
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British drugstore chain Boots to come under Canadian ownership
The Canadian billionaire Weston family, former owners of the luxury department store chain Selfridges, is acquiring the British drugstore chain Boots from the investment fund…
Housing-Led Social Supermarket Opens In Dublin For Community Development
Irish non-profit FoodCloud, Co-operative Housing Ireland and local development company Empower have opened a social supermarket in Dublin.
ECOVACS brings roller-mopping technology to UK and Irish retail
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Sapling Spirits wins at Footprint Drinks Sustainability Award
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Boots Deal Could Bring Canada’s Westons Back To Irish Retail
The Weston family’s return to its Irish retail roots could be on the cards as its Canadian branch reportedly nears deal to acquire Boots.
Holiday hiring is getting ‘smaller and more surgical’
Many of the biggest U.S. companies are staying quiet about their Q4 plans amid uneasy consumer confidence reports and shifting staffing models.
Sycamore nears $9bn deal to offload Boots to Wittington Investments
By acquiring Boots, the Weston family would return to British retail following its £4bn sale of Selfridges in 2022
Wayfair ups investment in sports for values-focused brand platform
The retailer is amplifying its latest effort by increasing advertising investment across the networks airing football games to five times its previous spend.
“Carrefour to pay 155 million euros for Colruyt Group’s French neighborhood store division”
According to the French business publication La Lettre, Carrefour is on the verge of acquiring Codifrance, the Colruyt Group subsidiary that supplies neighborhood stores such as…
Management buy-out at Prénatal: CEO is new owner
Prénatal is getting a new owner: CEO Jochem van Bueren is acquiring all shares in the Dutch maternity and children's retailer from the German investor Mutares.
GUEST COMMENT How “good friction” can rebuild consumer trust this Black Friday
Steffen Schreier, SVP of Product and Portfolio, Proximus Global, looks at why the idea of removing all friction from the customer journey is backfiring for retailers. The post…