Image copyright PA John Lewis is seeking discounts from its landlords to cut costs, in a highly unusual move that highlights the huge pressures on retailers. The BBC has learned that the retail giant has been telling landlords in some locations that it will withhold 20% of this quarter’s service charge. These are the fees […]
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The Seattle Seahawks inducted late owner Paul Allen into the team’s Ring of Honor prior to Thursday night’s game against the Los Angeles Rams. The team showed a lengthy tribute video to Allen narrated by former Seahawks fullback Mack Strong. Allen’s sister, Jody, raised the “12 Flag” above the stadium prior to kickoff, wearing a
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Twenty-three states have now sued the Trump administration over the move. While not all of those states followed the California standard, attorneys general for the states said they saw the move as an unlawful infringement on states’ rights that would prevent them from taking action to combat climate change in the future. All the state
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HuffPost may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. The artisanal retailer, known for curating one-of-a-kind products from emerging artists and designers, is set to shut down on Monday, following a decision from the brand’s parent company, Bed Bath & Beyond. “We are, of course, very sad, but we also couldn’t
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A mile-long trail of sculptures worked on by the man behind the Tower of London poppies installation has been unveiled to celebrate the “future custodians of the forest”. Forest Future is a collaboration project between Cornwall-based artist Lisa Wright and renowned set-designer Tom Piper to mark the centenary of the Forestry Commission. In Thetford Forest,
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Image copyright Speyside Distillers Image caption Patricia Dillon is managing director of Speyside Distillers in Scotland Scotch whisky should, in theory, have little do with planes – except perhaps as a mid-flight tipple. Which is why independent distillery boss Patricia Dillon wants to know why the Scotch whisky industry has been “dragged into” a row
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Scientists are using light 10 billion times brighter than the Sun to decipher scrolls buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD79. A team at Diamond Light Source in Oxfordshire is working to read the scrolls, which were carbonised almost 2,000 years ago as the Roman town of Herculaneum was buried in volcanic ash. The two
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This was not your typical family get-together. The Williams crew has been busy over the past two days in Doha. Kendell Williams was competing in heptathlon. Devon Williams was in the decathlon. Trying to keep tabs on all the action were their parents, who were watching from the stands at the world championships. Kendell finished
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WASHINGTON — Two of President Trump’s top envoys to Ukraine drafted a statement for the country’s new president in August that would have committed Ukraine to pursuing investigations sought by Mr. Trump into his political rivals, three people briefed on the effort said. The drafting of the statement marks new evidence of how Mr. Trump’s
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Sports Illustrated’s new manager said Thursday that the 65-year-old sports magazine is cutting more than 40 jobs out of a staff of 150. Maven, the company now managing the magazine, will add 200 contractors to cover college and professional sports teams, said Maven spokesman Greg Witter. These people are “independent publishers, contractors” but “still professional
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