Nicola Harrison

Waitrose sales were up 9.6% last week as it benefitted from John Lewis shoppers picking up click-and-collect orders in its stores.

Martin Harris, the son of Carpetright founder Lord Harris, is planning to open a 200-store nationwide flooring retailer in the summer.

Fashion retailer Bank's former management are in the running, as well as franchisees of Danish fashion giant Bestseller, to take over stores left vacant by its collapse.

A flooring retailer led by former Carpetright director Martin Harris and backed by investors including Lord Kirkham has launched nationally.

Fashion retailer Blue Inc is to shut a quarter of its stores as it seeks to focus on growth areas including online and international.

Menswear retailer Blue Inc is today closing almost a third of its stores in a bid to restructure the business for “profitable growth”.

It’s not all doom and gloom on the high street, or the virtual high street at least, as fashion etailer Boohoo’s full year update testifies.

Mary Portas explains that retail could be in for “a very good summer” after Brexit caused a favourable market for international money.

BHS’s Oxford Street flagship in London closed its doors for the final time this weekend.

Consumers have revealed which brands they most want to see on their local high streets as part of a wide-ranging new report.