All Wilko articles – Page 8
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VideoThe Retail Week: Asda, Wilko, Bunnings and B&Q
The Retail Week team discuss the biggest stories in the industry over the last seven days including 3,900 jobs under consultation at Wilko.
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NewsWilko trade union confident job losses can be minimised
The GMB trade union has said it is confident that job losses at variety store group Wilko can be kept to a minimum.
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NewsWilko latest to axe store staff in week of job cuts
Wilko followed hot on the heels of Sainsbury’s and Asda today as Retail Week revealed its plans to put 3,900 staff in redundancy consultation.
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NewsWilko places 3,900 store staff into consultation
Wilko could axe “thousands” of shopfloor staff as the retailer reshuffles its store teams in a cost-cutting drive, Retail Week can reveal.
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AnalysisDoes Brexit spell boom or bust for value retailers?
Brexit has been hailed as an opportunity and bemoaned as a blight by value retailers. But how much impact has the leave vote really had?
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NewsWilko full-year profits plunge as Brexit bites
Wilko has posted plummeting profits as both the pound’s fall and the “unilateral imposition” of the national living wage battered the business.
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DataData: The UK's top 30 value retail hotspots
After value powerhouse B&M unveiled its latest spike in profits and sales last week, the retailer hiked up its UK store target from 850 to 950.
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AnalysisBHS one year on: Which retailers took its stores?
The future of almost half of BHS’ former stores has been secured a year after the department store chain collapsed into administration.
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DataData: Top 50 retailers by sales during 2015/16 financial year
Retail Week’s ranking of the UK’s top 50 retailers by sales for the 2015/16 financial year sees The Range, Inditex and Asos enter the table for the first time.
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NewsWilko fined £2.2m after employee crushed by cage
Value retailer Wilko has been fined £2.2m after one of its staff was left paralysed following an accident in-store.
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NewsToday in retail: Sainsbury's beats Christmas expectations
Hot on the heels of Morrisons’ stellar update yesterday, Sainsbury’s revealed Christmas also brought good tidings for its business.
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NewsWilko bags ex-Tesco exec Terrell to drive growth
Former top Tesco executive Robin Terrell has rejoined value operator Wilko as a non-executive director.
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DataData: The top 30 retailers by store openings
Poundland tops the ranking owing to its acquisition of 99p Stores, while a large number of c-store operators make the top 30.
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NewsPeople moves: Wilko and Morrisons new hires and all the August moves
Wilko appoints Anthony Houghton as its retail director and Morrisons snaps up Barry Williams as its trading director for ambient.
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AnalysisInfographic: Great British Bake Off has retailers battling for spend
The Great British Bake Off returns to TV screens tonight and retailers across the UK will be bidding to cash in on the series.
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AnalysisHow retailers plan to make sweet success of the Great British Bake Off
The Great British Bake Off is set to return to our screens on August 24 and retailers are well placed to cash in on shoppers’ flan fever.
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NewsWilko bounces back with 'year of recovery' as profits shoot up
Wilko’s profits before tax have risen 15% in what the company has hailed a “year of recovery” following a “challenging” few years.
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NewsWilko overhauls digital strategy to drive online conversions
Wilko is implementing a new online strategy to drive web revenue, focusing on improving conversion rates and customer experience.
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DataData: Why BHS will find it challenging to offload store leases
BHS will find it ‘challenging’ to offload its property leases to potential new occupiers, according to experts from the Local Data Company.
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OpinionTesco's pay stance epitomises the concerns of big and small retailers alike
The recent changes to pay at Tesco, Wilko and B&Q demonstrate how the the national living wage puts pressure on retailers of all sizes.