12 further Life & Style shops shut

The administrator to fashion and homewares chain Life & Style are to shut a further 12 shops making another 181 staff redundant.

Allders goes national again with website

Department store Allders launched a transactional website this week, which chief executive Andrew MacKenzie said could turn over more than its high street store in the next three years.

Perfume Shop launches loyalty card scheme

The Perfume Shop is to go live with its loyalty scheme in September and hopes at least half of its 5 million existing customers will have signed up within four years.

Asos drives global sales with further overseas site launches

Asos will launch its next tranche of international websites in September as it seeks to further drive overseas sales.

WorldStores to create umbrella brand

WorldStores, operator of niche websites such as PatioHeatersWorld.co.uk and MattressesWorld.co.uk, is to develop an umbrella brand following an £8.5m venture capital cash injection.

Musgrave saves Irish grocer Superquinn

Musgrave Group will be catapulted into top spot in the Irish grocery market following its acquisition of Superquinn this week.

IT investment hits Evans bottom line

Evans Cycles pre-tax profit slumped from £4m to £941,000 in the year to October 30.

Zara unveils new store design

Fast fashion chain Zara is to unveil an “exciting and experiential” new store design in Westfield Stratford City in September.

June sales rise despite drop in food spending

Retail sales values in June rose by 4% compared with the previous year and volume sales showed a marginal increase as food sales had its largest fall on record.

Superquinn boss exits days after Musgrave take over

The chief executive of Superquinn, the Irish grocer that was bought out of receivership by rival Musgrave on Tuesday, has left the business.