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Retail bosses warn some store in lockdown may never reopen

Some stores closed during lockdown may never reopen. Now in the midst of the holiday season, the peak sales period for many brands and fashion businesses, there is anguish amongst retail chief executives who fear of longterm damage to the UK’s high street if the second lockdown is extended. In an open letter to The Times newspaper sent from the...

Fashion

Employment discontent rises

New research out shows that 84% of employees would not recommend their current company as a place of work. The Retail Eyes and Retail Gazette Salary Survey 2011 released recently shows that 53% of workers in the retail industry were detractors of their current company as an employer. Editor for Retail Gazette, Ben Sillitoe, warned that this...