Clothing sales slump 19% with stores forced to close in lockdowns

Clothing sales slump by almost a fifth with stores forced to close during Covid lockdowns By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 18 December 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 18 December 2020 Clothing sales plunged by almost a fifth last month as stores across the country were forced to close during Covid … Read more

Facemasks turn lipstick into a dead gloss: Sales slump by almost HALF as women ditch lippy

Facemasks turn lipstick into a dead gloss: Sales slump by almost HALF as women ditch lippy while wearing PPE Sales of lipstick are down 49 per cent this year thanks to the rise of face masks Analysts said there was ‘significant’ link to the rule that made masks mandatory While lipstick sales have declined, eye … Read more

M&S records first ever LOSS in it’s 94-year history with £87m slump into the red after Covid impact

M&S records first ever LOSS in it’s 94-year history with £87m slump into the red after impact of Covid hammered trading of retailer that even managed to turn a profit during World War Two Company revealed a £87.6 million pre-tax loss for the 26 weeks to September 26 Revenue dropped by 15.8% to £4.09 billion … Read more

West End set for £2bn Christmas sales slump

Retailers, hotels and restaurants in London’s West End braced for £2bn slump in sales over Christmas season By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 31 October 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 31 October 2020 Retailers, hotels and restaurants in London’s West End are braced for a £2billion slump in sales over the … Read more

Nicole Kidman hints that a career slump made her jump into producing

‘I didn’t have good choices’: Nicole Kidman hints that a career slump made her jump into producing – and starring in – HBO series Big Little Lies By Louise Starkey For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:53 BST, 21 October 2020 | Updated: 23:53 BST, 21 October 2020 She’s the Oscar-winning actress known for starring in … Read more

Shell to axe 9,000 jobs: Oil giant struggles with slump in demand

Shell to axe 9,000 jobs: Oil giant struggles with slump in demand for fuel and shift to green energy By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:52 BST, 30 September 2020 | Updated: 22:04 BST, 30 September 2020 Shell is axing up to 9,000 jobs as it grapples with a slump in demand for … Read more

10,000 unexpected deaths have occurred in private homes since mid-June despite Covid-19 slump

At least 10,000 people have unexpectedly died in their own home since mid-June, official statistics show. Seven-hundred ‘excess deaths’ in private homes have been registered each week in England and Wales alone since the pandemic began to die down. But only an average of 21 each week are down to the coronavirus, according to data … Read more

McLaren on track for float if it can bounce back from the virus slump

McLaren still on track for stock market listing: Supercar maker says it needs to bounce back from the virus slump By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:57, 23 September 2020 | Updated: 22:06, 23 September 2020 Supercar maker McLaren is mulling plans to float on the stock market in 2022 if business can … Read more

BUSINESS LIVE: Inflation dives to 0.2%; Redrow profits slump 66%

BUSINESS LIVE: Inflation dives to 0.2%; Housebuilder Redrow reveals earnings slump; Zara owner returns to profit By This Is Money Published: 08:06 BST, 16 September 2020 | Updated: 08:11 BST, 16 September 2020 Inflation plunged last month as the government’s Eat Out scheme and tumbling air fares suppressed prices. The CPI measure dropped from 1 … Read more

Lockdown blow to UK health: Hospital admissions for seven major non-Covid illnesses slump by 173,000

The devastating impact of the lockdown on the nation’s health is laid bare tonight. Shocking figures reveal that admissions for seven deadly non-coronavirus conditions between March and June fell by more than 173,000 on the previous year.  The NHS Digital data for England shows there were nearly 6,000 fewer admissions for heart attacks in March … Read more