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Total group sales at Next were up by 11.5% to £4.9bn in the year to 31 January 2022, compared to the same period in 2019/20. Full price sales up 12.8%

Gap Inc and Next Plc have announced the opening of the first Gap-branded shop-in-shop within Next’s store on London’s Oxford Street.

Decathlon and Toolstation are among the retailers investing in new technology to support business-critical applications and better data management.

Swedish furniture brand Ikea has plans to hire more than 150 tech and data workers across Europe in 2022

Retail relies on third-party data sources to drive business decisions and competitive pricing, but many struggle to pull in this data.

Next does two things exceptionally well. It sells things and it manages the markets expectations.

For businesses and consumers alike, 2021 dawned under the ongoing shadow of Covid-19. As business leaders have continued to point out, the pandemic

Balancing quality and price is the key to successful investing, says Richard Beddard – both poor-quality stocks and overvalued top-notch ones are risky. Here are Britain’s best large and medium-sized companies

Gross profit increased 2.5% year on year to $1.66bn (£1.2bn). Gap Inc, which includes clothing brands Old Navy, Athleta and Gap, reported a 1% decline in

Sales are up 14pc, but labour shortages and supply chain problems are expected to weigh on the retailers festive performance