All Retail Week UAT articles in 10 October 2008 – Page 2
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News
Bhs blames bad weather for profits nosedive
A return to normal weather patterns will be key to Bhs’ fortunes being revived, the company said this week.
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News
Landlords send bailiffs to JJB Sports stores
Beleaguered sports retailer JJB Sports was dealt another blow as bailiffs were sent in to at least 12 of its stores last week.
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Leighton hints at making UK retail comeback
Allan Leighton, who stands down as Royal Mail chairman next year, has revealed he may return to the UK in a retail chief executive role.
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Specsavers searches for 20 London stores
Optician Specsavers is to ramp up its presence in London with the opening of 20 stores over the next 18 months.
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Focus to cut jobs as it forecasts tough year
DIY retailer Focus will slash 15 per cent of its workforce by the end of this month to prepare the business for difficult trading next year.
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Allied Carpets to go transactional with site revamp
Allied Carpets is to launch a transactional web site in an effort to take advantage of the online sales boom.
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George steps up ads as Asda Direct site debuts
Asda clothing brand George launched the second phase of its Real People campaign this week as transactional site Asda Direct went live.
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Woolworths entertainment division EUK assures retailers supply chain is sound
Woolworths entertainment division EUK has vowed that retailers will remain unaffected in the run-up to Christmas despite the withdrawal of credit insurance from most of its suppliers.
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Land of Leather: City View
Operating costs are being slashed at Land of Leather as it battens down the hatches in anticipation of very tough trading in its new financial year.
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Industry holds its own against backdrop of financial calamity
In the week that the FTSE 100 suffered its biggest ever one-day points fall and governments rushed to shore up a crumbling banking system, retailers weathered the storm to outperform the market.
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Opinion
George MacDonald: Marks & Spencer is not finished yet
It’s a measure of how hellish conditions have become that a 6.1 per cent like-for-like sales fall at Marks & Spencer was regarded as not too bad.
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News
Blacks weighs up boardwear division sale as losses widen
Blacks Leisure may sell its boardwear business after tough trading over the summer months led to greater losses for the outdoor retailer.
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N Brown shopper base shields it as profits rise
Home shopping group N Brown has said that broader ranges and its core customer base of older consumers helped it sail through stormy conditions to increased profits.
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Gallery
John Ryan’s store of the week: Suit Supply, Savile Row
Having arrived in London in spring, Dutch retailer Suit Supply is everything you would want a men’s formalwear retailer to be.
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Steamer Trading plans 30 stores by 2011
Kitchenwares retailer Steamer Trading Cookshop opened its 18th store last week and plans to increase its portfolio by more than a third.
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Greek fashion brand to make UK debut at Westfield London
Athens-based fashion retailer No Name is to make its UK debut at Westfield London at the end of the month.
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Jysk maps out its route for overseas growth
Danish homewares retailer Jysk is to expand its international operations by launching in China, Eastern Europe, Greece and Belgium.
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Jagtiani targets 250 stores as he mulls global prospects
Dubai-based retail group Landmark is to open a raft of stores and launch in new markets as well as create a Middle Eastern department store format.
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Leeds’ Clarence Dock development to unveil retail phase
The retail area of the 260 million Clarence Dock scheme in Leeds is due to open tomorrow.