Unide Continues To Expand With 36 New-Store Openings In 2026
Spain’s Unide added ten supermarkets to its portfolio between July and September, bringing its total to 36 new stores for 2026.
Retail news
Fresh headlines across food, beverage, personal-care, home-care, retail and FMCG services, updated automatically and linked to the original publishers.
HMRC silent on action over rogue business rates agents
The tax authority rejected a Freedom of Information request from Better Retailing for how many breaches of HMRC’s agent standards had been reported and the outcome of these reports
C-stores holding off vape price increases as duty begins
All vaping liquids manufactured in, or imported into, the UK from 1 October are now subject to excise duty
H-E-B’s foot traffic growth far outpaces the rest of the industry, research finds
The Texas grocer saw visits rise over six times faster year-over-year between January and August than grocers overall, according to Placer.ai.
EXCLUSIVE: Smart Store Network to pay shop owners for hosting major brands’ ads on their social media pages
An alliance of retail tech firms, led by Rascal Systems, claim their new Smart Store Network will pay shop owners and boost their footfall
ANL renews £10,000 NewstrAid sponsorship for 2026
The publisher has supported the newspaper and magazine industry charity since 2022
Fed member warns DRS could divert 20-30% of footfall
Kaual Patel acknowledged the costs of DRS but said lost business to participating competitors could be greater
EXCLUSIVE: InPost removes services from more PayPoint stores blaming “changing customer demand”
InPost's decision to cut more PayPoint stores out of its network comes as it continues to roll out lockers throughout the UK.
Tesco doubles down on digital as profits and guidance climb
Tesco has increased its profit guidance to between £3.15bn and £3.3bn (from £3bn and £3.3bn) following a strong interim set of results for the first half of financial year…
Eighty one per cent expect to be better prepared for disruption but 54% still manage supply chain risk reactively, BSI finds
Discover what's happening in retail today, Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and much more…
Cushman & Wakefield Retail Radar: European retail expansion splits between compact stores and supersized flagships
Discover what's happening in retail today, Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and much more…
Booker invests in “better buying” to offset retail sales decline
The wholesaler's retail arm was the best performing division in recent results