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The creative industries have called upon the UK government to stop plans that would allow the BBC to run advertising on its audio content in the UK in an letter. The letter was addressed to Lisa Nandy, the secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport and was signed by 18 signatories including Global,...

By Mark Fergusson, Head of Client Engagement, Tritax Big Box In the Year of the Fire Horse, Chinese operators are entering a new phase of UK expansion. Earlier this summer, I joined Cushman & Wakefield’s Europe Unlocked conferences across China to meet retailers, alongside 3PLs and adjacent businesses planning European operations in the next 6...

H&M has reportedly filed for redundancies for its UK head office, in a move that is set to affect around 250 employees.

Morrisons has announced plans to introduce vision-based AI technology across up to 200 stores. The supermarket has signed a long-term partnership with retail technology firm Everseen following a successful trial of its Evercheck platform. The system uses real-time computer vision to identify items that may not have been scanned correctly and gives customers on-screen prompts...

British eyewear brand Cubitts has launched a new campaign celebrating Manchester which stars television personality and “Boddingtons girl” Melanie Sykes. The campaign sees Sykes return to her hometown, posing in locations including the Northern Quarter, the Grade II-listed Toast Rack building and the streets of Ashton-under-Lyne. The campaign marks Sykes’ first major fashion shoot since...

Time Out is set to open its first London food and cultural market at Piccadilly Circus, creating around 130 jobs. The media and hospitality group has signed a long-term agreement with The Crown Estate to launch Time Out Market London at the 10 Piccadilly development, 55 Regent Street, in summer 2028. The seven-figure investment will...

Footwear retailer Dr Martens has named Alia Gogi as an independent non-executive director of the company, effective from 1 September 2026. She will also be a member of the audit and risk, remuneration and nomination committees. Gogi most recently was the president, Asia at Sephora, where she was responsible for overseeing operations across ten markets....

Vice-president and general manager Eve Williams explains why AI should disappear into the experience, why the strongest live-commerce hosts are experts rather than influencers, and how community is becoming one of eBay’s most persuasive forms of brand building… For a marketplace with billions of listings, the biggest marketing challenge facing eBay is to make an...

Dunelm has launched an AI-powered shopping assistant that allows customers to search for products, receive recommendations and visualise items in their homes through natural conversation. The company’s new ‘Ask Dunelm’ tool is now available within its iOS app and has been developed in partnership with Google Cloud. Customers can use the assistant to describe what...

Elf Beauty has raised its annual forecasts, after demand for affordable cosmetics and the expansion of Hailey Bieber’s Rhode brand drove a 36 per cent jump in quarterly sales. The company now expects fiscal 2027 net sales of between £1.44bn and £1.46bn, up from its previous forecast of £1.37bn to £1.39bn. Its adjusted earnings forecast...