UK

GXO Outbids CEVA Logistics In Battle For UK's Wincanton

US-based warehousing firm GXO Logistics has offered to buy UK peer Wincanton for about £762 million (€889.9 million), topping an offer by CEVA L...

Online Supermarket Ocado Forecasts Stronger Growth

Ocado has forecast faster growth this year after an improved performance from its automated warehouse technology unit helped to deliver better-than-expecte...

ECR Retail Loss Publishes Report On 'Rehumanising' Self-Checkout

A new report from ECR Retail Loss explores how 'people-centred' design solutions can improve the self-checkout experience in stores, in turn helping to cut...

UK's M&S Announces 10.1% Raise In Store Workers' Pay

British clothing and food retailer Marks & Spencer said it would give around 40,000 store workers a 10.1% pay increase from 1 April, a move that reflec...

Grocery Inflation In UK At Lowest Level Since March 2022

Grocery price inflation in the UK has dropped back to 5.3%, its lowest rate since March 2022, new data from Kantar has revealed.

France's CMA CGM Unit Raises Offer For UK's Wincanton

CEVA Logistics, a unit of French shipping firm CMA CGM, raised its offer to buy Wincanton to about £604.7 million ($766.2 million), hoping to fend of...

UK Retailers Report Sales Slump Eased In February, CBI Says

The pace of a sales decline for British retailers eased in February and a measure of inflation dropped to its weakest in nearly three years, according to i...