Primark expects sales to reach £2BN by the end of the year

Primark expects to rake in £2billion worth of sales by the end of the year since reopening its stores in June. The cheap fashion group, which does not operate an online shop, beat its sales expectations in the last quarter amid ‘reassuring and encouraging’ signs that shoppers still have an appetite for inexpensive fast fashion. … Read more

Mother-of-three captures shocking moment £1 Primark candle EXPLODED

Mother captures shocking moment £1 Primark candle EXPLODED after just 45 minutes of use as she warns the bargain glass product should be taken off the shelves Chelsea Pavey, 29, of Essex, purchased the glass candle from Primark on Sunday But two days later, the bargain product exploded after just 45 minutes of use The item … Read more

Workers at vegetable farm went to Primark and three supermarkets just days before 73 tested positive

Workers at a Covid-19 hit vegetable farm went on a shopping trip to Primark and three supermarkets just days before 73 staff tested positive for the virus. Around 200 workers are being forced to isolate in mobile homes on the site in Herefordshire. There are now fears infected farmhands from AS Green and Co on … Read more

Workers at vegetable farm went to Primark and three supermarkets just days before 73 tested positive

Workers at a Covid-19 hit vegetable farm went on a shopping trip to Primark and three supermarkets just days before 73 staff tested positive for the virus. Around 200 workers are being forced to isolate in mobile homes on the site in Herefordshire. There are now fears infected farmhands from AS Green and Co on … Read more

Primark ‘rejects Rishi Sunak’s £30million furlough bonus’

Primark has reject around £30million in ‘bonuses’ from the government for bringing back furloughed staff, it was revealed today. The retail chain will shun the huge payout unveiled by Rishi Sunak last week as he desperately battles to avoid a wave of redundancies. The firm had furloughed 30,000 staff and is said to have burned … Read more

Primark ‘rejects Rishi Sunak’s £30million furlough bonus’

Primark is expected to reject around £30million in ‘bonuses’ from the government for bringing back furloughed staff, it emerged today. The retail chain will reportedly shun the huge payout unveiled by Rishi Sunak last week as he desperately battles to avoid a wave of redundancies. The firm had furloughed 30,000 staff and is said to … Read more

Fast fashion drives recovery at Primark as crisis costs it £600m

Fast fashion drives recovery at Primark as crisis costs it £600m with sales for the past quarter plummeting 75% By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 2 July 2020 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 2 July 2020 Sales at the fast fashion retailer Primark’s stores are recovering well after the Covid-19 pandemic cost … Read more

Why can children go to Primark but NOT school?’: Furious Tory MPs ask teaching unions

Teaching unions were today accused by MPs of running a ‘disgraceful political campaign’ to keep classrooms closed by making parents fear they are ‘deathtraps’ when children can now go to Primark but not to school. Rowing broke out as the heads of the four main teaching unions appeared before the Education Select Committee to discuss … Read more

Why can children go to Primark but NOT school?’: Furious Tory MPs ask teaching unions

Teaching unions were today accused by MPs of running a ‘disgraceful political campaign’ to keep classrooms closed by making parents fear they are ‘deathtraps’ when children can now go to Primark but not to school. Rowing broke out as the heads of the four main teaching unions appeared before the Education Select Committee to discuss … Read more

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: If hordes of shoppers are free to mob Primark, why can’t they go back to work?

The first thought that occurred to me as I saw the crowds queuing to get into shops yesterday morning was: Why aren’t they at work?  Some of the bargain hunters jostling outside Nike Town, on London’s Oxford Street, looked as if they’d come straight from a Black Lives Matter demo.  Queue jumpers tried to force … Read more