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George MacDonald @GeorgeMacD

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

Joined April 2009
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George MacDonald retweeted
Aston Girl@reb40
28 Mar 2024
#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”
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George MacDonald retweeted
Rhomboid1🇺🇦
@rhomboid1MF
28 Mar 2024
#SDRY nothing super about this RNS non dunkerton shareholders being hung out to dry
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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.
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Any equity raise would be at a ‘very material discount’ to the current share price and ‘conditional on a delisting’ of Superdry.
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George MacDonald retweeted
Retail Week@RetailWeek
28 Mar 2024
Boots sales rise as market share increases for 12th consecutive quarter ift.tt/SY24nKz

Boots sales rise as market share increases for 12th consecutive ...

Boots has reported growth in both in-store and online sales in the three months ending February 29, 2024, as it delivered a retail market share growth for the 12th consecutive quarter.

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George MacDonald retweeted
The British Retail Consortium@the_brc
28 Mar 2024
Interesting insight from BRC economist, @HarvirDhillon on trends in retail jobs. 📉 Read more below 👇 #Retail #Jobs
Harvir Dhillon@HarvirDhillon
27 Mar 2024
📉 Posted a blog on the continuing downward trend in retail jobs: brc.org.uk/news/customer/lab…
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Column by me.
Retail Week@RetailWeek
27 Mar 2024
‘Under new management, customer complaints are music to the ears at Morrisons’ ift.tt/14nQ2le
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Sounds like a good appointment. Exclusive: Marks & Spencer drafts in ex-Morrisons director to top stores role retail-week.com/people/exclu…

Exclusive: M&S drafts in ex-Morrisons director to top stores role

Marks & Spencer has appointed a former Morrisons retail operations boss to become its director of central store operations.

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Morrisons new CEO Rami Baitiéh says that customer complaints - 'the canaries in the retail coalmine' - are down 60% in last 20 weeks.
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In (possibly) more important Morrisons news, it has just reported best like-for-like growth in three years - up 4.6%
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Hhhmm. Morrisons is selling hot cross bun flavoured cheddar this Easter. 'A tasty twist on the seasonal classic'
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George MacDonald retweeted
Kingfisher plc@kingfisherplc
27 Mar 2024
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! 🧡
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Just out from the CMA: 'Asos, Boohoo and George at Asda have signed formal agreements to use only accurate and clear green claims'...
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The three have agreed 'to change the way they display, describe, and promote their green credentials, meaning millions of customers can expect to see clear and accurate green claims'.
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An eclectic assortment.
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George MacDonald retweeted
Mark Kleinman@MarkKleinmanSky
23 Mar 2024
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…

Former chancellor Zahawi in talks to chair Barclays' Very Group

Nadhim Zahawi is among the candidates to chair the Liverpool-based online shopping company, fuelling suggestions that he will stand down as an MP at the general election, Sky News learns.

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George MacDonald retweeted
Retail Week@RetailWeek
22 Mar 2024
Wilko to open more new stores before Easter ift.tt/0ZaRHTL

Wilko to open more new stores before Easter

Wilko will open two new stores on Good Friday (March 29) as the retailer continues the rollout of its new concept.

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Current #commutecompanion - not just because the cover shows the hill behind my house. A really good read, lots of unusual stories.
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Amazingly Soviet looking by today’s standards.
Sainsbury Archive@sainsburyarch
21 Mar 2024
For #ThrowbackThursday today we're heading to the late 70s and the opening of the first SavaCentre branch in Washington, Tyne and Wear.
Photograph of interior of Washington Savacentre at the checkouts

ALT Photograph of interior of Washington Savacentre at the checkouts

Photograph of interior of Washington Savacentre: cheese counter

ALT Photograph of interior of Washington Savacentre: cheese counter

Photograph of interior of Washington Savacentre: electrical department

ALT Photograph of interior of Washington Savacentre: electrical department

Photograph of fruit display showing oranges [at Washington SavaCentre store]

ALT Photograph of fruit display showing oranges [at Washington SavaCentre store]

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George MacDonald retweeted
Paintings of London@PaintingsLondon
20 Mar 2024
'Borough Market' (1967) by Edward Bawden (Tate)
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