All articles by Amy Shields – Page 34
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Moss Bros in turmoil as candidates for chair refuse job
Moss Bros will be left without a new chairman this week after it emerged that potential candidates are unwilling to take the role at the beleaguered retailer.
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Mulberry sales buck gloom
Mulberry has announced soaring sales and a strong start to the new financial year.
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Land of Leather plans rescue deal as sales collapse
Land of Leather has announced plans to secure a rescue financing deal of 14.8 million, gross of expenses, by way of placing almost 30 million shares, underwritten by its brokers.
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May online sales hit £4.5 billion
Online spending in May rose to more than 4.5 billion, an increase of 1.6 per cent on April, according to the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index.
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Best Buy to roll out Best Buy Mobile to all stores
Best Buy, the US electricals giant that snapped up half of Carphone Warehouse’s retail business last month for 1.1 billion, has announced a drop in first-quarter earnings.
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3G iPhone sparks massive interest
Interest in the next generation 3G iPhone is almost four times than that for its 2G predecessor according to mobile phone retailer O2.
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DSGi credit rating cut
DSGi’s credit rating has been cut on the back of its decreasing operating profit margin.
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Fifth of M&S shareholders to vote against Rose promotion
Up to a fifth of Marks & Spencer’s shareholders are expected to vote against chief executive Sir Stuart Rose’s promotion to chairman.
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Primark sacks factories found using child labour
Primark has sacked three of it southern Indian factories after they were found to have used unauthorised sub-contracting and child labour to produce its garments.
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Fortnum & Mason chairman to step down
Fortnum & Mason chairman Jana Khayat is to step down after seven years in the role.
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Borders to sell three overseas businesses
Borders is to offload a raft of its overseas businesses and slash 20 per cent of its workforce as it implements its strategic review.
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Halfords outshines the sector with profit jump
Motor accessory and bikes retailer Halfords has outperformed the sector, as customers swap cars for cycles.
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Tesco takeover of Dobbies almost complete
Tesco now owns 90.13 per cent of the shares in Dobbies, after announcing last week that it would take the retailer private within the next month.
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Gee family could sell Moss Bros stake
Moss Bros founding family member shareholders the Gee family are understood to be considering selling their stake in the menswear retailer.
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Opinion
Time to roll up your sleeves
If we have learned anything this week, it is that we are in for a “long slog”, according to Sir Philip Green.
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Woolworths fined £350,000 by FSA
Woolworths has been fined 350,000 after being penalised for contravention of disclosure rules in December 2005.
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Green warns worst trading is yet to come
Arcadia boss Sir Philip Green has said the worst of the credit crunch has yet to hit the high street.
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HMV shareholder sells a third of holding
HMV shareholder Brandes Investment Partners has sold more than a third of its holding in the entertainment retailer.
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Carphone: Best Buy tie-up will bolster business
Carphone Warehouse has said its partnership with Best Buy will enable it to offset challenges presented by the downturn, after it reported a cautious outlook because of falling broadband demand.