2021年1月22日
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Here are this week's top stories in the consumer and retail sector:
French wines return from space for analysis
(Beverage Daily)
Hotel Chocolat sales soar as UK shoppers buy chocolate
(Retail Gazette)
Moonpig confirms £1.2 billion London stock market flotation
(Retail Gazette)
Independent bookshops defy COVID-19 pandemic recording highest numbers for seven years
(iNews)
Chip-shortage "crisis" forces Audi to delay production
(BBC)
Exceedingly good sales for Mr Kipling owner Premier Foods as families eat at home
(BusinessLive)
Next pulls out of the bidding for Philip Green's Topshop empire
(Sky)
Asos sales up by more than a third after a strong Christmas period
(Retail Gazette)
Wetherspoon could buy up smaller pubs as a result of the pandemic
(The Guardian)
Just Eat order growth soars as pandemic boosts demand for takeaways
(The Guardian)
WH Smith on track for worst month, despite a Christmas surge
(Insider)