Edward Story
Partner
Simon Jupp
Senior Counsel
Jack Wain
Senior Associate
15 August 2025
Here are this week’s top stories in the consumer and retail sector:
M&S restores click and collect after 15-week hack (MSN)
Iceland partners with Olio on food waste initiative (The Retail Bulletin)
Grant family exits as Entertainer becomes employee-owned (Toy World)
UK toy sales rise with nostalgic Pokémon, Lego demand (The Guardian)
Gen AI transforms online checkout in shopping revolution (CNBC)
Warm weather, Euros success boost UK July retail sales (The Guardian)
M&S Parent Hood drives million baby grows sales milestone (M&S)
Poundland announces store closures (Manchester Evening News)
Currys grows its B2B services (Retail Gazette)
Waterstones opens bookshops in John Lewis (Retail Gazette)
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