Executive editor of @RetailWeek. Great Ayton and Harringay enthusiast. Most tweets will be about retail but this is a personal feed so all views my own etc
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George MacDonald retweeted
#SDRY It sounds like it’s ‘all over rover’ for Superdry as a listed company 😳
I do hope no one was still holding🤞🏼
“possible equity raise fully underwritten by Julian Dunkerton..and be conditional on a de-listing of the Company”
George MacDonald retweeted
#SDRY nothing super about this RNS non dunkerton shareholders being hung out to dry
No deal on Superdry for Julian Dunkerton. Talks though about alternative options, inc an equity raise underwritten by him. Hilco loan also extended and increased.
George MacDonald retweeted
Boots sales rise as market share increases for 12th consecutive quarter ift.tt/SY24nKz
George MacDonald retweeted
Interesting insight from BRC economist, @HarvirDhillon on trends in retail jobs. 📉
Read more below 👇
#Retail #Jobs
📉 Posted a blog on the continuing downward trend in retail jobs: brc.org.uk/news/customer/lab…
Column by me.
‘Under new management, customer complaints are music to the ears at Morrisons’ ift.tt/14nQ2le
Sounds like a good appointment.
Exclusive: Marks & Spencer drafts in ex-Morrisons director to top stores role retail-week.com/people/exclu…
Morrisons new CEO Rami Baitiéh says that customer complaints - 'the canaries in the retail coalmine' - are down 60% in last 20 weeks.
In (possibly) more important Morrisons news, it has just reported best like-for-like growth in three years - up 4.6%
Hhhmm. Morrisons is selling hot cross bun flavoured cheddar this Easter. 'A tasty twist on the seasonal classic'
George MacDonald retweeted
After first opening its doors in 1969, @BandQ is celebrating its 55th anniversary 🎉
B&Q’s first ever employee, Avril de Klerk, joined Paul Haylock and his team at the Taunton store to celebrate this special milestone.
Congratulations to all of our B&Q colleagues! 🧡
Just out from the CMA: 'Asos, Boohoo and George at Asda have signed formal agreements to use only accurate and clear green claims'...
George MacDonald retweeted
Exclusive: Nadhim Zahawi, the former chancellor, is in talks to chair Very Group, the Barclay family's online retail and financial services company, fuelling speculation that he plans to join the exodus of Tory MPs standing down at the next election. news.sky.com/story/former-ch…
George MacDonald retweeted
Wilko to open more new stores before Easter ift.tt/0ZaRHTL
Current #commutecompanion - not just because the cover shows the hill behind my house. A really good read, lots of unusual stories.
Amazingly Soviet looking by today’s standards.
For #ThrowbackThursday today we're heading to the late 70s and the opening of the first SavaCentre branch in Washington, Tyne and Wear.
ALT Photograph of interior of Washington Savacentre at the checkouts
ALT Photograph of interior of Washington Savacentre: cheese counter
ALT Photograph of interior of Washington Savacentre: electrical department
![Photograph of fruit display showing oranges [at Washington SavaCentre store]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJMcq4CWMAAk8Ia.png?name=orig)
ALT Photograph of fruit display showing oranges [at Washington SavaCentre store]
