Edward Story
Partner
Simon Jupp
Senior Counsel
Jack Wain
Senior Associate
3 October 2025
Here are this week’s top stories in the consumer and retail sector:
Papa Johns secures exclusive delivery deal with Uber Direct (Retail Times)
Iceland becomes first global retailer sourcing all MSC-certified wild seafood (Grocery Gazette)
DoorDash deploys delivery robots on public roads (Wired)
Charity shops innovate to tackle industry excess (The Guardian)
Asda launches first charity TikTok Shop (Retail Systems)
Pret appoints new chief marketing officer (Retail Gazette)
King celebrates £50m Waitrose Duchy Organic sales (Retail Times)
OpenAI prepares social app for AI-generated videos (Wired)
M&S launches menswear shopper drive (Retail Gazette)
125 opens in Harvey Nichols (Retail Times)
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