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Followi ng yesterday’s news that Poundland has been sold for less than £1 to turnaround firm Gordon Brothers, Emily Scott, retail analyst at...

Alteri, a private equity investor that owns Bensons for Beds, is reportedly among a pack of suitors circling struggling discount chain Pound...

At 180g, Poundland said its Twin Peaks is 20% heavier than its branded equivalent, and offers “a double mountain in every packet”.  I...

Given Poundland’s successful flotation in March 2014, it is perhaps time for NAMs to seriously consider Poundshops as part of UK main...

The economic quagmire has provided the perfect breeding ground for general merchandise discounters, who have expanded aggressively – more t...

Given that Marks & Spencer started as a ‘pound shop’ (Penny Bazaar, 1894) and Woolworths followed as a ‘sixpenny store’, it is perhaps v...

If you accept that we are now in a flatline decade, we all need pound shops. As retail landlords, local government, the savvy consumer and s...

With a 29% increase in turnover to £509m via 320 stores, Poundland have moved into mainstream retailing. Appealing to two groups of savvy c...