All Retail Week UAT articles in 21 November 2008 – Page 3
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News
John Clare sells slice in social e-tail venture
Former DSGi chief John Clare and advertising guru Lord Saatchi have sold a substantial stake in their social shopping site Myfaveshop.com to take the business forward.
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News
George Davies to focus on S’porter after Per Una
Fashion guru George Davies will concentrate on his S’porter football chain business after revealing this week that he will step down from his role as part-time chairman of Per Una at the end of December.
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News
Woolworths trouble could knock rivals, City fears
The performance of Game, HMV and WHSmith are at risk as a result of the problems of Woolworths, which has held talks about a sale to restructuring specialist Hilco.
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News
Retail sales remain flat
Retail sales volume growth remained flat in the three months to September compared with the previous three months, according to the latest ONS figures.
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News
Frenzy of festive discount vouchers fuel fear of bloodbath on high street
An unprecedented raft of “secret Sales” and promotional vouchers is likely to spark a high street bloodbath ahead of what retail chiefs are warning will be the toughest Christ-mas ever.
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News
Andy Bond: Christmas will be OK but new year won’t
Asda chief executive Andy Bond has warned that while shoppers will spend slightly less this Christmas, the first quarter of next year will be “when things get really tough” for retailers.
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Opinion
It’s bad but it will get worse
The bold 1.5 percentage point interest rate cut was supposed to help restore consumer confidence.
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News
Woolies' biggest shareholder slams £1 Hilco talks
Woolworths' biggest shareholder Ardeshir Naghshineh has criticised the potential sale of the retailer to Hilco, saying the group's stores are worth much more than the nominal price that has been tabled.
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News
M&S kicks off 20%-off extravaganza
M&S kicked off its one-day Sale this morning by blotting out the windows of its Marble Arch store with posters providing details of the 20 per cent-off promotion.
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News
Thresher revives 40% discount offer
Off-licence operator Thresher Group is reviving its 40 per cent discount campaign again, making it the third consecutive year the retailer has run the offer.
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News
Halfords profits climb
Halfords said it is confident it will hit full-year expectations as profit before tax climbed 3.2 per cent to 49.1 million in the 26 weeks to September 25.
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News
Mothercare profits leap 94%
Mothercare revealed group underlying profit before tax soared 94 per cent to 9.5 million in the 28 weeks to October 11 and said it is well placed to trade through the economic turmoil.
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News
Puma stops supplying JJB Sports
One of JJB Sports' biggest suppliers, Puma, is understood to stopped supplying its product to the sports retailer.
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News
Selfridges appoints former Woolworths FD
Selfridges has appointed former Woolworths finance director to the same role at the department store.
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News
Mallplace.com: Virtual mall launches with affiliate offer
A virtual mall has launched this week that hopes to become a destination for consumers to browse stores on the web in a similar way to how they would in real life.
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News
Phase Eight chief executive leaves
Phase Eight chief executive Simon Rider has left the fashion retailer.
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News
Urban Retreat web site plans user reviews
The e-commerce site of beauty brand Urban Retreat is introducing customer ratings and reviews as part of a plan to make the site into a beauty portal.
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News
PCI Security Standards Council to step up checks on assessors
The PCI Security Standards Council has launched a programme to ensure that the companies that assist retailers in meeting the PCI data security standard are up to scratch.
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News
Tesco Digital tests film download service
Tesco has launched a beta version of a movie and TV download section on its Digital site.
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News
Sir Stuart Rose: 'step-down' in trading in last fortnight
There has been another marked fall in consumer spending in recent weeks, Marks & Spencer executive chairman Sir Stuart Rose has said.