News roundup--The Hut Group, Comet, Haith's more

The Hut Group, which operates IWantOneOfThose.com, Mankind and MyProtein, announced a sales growth of 70 percent from £84 million to £143 million in 2011. For 2012, chief executive Matthew Moulding said the focus will be on organic growth and further improving the service to customers, continuing to expand the product range and building on the company’s international business, which last year accounted for 35 percent of total sales.

Some 450 repair staff and support workers have been made redundant at Comet, reports the Sun. The move comes as a “last-ditch bid” to turn the loss-making business around.

Is Marks & Spencer’s director of multichannel ecommerce Laura Wade-Gery on the verge of handing in her resignation? The Mail thinks so.

Following reports that Edinburgh Woollen Mill was in the running to acquire Peacocks, it’s now emerged that the apparel retailer has pulled out, writes the Guardian.

David Haith, the grandson of founder John Edward Haith, is celebrating his family firm’s 75th anniversary. He talks to the Grimsby Telegraph about how from humble beginnings the Haith’s bird food business has exciting plans for the future including deals with Sainsbury’s and Waitrose and the implementation of live chat on the Haith’s website.