Retail Gazette

Lifestyle and fashion retailer Toast has introduced a book-sharing initiative in an attempt to lure more customers into its stores.

Poundland has responded to threats of legal action from Toblerone over its copycat bar stating that the bar’s shape is no longer distinctive enough to be a valid trademark.

High street fashion retailer Gap has surprised investors with better than expected second quarter results, providing hope its turnaround efforts are working.

A new survey on global consumer confidence has revealed that the UK has gone from being the second most confident country in Europe, behind only Denmark, and dropped to ninth place.

New Look has been named an official partner for London Fashion Week and has joined forces with the British Fashion Council to support next month's event.

Chinese e-tail giant Alibaba smashed analyst expectations reporting a 56 per cent rise in revenues for its first quarter.

More and more retailers are now seeing the benefits of licensing themselves as a brand. Fat Face is one such retailer, recently hiring Gabrielle Sims as its new Head of Licensing. She is profiled in this week's '5 Minutes With'.