My cartoon for Thursday's Metro Metro Picture Desk #Russian #UkraineRussiaWar #Ukraine️ #Napoleon

Asda co-owner Mohsin Issa steps back as Rose and ex-eBay boss take charge retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2024/09/a…

Exclusive: Morrisons, the supermarket chain, has struck a £370m ground rent deal with property investor Song Capital to release value from the Bradford-based company’s real estate portfolio, with the proceeds likely to be used to shrink its £4bn debt pile. news.sky.com/story/morrison…

Apparently at WH Smith station bookshop at Milton Keynes Central ... Fine work, people. Fine work.

Chaucer on old age.

Exclusive: The Range is closing in on a deal to buy up to 75 Homebase stores as part of a pre-pack administration of the DIY retailer which will salvage about 1,500 jobs but leave doubts over roughly 1,700 more. Full story on Sky News shortly.

This must be a joke?

Bushy Park won't win the "Plain English" Award this year: "It won’t be possible to buy a Christmas tree in Bushy Park this year because we have decided to pause sales in the park for this season. This decision is part of an ongoing evaluation of our retail offerings...". Meaning?

🚨Chaotic scenes here at Kings Cross St Pancras underground station Station has been evacuated “due to a reported emergency” LBC LBC News

Lord Hague of Richmond will serve as the next Chancellor of University of Oxford, having won a majority of support in the final round of voting for the post. Lord Hague becomes the 160th recorded Chancellor in the University’s history, a role that dates back at least 800 years.

The first new Waitrose in 6 years, in Hampton Hill,is next door to a Tesco Express and a Cavan's Bakery,but still has a small in-store bakery of it's own

MARBLE ARCH PLANS APPROVED I am delighted that, after three unnecessary years of delays, obfuscation and political posturing at its worst under the previous Government, our plans for Marble Arch – the only retail-led regeneration proposal on Oxford Street – have finally been

After the success of Currys (+88%) as my “Tip” for 2024, ‘momentum’ (rather than ‘recovery’) looks the way to go this year and my “Tip” for 2025 is...M&S

Exclusive: The Warsaw-listed owner of Poundland, which employs about 18,000 people in the UK, has drafted in AlixPartners, the consulting firm, to advise on options to arrest a slump in sales; a radical restructuring is among the measures being considered. news.sky.com/story/poundlan…

'People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones'...but, fresh from its humiliating defeat over its plan to vote Mahmud Kamani off the Board of Boohoo, Frasers is now attacking the remuneration paid to his son Umar...

Paradise: The mystery show with the best opening episode in years independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…

Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow and predicts six more weeks of winter! #GroundhogDay

Revealed: Bensons for Beds-owner Alteri and Hobbycraft-backer Modella Capital are to stage a two-way shootout for the future of the 233 year-old WH Smith high street chain later this spring after the pair made it onto a final shortlist of bidders. news.sky.com/story/two-way-…

WINNER! Congratulations to Stuart Machin, CEO, M&S for winning the Salesforce Retail Week Award for the Retail Leader of the Year! #RWAwards25 Salesforce Retail Trust

NEW 🧵 The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border.