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Quiz Clothing to close remaining stores by June
Administrators for Quiz Clothing have confirmed that the retailer’s remaining stores will close over the coming weeks, with all locations expected to cease trading by June 2026. The update comes from joint administrators at Interpath, who said a phas...
Opinion: Strategic optionality – Retail’s next competitive edge in the supply chain
By Nick de Klerk, Senior Director, TMX Transform In retail logistics, many people think that modernization just means bringing in more machines. However, it’s becoming clear that this isn’t enough. A lot of retailers have poured resources into things...
‘Poison in plain sight’: Have British farmers become too reliant on farm chemicals?
The founder of an organic food company has called for tighter restrictions on glyphosate, arguing the weedkiller has become embedded in Britain’s food system despite mounting public concern over its health and environmental impact. Riverford founder ...
Interview: The invisible cotton problem returning to global supply chains
A rise in prohibited cotton entering Western supply chains has been linked to growing trade disruption, shifting manufacturing routes and what one industry executive describes as a widening “gap between documentation and truth” in global sourcing. Ph...
Imperagen raises £5m to accelerate enzyme engineering
Imperagen, a Manchester-based biotech using AI and quantum physics to engineer better enzymes faster, has closed a £5m seed funding round. Enzymes are biological catalysts used to reduce waste, lower energy usage and decrease overall production costs...
Oxford’s West End ‘a new frontier of homegrown science’
Oxford’s West End is emerging as a ‘new frontier of British science and technology’, the minister for science, research and innovation Lord Vallance has said at a topping out ceremony in the city’s emerging urban science district. Vallance told an au...
The UK doesn’t have a tech problem. It has a procurement problem
For more than a decade, the UK has talked about how to build globally competitive technology companies. On most measures, that ambition has been achieved. The UK now produces companies capable of competing at the highest level, particularly in areas ...
Vinted and Mangopay extend payments partnership
Preloved platform Vinted has extended its decade-long partnership with Mangopay as its payment service provider across Europe. Mangopay will continue to provide the reselling platform with its wallet infrastructure, payment processing, and payout cap...
TympaHealth secures £2m to scale ear and hearing health tech
Ear and hearing health technology provider TympaHealth has secured a £2m Innovate UK loan to accelerate Tympa Assist, its AI-powered guidance platform for otoscopies, the medical examination of the ear. TympaHealth integrates high-definition digital ...
EXCLUSIVE: British Business Bank backs new UK-dedicated VC fund
British Business Bank has made a £25m cornerstone commitment to Antler’s UK Fund II to support ambitious founders and innovators across the UK, UKTN can exclusively reveal. Antler partners with founders pre-launch of their companies, providing them w...
GUEST POST: Why it’s time for subscription providers to review customer complaints processes
In June 2026, new rules relating to the handling of data protection complaints are due to come into force, which will apply to all organisations acting as controllers of personal data. Commercial solicitor Ashleigh Dibb from Forbes Solicitors explain...
The North Face helps VF Corp return to growth as profits surge
The North Face owner VF Corp has returned to full-year growth for the first time in three years, as momentum across its core brands helped offset continued weakness at Vans. The apparel group, which also owns Timberland, reported revenue of $9.6bn fo...
Amazon defeats appeal over alleged fur tariff evasion
Amazon has won an appeal against a whistleblower claim alleging it helped foreign fur manufacturers evade US tariffs and inspection fees on products sold through its marketplace. The Second US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the lawsuit on Wednesda...
Primark, H&M and Vinted urge governments to stop penalising resale
Some of fashion’s biggest retailers and resale platforms including Primark , H&M and Vinted are urging governments to overhaul tax rules and labour costs to help make circular fashion commercially viable. Arc’teryx, Etsy and Zalando are also among th...
High prices keep consumer confidence fragile despite May uplift
Consumer confidence improved slightly in May, although high prices remain firmly on shoppers’ minds as more than four in five people expect food and energy costs to rise. New BRC-Opinium data shows expectations for the UK economy over the next three ...
Skims unveils Regent Street flagship after week of highs and lows
Skims has offered a first look at its upcoming Regent Street flagship, capping a week of contrasting headlines for the Kim Kardashian-founded shapewear brand. The retailer shared images of its new store on a prime corner site at 245-247 Regent Street...
Clare Empson returns to N Brown in supply chain and efficiency role
N Brown Group has appointed Clare Empson as director of supply chain, property and group efficiency, just months after she left the business. Empson has rejoined the Simply Be and Jacamo owner after stepping down as chief customer operations officer ...
Net-A-Porter improvement threatened by London warehouse strike
Net-A-Porter has shown signs of improvement under parent company LuxExperience’s turnaround plan, although strike action at its London warehouse threatens to disrupt the luxury etailer’s recovery. LuxExperience, which owns Net-A-Porter , Mr Porter, Y...
John Lewis names Boston United’s Lenell John-Lewis as brand ambassador
Department store John Lewis has named Boston United striker Lenell John-Lewis as its newest brand ambassador. John-Lewis will front the retailer’s ‘Summer of Sport’ campaign and will also take on an advisory role as part of his ambassadorship. He’ll ...
Retail Racing is on pole for experiential networking in digital retail
InternetRetailing is pleased to be a media partner for Retail Racing’s upcoming AI in Digital Retail event , which brings together some of the best retailers and brands from across the country to connect with leading solution providers that have demo...
Deliverect’s Joe Heather why on-demand grocery is forcing retailers to rethink the store
As consumers expect groceries in minutes rather than days, retailers are discovering that on-demand fulfilment can’t simply be bolted onto old ecommerce operations. Deliverect’s Joe Heather argues the winners will be those who treat fulfilment as a d...
ASOS brings shoppable video content to ChatGPT in UK first
In a first for the UK market, British online fashion retailer ASOS has introduced a new feature which allows customers to discover ASOS products directly in ChatGPT, explore them through shoppable videos, then buy them on ASOS.com. Using ASOS Stylist...
UK government backs thirteen ‘future defence unicorns’
Thirteen British businesses have been awarded contracts of up to £4m to work with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to boost rapid procurement and deliver cutting-edge technology for the UK Armed Forces. The new scheme gives accelerated contracts to smal...
Nine in ten brands exposed to prohibited cotton, warns report
Brands are struggling to match rising transparency regulations with meaningful action, highlighting weaknesses in the global supply chain, a new report has revealed. Global supply chain verification firm Oritain’s inaugural 2026 Global Supply Chain I...
M&S profits hit by fallout from cyber-attack as Ocado masks underlying slowdown
M&S has reported a profit downturn of 23.8% for the financial year ending 28 March 2026 as the fallout from last year’s cyber-attack continues to take effect. Statutory profit before tax was down 28.8% at £364.6m. Although revenues increased by 24.8%...
Infrawatch raises £2.2m to build new category of cybersecurity platform
Infrawatch has raised a $3m (£2.2m) pre-seed round to build out its internet infrastructure intelligence layer, a new category of cybersecurity platform. The startup gives security, fraud and investigations teams real-time visibility into the infrast...
CircuitHub secures £21m to reshape electronics manufacturing
CircuitHub has raised $28m (£21m) to expand its network of automated, software-driven factories for on-demand electronics manufacturing. CircuitHub’s Grid platform enables production from one to 10,000 units with a standard three-day turnaround and a...
Primer raises £75m to accelerate US expansion
London-based payments infrastructure firm Primer has closed a $100m (£75m) Series C funding round as it continues to build the AI-enabled operating layer for global payments and finance. Primer offers customers unified infrastructure for global payme...
OpenAI’s big bet on the UK market
The UK, when it comes to AI, has “been on a great path for many years now”. This was the sentiment shared by Ashley Kramer, a San Francisco-based employee of OpenAI, currently serving as the vice president for enterprise. Kramer, who was in London th...
Publicis acquisition of LiveRamp reshapes commerce media
Publicis announced that it has agreed to acquire LiveRamp for $2.167 billion. The press release says the deal would strengthen Publicis’ capability in “data co-creation” — a phrase that will wash over most marketers and non-AdTech people. Let’s try t...