All articles by Amy Shields – Page 49
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Metro Q3 sales climb
Metro has forecast a positive performance for the remainder of this year after recording healthy sales in its third quarter.
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Scots to begin switch to digital next year
Scotland will start the changeover to digital television on November 6 next year.
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Mike Clare primes Dreams for sale
Dreams is understood to have appointed KPMG to explore the possibility of a sale of the business for 250 million.
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Opinion
Will there be a silver lining for fashion?
Dark clouds are gathering on the horizon, warned Sir Philip Green today. And they are not the kind of clouds that bring a climate the fashion tycoon might welcome.
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Debenhams launches menswear in Desire stores
Debenhams has signalled new-found confidence in its menswear by introducing it to Desire stores.
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Reliance to spin off Fresh chain as it chases alliances
Indian giant Reliance Retail is understood to intend to hive off its grocery fascia Reliance Fresh as it focuses on joint ventures to drive growth.
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House of Fraser slashes debt
House of Fraser dramatically cut its net debt in the few months following its acquisition by a Baugur-led consortium in November last year.
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Blacks calls off sale of Freespirit
Blacks Leisure has announced that it will not sell its Freespirit boardswear business, the subject of a controversial row with tycoon Mike Ashley earlier this year.
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Burberry to expand shop empire as retail sales soar
Luxury goods retailer Burberry is to open more stores in Europe and the US as part of its strategy to drive retail sales.
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Opinion
Peacocks to fly high
A newly preened Peacocks strutted its stuff at a gathering of management and journalists at Shoreditch House in east London last night.
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Esprit plans UK launch of young fashion brand
Esprit will bring its young fashion brand edc by Esprit to the UK as part of plans to open 150 stores worldwide in three years.
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Wyevale commits to being carbon neutral by 2010
Garden centre chain Wyevale has published a consultation document called the Ten Commitments detailing how it will deliver its plan to become carbon neutral by 2010.
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Mothercare driven by soaring multichannel sales
Mothercare has delivered a healthy second quarter performance, led by its UK multichannel arm Direct in Home, which reported a sales increase of 102 per cent – a 27.8 per cent like-for-like lift.
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DSGi sales strong despite Italian woes
DSGi has today reported robust sales, despite weak performances from its Italian UniEuro arm and Mircrosoft’s new Vista range.
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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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WHSmith profits rocket
WHSmith has reported soaring group profits, but both total and like-for-like sales dropped.
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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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Thorntons celebrates stellar first quarter
Thorntons has reported strong trading in its first-quarter update.
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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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Baugur snaps up stake in Sports Direct
Serial investor Baugur has taken a stake in beleaguered retailer Sports Direct.