Sports Direct and Harveys workers ‘are asked to check stores and clear shelves’

Sports Direct and Harveys have been accused of claiming money from the taxpayer while secretly sending furloughed employees into work. Senior managers have set up private Whatsapp groups where they order staff members to visit shuttered stores and clear shelves, so stock can be sent back to the distribution centre for sale online. Some managers … Read more

Sports Direct and Harveys workers ‘are asked to check stores and clear shelves’

Sports Direct and Harveys have been accused of claiming money from the taxpayer while secretly sending furloughed employees into work. Senior managers have set up private Whatsapp groups where they order staff members to visit shuttered stores and clear shelves, so stock can be sent back to the distribution centre for sale online. Some managers … Read more

M&S launches home-delivery from 142 UK stores on Deliveroo before £750m Ocado deal in September

M&S launches home-delivery service from 142 UK stores on Deliveroo today – before its £750m Ocado deal is due to begin in September M&S have made more than 130 food and household items available on Deliveroo There is a £4.99 delivery charge but all other costs remain the same as in store M&S will also … Read more

DIY stores, at-home tests and frostbitten toes: DR ELLIE CANNON answers your questions

My local DIY store has just reopened, so does that mean it’s now safe to enter? B&Q reopened all of its stores last week, having closed them at the start of lockdown. DIY stores were always classed as essential and were not instructed to close by the Government. There are also calls for the opening … Read more

Costa Coffee will reopen another 29 stores across Britain for deliveries and drive-through orders

Costa Coffee will reopen another 29 stores across Britain for deliveries and drive-through orders taking the total to 33 as all staff are given PPE Four Costa branches re-opened in Manchester, Bristol and Mansfield on April 24 Another 12 delivery only and 17 drive-through stores are re-opening today Costa Coffee joins the likes of McDonald’s … Read more

Costa Coffee will reopen another 29 stores across Britain for deliveries and drive-through orders

Costa Coffee will reopen another 29 stores across Britain for deliveries and drive-through orders taking the total to 33 as all staff are given PPE Four Costa branches re-opened in Manchester, Bristol and Mansfield on April 24 Another 12 delivery only and 17 drive-through stores are re-opening today Costa Coffee joins the likes of McDonald’s … Read more

Remarkable black and white images capture the stores along historic Route 66 during the 1950s

The death of Charles Custer, a retired Chicago lawyer who passed away at the age of 91 in January might have gone unnoticed had he not left behind a stunning trove of photographs that captures the innocence of a bygone era. Originally reported by the Chicago Sun-Times, Custer was a prominent Hyde Park resident with … Read more

Apple Stores in the US could begin reopening in May according to internal employee briefing

Apple Stores in the US could begin reopening in May according to internal briefing given to employees In an internal briefing for employees, Apple says its stores could reopen in May No locations or dates were specified but it will include ‘many more stores’ Apple previously reopened one of its stores in Seoul for limited … Read more

John Lewis bosses decide whether stores should close permanently highly unlikely all 50 will re-open

John Lewis bosses are deciding which of their 50 stores will re-open after the coronavirus lockdown eases, with inside sources claiming it is ‘highly unlikely’ all of them will survive.  The High Street giant was forced to close all 35 of its department stores and 15 smaller John Lewis At Home shops when Britain went … Read more