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Primark is gearing up standalone home store
Fashion giant Primark is gearing up to open the doors to its first standalone home store later this year.
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Analysis
What will 2025 bring? Primark, Tesco, Amazon, Sephora and H&M bosses predict the year ahead
Looking ahead: What will shape retail in 2025? We’ve asked the top bosses in British retail to gaze into the horizon and give us their predictions for the industry’s next chapter.
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Primark is creating 580 jobs with flurry of new international store openings
Exclusive: Primark has opened the doors to four new stores in four countries today in a bumper opening day for the fashion retailer as it continues to bolster its international store portfolio ahead of Christmas.
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Primark brings new store concept to the UK as it eyes further global expansion opportunities
Fashion giant Primark has opened the doors to a new store in Bolton that brings its new store concept to the UK for the first time as it eyes further opportunities in new markets.
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In pictures: Black Friday – who’s doing it, who’s not, and how deep are the discounts?
Since being imported from the US to the UK by Amazon in 2010, Black Friday has become a firm fixture on retail’s promotional calendar.
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Analysis
Retail 2025: How Molton Brown, Mamas & Papas and N Brown are taking ESG seriously
Retailers are taking heed of environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters, and in many cases are also realising the commercial benefits that come with focusing on these issues as opposed to solely chasing profit at all costs.
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Primark brings £1.5bn boost to UK high streets, report finds
For every £10 spent at a UK Primark store a further £3.60 is spent in other stores, restaurants and cafes, boosting high street spend by £1.5bn a year, according to a new report.
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Budget backlash: Sainsbury’s boss warns tax rises will lead to higher prices
Despite posting surging profits and sales at the half year, Sainsbury’s boss Simon Roberts became the latest retail boss to warn that Labour’s all stick and no carrot approach to business will lead to higher prices.
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‘Disappointing’ Budget will cost Primark ‘tens of millions’, says ABF boss
The “disappointing” Budget for UK high streets will cost fashion giant Primark “tens of millions” of pounds, according to Associated British Food’s (ABF) chief executive George Weston.
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Retail Navigator Analysis
Primark (Financials)
Total sales at Primark rose 4.9% to £9,448m in the year to 14 September 2024 (FY2024). Revenue climbed 6% in constant currency, which the retailer said reflected “a strong performance” across its key growth markets, including the US, France, Spain, Italy and Central and Eastern Europe (‘CEE’), as well as the UK (its largest market).
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Primark profits rocket as sales climb
Value clothing powerhouse Primark has posted a big rise in full-year profits, helped by factors such as lower costs.
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Retail Navigator Analysis
Primark (Strategy)
Primark announces a three-year project with WRAP to support its “commitment to giving clothes a longer life”. The partnership will explore how collaboration and innovative solutions can keep clothing in circulation for longer to help reduce textile waste.
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Primark is opening its first store in Manhattan as US expansion ramps up
Primark has confirmed it will open its first store in Manhattan, New York City, as part of its ongoing international expansion as the value fashion giant targets 60 stores in the US by 2026.
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M&S set to overtake TK Maxx and Frasers as UK’s second-largest fashion retailer
Exclusive: Marks & Spencer is forecast to overtake a number of its rivals to become the UK’s second-biggest fashion retailer behind Next by 2027, Retail Week can reveal.
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Report Store
Retail 2025
Exclusive: 43 retail leaders from 39 businesses reveal their strategies for 2025
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Analysis
Half a century of savings: How Primark has shaped the British high street and its plans for the future
As Primark celebrates its 50th anniversary on the British high street, UK retail director Kari Rodgers speaks to Retail Week about the evolution and expansion of the business over the past five decades and how it plans to continue on an upward trajectory.
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Primark rolls out click and collect to more stores in time for Christmas
Primark is rolling out its click-and-collect service to a further 54 stores in time for Christmas as the retailer celebrates 50 years on the high street.
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Primark has maintained its guidance despite unseasonable summer weather taking toll
Fashion giant Primark has maintained its full-year guidance despite the unseasonable British summer taking its toll during the second half.
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Primark launches pre-loved pop-up shops
Retail giant Primark is launching its first Swap Shop initiative for customers to allow them to swap vintage and pre-loved clothes in stores.
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Primark opens new US store dedicated to Disney
Fashion giant Primark has opened its newest store in Orlando, Florida, in partnership with The Walt Disney Company.