Consumer

Schuh, the Livingston-headquartered footwear retailer, has bolstered its management team after hiring a chief marketing officer.

House of Fraser took its website offline yesterday amid complaints from customers about delayed deliveries since the company was bought by Sports Direct last week.

Edinburgh isn’t a city to stand still. A magnet for global investment, our Capital is thriving with new developments, which continually enrich the city’s offering to residents, businesses and visitors.

The record-breaking ­support city centre ­businesses showed to their Business Improvement District last month was enormously gratifying to those of us at Essential Edinburgh who run the BID on behalf of our 550 levy-paying members.

As a young boy, my grandma would take me into Partick in Glasgow, where we would visit Woolworths. Walking into this store as a youngster was like walking into Aladdin’s Cave.

Inverleith LLP, the Edinburgh-based private equity outfit, has added to its burgeoning consumer goods portfolio by taking a majority stake in a food and drink brand that makes products from hemp seed.

Homebase is pressing ahead with a wave of store closures that will see 42 DIY outlets shut, putting around 1,500 jobs at risk.

Homebase is pressing ahead with a wave of store closures that will see 42 DIY outlets shut, putting around 1,500 jobs at risk.

Sports Direct is in talks with House of Fraser landlords in a move that could hasten potential store closures if agreements on rents and leases fail to be reached.

Household bills in Scotland have soared by more than £400 a year on average since the Brexit vote two years ago, research has claimed.

From red meat to salmon to whisky, a no-deal Brexit would jeopardise Scottish food and drink exports and leave the industry vulnerable, says David Lee.

Ticketmaster will shut down its secondary resale sites Seatwave and Get Me In later this year.

An Ayrshire candle company has bounced back after a “devastating” fire almost destroyed the business.

Professor Leigh Sparks, who specialises in retail studies at Stirling University, has claimed Mike Ashley’s investment in the struggling House of Fraser brand could yet prove to be a boon for Jenners.

The Co-op Group has officially opened its new £6 million distribution centre at Inverness Airport Business Park.

House of Fraser has fallen into administration, endangering the future of 17,000 staff.

We live in an age when the decisions made by ­politicians and big business can seem far removed from our every day lives. Actually ­influencing them sometimes feels overwhelming or indeed impossible. Brexit, income tax, bank bailouts, our NHS, how many of us feel that the debate is taking place ­without ­involving us?

In 1971, the late Ronnie Clydesdale opened a restaurant in Glasgow, calling it the Ubiquitous Chip to take the mickey out of the city’s idea of a vegetable accompaniment to, well, everything.

STAFF at House of Fraser’s West End store in Edinburgh have been told they can relocate to Jenners when the store closes next month.