Iceland won the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Retail Industry Awards last week, tallying to a record-breaking collection of accolades. This award is for real customer satisfaction and is measured by the IGD’s ShopperVista monthly shopping tracker.
Barter is a practice that has evolved since its ancestral days, and as managing director of trading platform Bartercard UK, Mark Williams explains, “gone are the days when you swapped a sheep for a goat”.
There is only so much vegans can get from eating French fries in McDonalds, especially since they took mozzarella sticks off their menu. McDonalds has decided to give them some satisfaction by creating a vegan burger.
As the recession deterred investors from the money markets, Mail Boxes Etc in Edinburgh turned its attention to art, antiques and upscale whiskies. Today, its specialised business in shipping art, collectables and antiques all over the world has hit its 10,000th shipment mark.
With their new shop in Leeds, Mr Awkright’s Tool Emporium take some customers-old-enough-to-remember and nostalgia lovers alike, down memory lane with its vintage design.
The Seattle native coffeehouse chain kicks start autumn with their iconic milky beverage that gives you a daily dose of sugar and spice and everything nice.
River Island’s childrenswear and mobile shopping has boosted profits up to 70% and numbers are on the rise. The family-owned high street retailer launched River Island Mini last year and it has since claimed a chunk of the £4.6B UK childrenswear market.
Mobalpa, the French leading kitchen manufacturer opens its first showroom in Yorkshire. The state-of-the-art showroom give customers a glimpse into the kitchens of their dreams with products, design open plan areas and storage solutions beautifully displayed in real settings.
In keeping up with the ever-changing ice cream market, Haagen Dazs has upped its game to the next level. The favourite household ice cream brand has announced it will create five new cocktail themed flavours with just enough alcohol to booze it up to the perfect taste.
After touring New York City and Venice Beach, California, Tommy Hilfinger closes London Fashion Week with his “Tommynow” show filled with rock inspired and 90’s themed grunge styles, featuring his star ambassador Gigi Hadid and coed styles for the first time since 2010.
Marks & Spencer drives down the sustainability road in full throttle with the redesign of food packaging to cut down plastic usage and transport costs.
For those who have never heard of KFC’s latest addition to its ‘finger lickin good’ fried chicken family, the Double Down burger is known for its decadence.
The Pan-Asian casual dining chain restaurant, Wagamama has seen a 19% upsurge in its 2016 annual results boasting a reported turnover of £228.1m compared to £191.7m in 2015.
PANDORA, the leading international jewellery manufacturer and retailer expands strategic corporate alliance with Disney to cover additional markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
In an exclusive interview for Advertiser, Five Guys, the deliciously famous American burger joint, announced they will be soon opening a new restaurant in Croydon. Last January it was reported Five Guys were planning to convert the former Yate’s pub in the High Street into a 209-seater restaurant.
On the 25th September 2017 Costa Coffee in Dubai completed a successful drone delivery trial in response to a growing demand. Costa Coffee took on a unique trial service in Dubai after 82% of its UAE customers expressed they would very much enjoy a drone drop delivery of Costa Coffee products.
After securing a £27 million refinancing deal with Danske Bank, The Herbert Group, the largest KFC operator in central Europe, plans on expanding its network and growing its headcount to 5,000.
With over 80 showrooms nationwide, Dream Doors is the UK’s largest kitchen facelift retailers to launch a recruitment drive to take over the 40 plus territories thirsty for business.
To change one’s life around and shift a major career move from the public sector to running a successful business in the private, can be considered an unimaginable feat.
Belvoir letting agency announces a record breaking year for franchise license renewals in 2017 and with 34 offices around the country, it celebrates a total of 325 collective years with the company.
Some of South Africa’s brightest artists starred in Nando’s first pop-up gallery in the Soho restaurant where patrons had the opportunity to enjoy guest appearances from the artists and special panellists whilst savouring the UK’s favourite chicken eatery’s Peri-Peri chicken.
Deep crust pizza lovers are in for a double treat with Papa John’s new deep crust pizza. With a thicker, mouth-watering cheesy crust and an extra cup of cheese that spreads all the way to the edges, this new pizza is cooked in a special extra deep pan and based with a new recipe sauce.
Costa Coffee partners up with Cambridge Wireless (CW) and The Innovation Dividend and appeals to the UK tech scene for inspiration on ways to enhance the customer experience in their newly opened Bradfield Centre in Cambridge.
The burgeoning sign network is going an extra mile to ensure their business’ steady growth. By the end of 2017, the will be opening six new stores across the country and has announced they will aid any new Signs Express start-up by funding them with £30,000.
As food and beverage brands like Ben & Jerry’s and Baileys almond milk liquor are moving away from animal products with new diary-free alternatives, Pizza Hut launches a vegan cheese pizza.
The Costa chain’s expansion is on the rise as it takes over a former Game outlet in Erdington, Birmingham and joins the Marischal Square development in Aberdeen, Scotland. A former Game outlet in High Street Erdington, which has been vacant since June 2016, will soon house a new Costa Coffee shop.
The UK’s leader in , Metro Rod, is taking the industry by storm. Acquired by Kidderminster-headquartered Franchise Brands in April for £28.5m, Metro Rod’s half-year figures boasts a rise in revenue to £8.64m compared to £2.4m during the same period in 2016.
Creams Café, the luxury Italian gelato and dessert chain specialising in ice cream, waffles, crepes, cakes and sundaes will be opening shops in Brentwood and Chelmsford sometime early this year.
As Fastsigns celebrates the first successful year in operation of two of its in the UK – Oxford North and Bolton branches, the International brand’s MD, John Davies, lays out his plans for expansion which include future franchise opportunities across the country, co-branding, merging or the buying
The 12th September 2017 marked the first-year anniversary as Driver Hire franchisees for Tony Goacher (Croydon) and Andy O’Donnell (Nottingham). Tony was a member of the Driver Hire senior management team before he decided to buy his own franchise and becoming his own boss.
Subway brand announces a refurbishment programme that will bring the chain’s 2,500-strong store estate up to par with the consumer’s growing expectations.
