Halfords boss Matt Davies will take up role in June, while Tesco plans for 43 store closures and consolidation of head office locations. Retail giant Tesco has seen an improved performance over Christmas, with UK like-for-like sales ...
Tags: Christmas, store management, Toys
The founder and MD of the UK toy wholesaler leaves to pursue new opportunities and develop the Slow Toy Movement. Founder and managing director of Asobi, Thierry Bourret, has stepped down from his role with the company. After six years ...
The Snowy White packs will consist of 10 white shell free range eggs and will be sold exclusively in Tesco stores nationwide from the 10 December. Unlike the famous sunshine yellow packaging that Happy Egg is known for, Snowy Whites will ...
Tags: Happy Egg, Tesco, Snowy White packs
"We work very hard on the school side, constantly amending our range to suit what the schools are looking for," says firm. Arts and crafts firm, Artstraws has enjoyed a positive 2014, largely thanks to the school market. Around 60 per ...
Tags: Schools Driving, Toys
Around 48% of all the pizzas surveyed across the UK were found to exceed the recommended limit for an entire day (6g/day), according to a report by the Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) and World Action on Salt and Health (WASH). ...
Tags: Half of Pizzas, Food
Sports Direct International Plc reported group revenue rose 6.5 percent to .43 billion in the 26 weeks ended Oct. 26. The UK-based retailer, which has been acquiring retailers across Europe, reported revenues at its Sports Retail division ...
Tags: Premium Lifestyle, Sporting Goods
Flexible packaging such as plastic bags, confectionery wrappers, frozen food bags and pouches makes up nearly a third (32%) of consumer plastic packaging in the UK, however virtually all of this 556,000 tonnes produced annually ends up in ...
The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published the cumulative results from the first two quarters of its year-long survey of campylobacter on fresh chickens, which showed that 70 per cent of chicken sold in UK supermarkets were ...
Tags: Chicken, Campylobacter Bacteria
Southeast Asian online retailer, Lazada has raised €200 million in a new funding round led by Singapore investment company Temasek . In a statement, Lazada said Temasek joined existing investors including Verlinvest, Kinnevik and ...
Tags: Online Retailer, Apparel
British cheese maker Wensleydale Creamery has launched a new crumbly cheese slice in the market, manufactured using its Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese. The new product will be available at all Asda stores as 160g re-closable packs of six ...
Tags: Cheese Slice, creamy flavour, Agriculture
The Entertainer, Smyths, Argos and Harrods all jump on board the US tradition as predicted UK consumer spend hits £360,000 a minute today. Websites have been crashing, shoppers have been clashing and the police have even been ...
Tags: Black Friday, Toys
The BOSS Federation will be holding a one day conference considering the ‘Future of the Office Products Industry’ on 14 January 2015 at the prestigious St Bride Foundation in London. The event is completely free to BOSS members ...
Tags: Office Products, Office Supplies
'Fun gift for boys' sign has been removed from all Tesco stores, after Maggie Cole spotted the poster in her local store in Dorset. The fight for gender neutrality in toy shops may have itself a new face, as Tesco felt the wrath of a ...
426 character dolls imitating Anna and Elsa from the hit Disney film were seized. Hundreds of fake Frozen toys have been seized by trading standards officers, as retailers report sell out sales of the range in the UK. Nearly 2,000 knock ...
Tags: character dolls, Disney film, Toys
Popular characters span 208 stickers. Giromax has launched a collectable Zelfs stickers album. The sticker collection features popular characters including Buttershy, Spellinda, Vampula, Tressa and Angelala. The album is made up of a ...
Tags: Zelfs stickers album, Toys