All Debenhams articles – Page 63
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Baugur's retail stakes stir interest
Retail investors including Sir Philip Green and Dragon’s Den star Theo Paphitis have been named as likely interested parties for Baugur assets, after its UK subsidiary was placed into administration at the close of last week.
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Baugur in administration
Updated: Baugur’s stakes in retailers House of Fraser, Hamleys, Aurum and Iceland have been placed in to administration.
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Baugur boss Johannesson lambasts Landsbanki
Baugur boss Jón sgeir Jóhannesson has hit out at creditors after the Icelandic investor was forced to seek protection from administration yesterday.
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Westfield retailers unite in outrage at service charges
The dispute over service charges at Westfield London has escalated as more retailers join the fight against the landlords’ demands.
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Debenhams appoints refinancing adviser
Debenhams has appointed financial adviser Lazard to look at options to revise the department store’s capital structure.
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Short selling on retail stock doubles
Short selling positions on retail shares have almost doubled between November and January, as investors bet on further misery for the sector.
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Debenhams upbeat as it defies market woes
Department store group Debenhams will continue to reduce SKUs and maintain tight stock control after defying forecasts to report better than expected Christmas trading.
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OpinionMarks & Spencer: margins & errors
Marks & Spencer boss Sir Stuart Rose appeared irked yesterday by journalists’ questions about the retailer’s lacklustre Christmas trading figures. Why, he complained, hadn’t the results from Debenhams and Next come under such scrutiny?
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Debenhams post-Christmas Sale to be 'biggest ever'
Debenhams has unveiled plans for its biggest ever Sale with thousands of products up to 70 per cent off across its stores.
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Opinion
Do shoppers know it's Christmas?
In the words of an unkempt Irishman and a diminutive Scotsman, 'Do they know it's Christmas time at all?' While the words were originally sung by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure for very different reasons, the Live Aid song's lyrics could be asked of the UK shopping public as we ...
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Argos launches biggest ever Christmas Sale
Argos has become the latest retailer to offer unprecedented discounting in the run-up to Christmas, launching a half-price Sale that the retailer said was its biggest ever.
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Debenhams to open first store in Iran
Debenhams is to open Iran’s first ever department store in the country’s capital, Tehran.
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Opinion
House of Fraser: to Sale or not to Sale?
When is a Sale not a Sale? When it is a pre-Christmas Sale, according to House of Fraser. Confused? You are not alone.
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House of Fraser launches pre-Christmas Sale
House of Fraser has launched a pre-Christmas Sale with up to 50 per cent off throughout its stores and online.
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Debenhams to launch third three-day Sale
Debenhams is to launch another three-day Christmas Sale, just three days after its last 20 per cent-off promotion and its third in four weeks.
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Tesco triggers toys price war
Tesco has sparked a price war after slashing the prices of hundreds of its toys by up to 60 per cent.
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Retailers ramp up pre-Christmas Sales
Retailers have stepped up their discounting dramatically in recent weeks, with three quarters of the UK's leading chains offering discounts in the run-up to Christmas.
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Debenhams confirms three-day Sale
Debenhams has confirmed it will tomorrow launch a three-day Sale, which is expected to be extended to cover the whole weekend.
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Two more days added to Debenhams Sale
Debenhams has added two extra days to its three-day pre-Christmas Sale.
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Opinion
M&S versus Debenhams is only round one
Marks & Spencer has gone head to head with Debenhams in what will be round one of the tussle for shoppers' spending in the run-up to Christmas. But will short, sharp and noisy Sales ultimately really benefit retailers?