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To celebrate the London 2012 Games, the popular toy is back with an exclusive special edition line of Team GB LEGO Minifigures.

John Lewis benefited from strong bank holiday trade last week as sales closed 16.6% higher than the same week last year.

Discount retailer Poundworld has launched a discount wholesale website which targets independent retailers, e-bay sellers and market traders

Asda, the Walmart owned supermarket chain, saw its like-for-like sales grow by 2.2% in its first quarter helped by strong growth in its core grocery division and in childrenswear.

The number of local retailers considering making investments in their stores has increased, according to a survey conducted by the Association of Convenience Stores.

The British Council of Shopping Centres and the Institute of Promotional Marketing have said that new research conducted by the two organisations has shown that shopping centres offer advertisers and brands the most effective venue for brand engagements and experiential marketing activity.

Employee-owned department store chain John Lewis has announced a new partnership with Kuoni which will see the travel company launch concessions in four of the retailer's shops.

Tourists travelling across the English Channel have been treated to a pop-up catwalk show on top of the White Cliffs of Dover.

French Connection, the struggling fashion chain, has warned on profit as it sales and revenues continue to fall.

Juicy Couture, the US luxury clothing brand, is to relocate its London flagship store from Mayfair's Bruton Street to Regent Street this summer.

Luxury shoe designer Manolo Blahnik is expanding his UK operation by collaborating with high street shoe retailer Kurt Geiger to sell his shoes in Harrods and Liberty.

Nearly half of the stores operated by collapsed greeting card retailer Clinton Cards are to close with the loss of 2,800 jobs.

UK shoppers spent an estimated £5.7 billion online in April, a year-on-year growth of 10% and equivalent to £112 per person, according to the latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index.

Kesa Electricals, the former owner of the Comet chain, saw a fall in like-for-like revenues in the period from 9 January to the end of April.

Designer label Temperley has announced that it is to open its first ever flagship store in London.

Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten has announced that it is leading a $100M investment in Pinterest, the online scrapbooking site.

Badgemaster has launched a new product range to fulfil the needs of the re-usable name badge market.

Two companies that are set to play a major role in m-payments, PayPal and Apple, are reluctant to embrace NFC, although for very different reasons, argues Pablo Saez Gil of ResearchFarm.

Retail's move from 'multi-channel' to 'omni-channel' - what does this mean for the industry and what kind of take-up can we expect for this new distribution model? By Andy Tudor

High street bakery chain Greggs blamed the "exceptionally" wet weather in April and early May for disappointing trading figures in its interim mangement statement issued today.