House of Fraser reportedly had a weak Christmas trading period with a newspaper report on saying that its sales plummeted year-on-year in the 12 weeks up to December 18.
Major consumer companies including Unilever and Procter & Gamble are chasing consumers who want goods delivered automatically, pitching new online subscription services, even though these have not always worked.
Klarna, the Swedish payments specialist has a new minority investor - rapper Snoop Dogg via his Casa Verde Capital fund. The company has also just unveiled a new marketing campaign starring the celebrity.
Mamas & Papas continued to struggle in its latest year as it reported another loss, although there were some bright spots as its online sales continued to accelerate and now make up nearly a third of its total turnover.
More bad news for UK retail came on Wednesday as the latest Consumer Spending Index, compiled by IHS Markit, showed total consumer spending down 1% in December.
Fashion was the star performer at John Lewis again in the latest week although overall sales saw only a tiny rise. Women's accessories did well, as did kidswear.
Selfridges has released its biggest campaign yet dedicated to taking the arts out of galleries and museums often perceived as intimidating and putting them in unexpected and more accessible public places.
A newspaper report has suggested that Debenhams’ ongoing efforts to secure its future could see as many as 90 store closures with 10,000 jobs to be axed as a result.
As December footfall dropped, the company tracking the figures has warned that discounts are severely hurting the Christmas shopping season and damaging retail health in general.
Shop Direct delivered some (late) Christmas cheer on Monday morning with news that it enjoyed “strong” seasonal trading in what was an undeniably challenging market.
The Wisconsin-based department store operator reported an increase of 1.2% in comps for the 2018 holiday period, a significant deceleration when compared to the growth of 6.9% seen in the prior-year period.
Amazon.com Inc shares see-sawed on Thursday as investors questioned how the impending divorce of company founder Jeff Bezos would affect his control of the most valuable company on Wall Street.
There was a huge upset at Debenhams on Thursday as a major shareholder lost patience with its top two execs. The result is that its chairman stepped down after the AGM and the CEO has been voted off the board.
There’s rarely good news surrounding UK department store Debenhams these days, and its Christmas trading update on Thursday certainly didn't deliver much, although there were some crumbs of comfort in a bleak report.
M&S Christmas sales fell, but the company stayed upbeat on its transformation programme and at least its online sales saw healthy growth.
