All Retail Week UAT articles in 12 October 2007
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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Analysis
Prepare your store for Christmas
No sooner hasd last year’s Christmas been wrapped up and the January Sale done and dusted, than thoughts start turning to the next round of Yuletide fun.
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News
Rising profit warnings cause concern
Profit warnings from the retail sector have risen sharply in the past year.
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News
Retail sales up 3 per cent
UK retail sales rose 3 per cent on a like-for-like basis last month, compared with September 2006 when sales were up 2.4 per cent, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
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News
Investment vehicle snaps up Smallbone stake
Luxury kitchen and furnishings group Smallbone is the latest retailer to become the subject of stake-building, with investment vehicle Toscafield snapping up a stake of almost 7 per cent.
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Opinion
Two horse race
Looking back at a press release from 2002 it’s clear to see how much the retail software market has consolidated.
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Opinion
Morrisons' rebranding revolution gathers pace
The rebranding revolution at grocer Morrisons gathered pace this week, when it revealed it is recruiting for a head of brand.
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Opinion
The way that food retailing should be
John Lewis has finally revealed its Oxford Street food hall and it is worth a visit.
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News
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News
SAP to pounce on Business Objects
SAP is to acquire business intelligence specialist Business Objects.
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News
Moss Bros opens first Simon Carter outlet
Moss Bros has opened a Simon Carter men’s fashion store next door to its Covent Garden flagship. Simon Carter is a range aimed at the same customer as Ted Baker, according to Moss Bros chief executive Philip Mountford.
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News
WHSmith profits rocket
WHSmith has reported soaring group profits, but both total and like-for-like sales dropped.
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News
The Sun launches online shop
News Group Digital has launched an online price-comparison shopping portal for bestselling newspaper The Sun.
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News
Football shirt manufacturers ‘shunning supermarkets’
Football shirt manufacturers ‘shunning supermarkets’
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News
Lovelock steps down from Jacques Vert
Mosaic chief executive Derek Lovelock will retire as non-executive chairman of womenswear retailer Jacques Vert on November 1.
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News
Profit warnings for retailers continue to grow
Profit warnings from the retail sector have risen sharply in the last year. One third of FTSE general retailers have issued warnings in the last 12 months, compared to 24 per cent in the whole of 2006, according to a report by Ernst & Young. It warns that ...
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News
Sainsbury's sales climb
Sainsbury’s revealed second-quarter sales rose 4.7 per cent (excluding fuel), in line with company expectations.
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News
Thorntons celebrates stellar first quarter
Thorntons has reported strong trading in its first-quarter update.
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News
Theo Fennell boss to exit as sales soar
Theo Fennell managing director Barbara Snoad is to leave at the end of this year after six years at the upmarket jeweller.
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News
US Carpetright shareholder to block Lord Harris deal
Carpetright’s third biggest investor, Harris Associates, aims to halt the 850 million acquisition of the retailer by its founder.