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Nick Bubb

@NickBubb1

The legendary Retail Guru and author of The Daily Retailer. Also cricket lover, racing tipster, bookworm, gardener, weather expert and avid newspaper reader!

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Joined October 2011
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Quite brilliant
Duncan Stone (@StoneDunk) profile pictureDuncan Stone@StoneDunkOct 15
Neither Cartier-Bresson, Banksy nor Cold War Steve could have come up with such an image. Absolutely perfect composition and lighting (even the road signs are perfect)! 😍
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Exclusive: Mike Ashley has written to PM Andy Burnham about his plans to revive the high street branding them “delusional” and “populist”. Urges the government to do more on shoplifting, business rates and price fixing on football kits.. as.ft.com/r/02bc35fe-e5cd-4a…
Andy Burnham’s high street plan is ‘delusional’, says Mike Ashley

Andy Burnham’s high street plan is ‘delusional’, says Mike Ashley

Billionaire behind Frasers Group slams prime minister’s business rates reform and crackdown on discounting

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Checkmate, Nige.
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“War is raging and the galaxy is in chaos. Where is Vader?” “He’s on social media slagging off Bruce Springsteen, sir.”
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Exclusive: Associated British Foods, the owner of Allied Bakeries, is close to naming ex-M&S executive Eoin Tonge as the permanent CEO of clothing chain Primark, even as it grapples with tough trading conditions and a potential demerger of the business. news.sky.com/story/mark-klei…
Mark Kleinman blog | See the latest stories from Sky News' City editor

Mark Kleinman blog | See the latest stories from Sky News' City editor

Mark Kleinman has broken numerous major stories about the corporate and financial sectors since joining Sky News in 2009. See his latest stories, analysis and updates here, and follow him on X at...

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Exclusive: Morrisons, the supermarket chain which was taken private by buyout firm CD&R in 2021 in a near-£10bn deal, is working with advisers on plans to release up to £1bn from its large freehold store portfolio as it battles to regain market share. news.sky.com/story/supermark…
Supermarket giant Morrisons explores £1bn property deal

Supermarket giant Morrisons explores £1bn property deal

The UK's fifth-biggest grocery chain has hired real estate advisors from CBRE to assess options for releasing up to £1bn of value from its large freehold store portfolio, Sky News learns.

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Exclusive: Next, the FTSE-100 fashion giant, and stock clearance specialist Retail Realisation are close to a deal to buy Russell & Bromley. The takeover is likely to mean the end of the 145 year-old family-owned retailer’s standalone high street presence. news.sky.com/story/next-step…

Next steps forward with winning bid for Russell & Bromley

The FTSE 100 fashion group and bidding partner Retail Realisation could strike a formal deal to take over the 145 year-old shoe retailer as early as Wednesday, Sky News learns.

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Why would they only share the first frame? Here’s the whole version
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I'm not sure who is more irresponsible: Barclaycard (for dressing up an opinion poll taken in the few days before the Budget as a forecast of Boxing Day spending) or the Daily Mail (for printing this rubbish as it's front page story) 😫
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Exclusive: Next, the FTSE-100 retail giant which owns brands including Cath Kidston and Fat Face, is plotting a swoop on Russell & Bromley, the 145 year-old high street shoe retailer which drafted in advisers during the autumn to court external investment. news.sky.com/story/next-plot…
Next plots swoop on family-owned shoe chain Russell & Bromley

Next plots swoop on family-owned shoe chain Russell & Bromley

The £16.6bn high street giant, which also owns Joules and FatFace, is among the parties in talks with advisers to the 145 year-old high street chain as it courts investors, Sky News learns.

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Will Shu’s departure as the boss of Deliveroo has just been announced, seven months after the food delivery company sought to deny my report that he was contemplating stepping down as soon as this year. Funny that! news.sky.com/story/deliveroo…
Deliveroo plots route to naming successor to founding CEO Shu

Deliveroo plots route to naming successor to founding CEO Shu

Will Shu, who launched Deliveroo in London in 2013, could step down as its CEO as soon as this year under one scenario discussed by the company's board, Sky News learns.

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ONS retail sales data isn't very good? Paging @NickBubb1....
Merryn Somerset Webb (@MerrynSW) profile pictureMerryn Somerset Webb
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Is "fears for quality" the new euphemism for "fears it is really really bad"?
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TG Jones comes to MetroCentre...
Graham Soult FIPM (@soult) profile pictureGraham Soult FIPM@soult20 Jul 2025
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Meanwhile, the store next door is the first rebranded @tgjonesuk that I've seen on my travels so far!
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NEW 🧵 The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border.
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WINNER! Congratulations to Stuart Machin, CEO, @marksandspencer for winning the @salesforce Retail Week Award for the Retail Leader of the Year! #RWAwards25 @salesforce @retail_trust
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Revealed: Bensons for Beds-owner Alteri and Hobbycraft-backer Modella Capital are to stage a two-way shootout for the future of the 233 year-old WH Smith high street chain later this spring after the pair made it onto a final shortlist of bidders. news.sky.com/story/two-way-s…
Two-way shootout looms for WH Smith high street chain

Two-way shootout looms for WH Smith high street chain

Alteri, which owns Bensons for Beds, and Hobbycraft-owner Modella Capital are the two remaining bidders in talks about buying the 233 year-old retail business, Sky News learns.

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Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow and predicts six more weeks of winter! #GroundhogDay
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Paradise: The mystery show with the best opening episode in years independent.co.uk/arts-enter…
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'People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones'...but, fresh from its humiliating defeat over its plan to vote Mahmud Kamani off the Board of Boohoo, Frasers is now attacking the remuneration paid to his son Umar...
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