It's good news for retailers." Hotel Chocolat new stores will be at Euston, Westfield in Stratford, and another in east London - to add to the 10 in London it already has. Group sales in the year ...

Like many retailers including WH Smith, Hotel Chocolat has been expanding into more lucrative travel locations, with store openings in London Luton airport, Kings Cross and Euston in the period.

During the past year Hotel Chocolat launched its Roast & Conch Café, which takes customers through the process of roasting cocoa beans, in Covent Garden, London. It also opened travel retail formats ...

Mars is offering almost $700 million to buy Hotel Chocolat. The British company was founded 30 years ago by Angus Thirlwell and Peter Harris. They stand to become about $180 million richer if the ...

Mars is buying Hotel Chocolat in a deal that values Britain’s largest independent chocolate maker at £534 million ($661 million) and could boost its growth prospects outside of the United Kingdom.