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The Coronavirus crisis has taken it's fair share of victims in the world of retail, tolling the death knell for a whole slew of companies including Debenhams, Long Tall Sally, Cath Kidson, Warehouse and Oasis. And yet, recent news tells us all is not lost – Boohoo has stepped in and bought the online businesses of both Warehouse and Oasis for a bargain £5.25m....

As we slowly but surely begin to come out of lockdown, we can start to take stock of the damage that the Coronavirus crisis has caused. The fashion sector has been arguably one of the hardest hit, and with sales down almost 35% compared to last year, it's not surprising that many businesses have been forced to enter administration, including even major names like...

 As lockdown measures are slowly relaxed and the UK returns to a “new normal”, the public can once more begin to go about their everyday lives. But the return to work, the inevitable increase in the use of public transport, and the reopening of high street stores has prompted the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to write to major supermarkets to encourage them...