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Jonathan Eley

Retail correspondent

Jonathan was appointed acting longform editor in January 2023. His previous roles include retail correspondent, deputy head of the Lex column and personal finance editor. He also spent 12 years at Investors Chronicle, an FT group publication for private investors.
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  • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
    Marks & Spencer Group PLC
    M&S shareholders have reason to regret the Ocado tie-up

    Retailer’s joint venture with online food retailer is a drag on the group’s recovery

    M&S shop front
  • Monday, 27 March, 2023
    Pensions crisis
    Final salary pensions have been uniquely horrible for UK plc

    Schemes have held back wage growth, distorted decision-making and consumed incalculable amounts of management time

    A woman walks past a Currys store
  • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
    UK housebuilding
    UK housebuilders’ profitability no less remarkable than BP’s returns

    A decade-long boom means developers are in far better shape than they were ahead of the financial crisis

    A construction worker sweeps the floor at a Barratt development in Basildon
  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    Advice & Comment
    Why investors have largely shelved retail shares

    Shoppers have profited, but very few shareholders have

  • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
    THG PLC
    Ecommerce group THG warns on profit for fourth time within a year

    Manchester-based company axes 2,000 jobs and plans to review ‘lossmaking categories’

    THG sign on a warehouse
  • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
    Ocado Group PLC
    Ocado earnings forecast falls short of expectations as customers cut back

    Shares in UK retailer drop after Christmas trading fails to match rivals

    An Ocado delivery van
  • Saturday, 14 January, 2023
    UK retail industry
    How UK retailers are defying the consumer gloom

    The country’s biggest players have been surprisingly upbeat — so far

    Shoppers on Christmas Eve in Winchester, Hampshire, UK
  • Friday, 13 January, 2023
    Revolution Beauty
    Revolution Beauty accounts probe flags multiple concerns

    Investigation into online retailer finds problems around acquisition, sales and personal loans

    Smartphone showing Revolution Beauty logo in front of company website
  • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
    Marks & Spencer Group PLC
    M&S clothing sales hit Christmas high after years of pain

    Retailer reports largest share of clothing market in eight years

    Shoppers browse women’s jumpers in a Marks & Spencer store
  • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
    Tesco PLC
    UK inflation may not have peaked, warns Tesco chief

    Supermarket chain reports 7% rise in UK sales as trading at M&S also improves

    Tesco shopping bags filled with groceries
  • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
    JD Sports Fashion PLC
    JD Sports profits boosted by young shoppers

    Sportswear group expects profits of more than £1bn next year

    A young shopper browses clothes at JD Sports
  • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
    J Sainsbury PLC
    Sainsbury predicts full-year profits will be at upper end of forecasts

    Shoppers go ‘all in for the big Christmas dinner’ after 2 years of festivities disrupted by Covid

    A Sainsbury’s store in Hemel Hempstead, UK
  • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
    AO World PLC
    Electricals retailer AO boosts profit guidance

    UK group says it has benefited from change of strategy to focus on profitability rather than sales growth

    An AO.com truck outside a distribution centre
  • Friday, 6 January, 2023
    ExplainerFood Prices
    Food price inflation: why companies are losing out

    Branded companies best placed to benefit as producers hit by energy and labour costs and retailers keep prices low

    A customer seen choosing vegetables in the supermarket
  • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
    UK retail results
    B&M upgrades forecast after strong December

    Discount retailer to pay £200mn special dividend after posting higher sales over Christmas

    Shoppers pass a B&M Bargains store
  • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
    Next PLC
    Next boosts profit guidance after beating Christmas forecasts

    UK retailer’s shares jump as it says cost inflation expected to peak in 2023

    A Next store in London
  • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
    Dignity PLC
    Funeral provider Dignity in talks with consortium over £262mn takeover

    Cash offer represents a 23% premium to Tuesday’s closing share price

    flower arrangement used in a bouquet display for a funeral on a coffin in a hearse
  • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
    J Sainsbury PLC
    Sainsbury’s raises hourly pay to £11

    Move will cost retailer £185mn over course of a financial year

    A Sainsbury’s worker restocks empty shelves inside a supermarket in London
  • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
    Wilkinson Hardware Stores
    Discount retailer Wilko secures fresh funding after pandemic hit

    UK employer of 16,000 had warned it could run out of cash by end of 2023

    A Wilko store
  • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
    Aldi
    Aldi boosted by inflation and store openings

    Discount supermarket chain’s December sales 26% higher than 2021 when Omicron hit footfall

    An Aldi store in Orpington, Kent, UK
  • Monday, 2 January, 2023
    UK retail industry
    Shop closures in UK hit highest total for five years

    More than 17,000 stores shut their doors in 2022, equivalent to 47 a day, according to study

    A woman walks past a boarded-up shop in Longton in Stoke-on-Trent in November 2022
  • Sunday, 1 January, 2023
    News in-depthPrimark Stores Ltd
    Primark resists move online despite pandemic shock

    Discount clothing retailer says ecommerce would damage profitability as it remains committed to stores

    Shoppers at a Primark store in Barcelona, Spain
  • Friday, 23 December, 2022
    News in-depthUK retail industry
    M&S and Waitrose fight it out for the shopping baskets of middle England

    Marks and Spencer has gained ground with new stores and its supply deal with Ocado

    Shopping being scanned at a Waitrose store
  • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
    Wilkinson Hardware Stores
    Wilko appoints chief executive with wide restructuring experience

    Mark Jackson to join retail chain as it looks to safeguard its future with new credit facilities

    Exterior of a Wilko store in n Kingston upon Thames, England
  • Friday, 16 December, 2022
    Games Workshop Group PLC
    Games Workshop signs deal with Amazon for Warhammer films

    Fantasy games retailer’s shares jump on announcement

    Mini figures on display at a Warhammer store
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