All Retail Week UAT articles in December 18, 2009 – Page 2
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NewsTopps Tiles’ Dutch business to shut
Topps Tiles’ loss-making Dutch business is to close after the retailer decided not to provide further support and funding.
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NewsConsumer confidence falls for second month
Consumer confidence slipped in December for the second month running and consumers are wary about prospects in the new year.
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OpinionPoor reading from Waterstone’s
Much is made of the benefits of last man standing status in retail but some, such as HMV-owned bookseller Waterstone’s, look punch-drunk.
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Analysis
October
Store of the Month:Primark opened a huge new store in Bristol on a site where House of Fraser and former department store group Bentalls both failed to make an impact. No such problem here – the retailer’s second largest store, at just under 100,000 sq ft, has been pulling shoppers ...
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May
Store of the Month: Beleaguered camera retailer Jessops has been under pressure for the whole of this year, but this has not slowed its efforts to turn things around, with perhaps the most concrete evidence being its new store on London’s New Oxford Street. With everything from a ‘Training Academy’ ...
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Analysis
March
Store of the Month: Tesco branched out in central Europe with My Liberec, a department-cum-food store that bore scant reference to its parent. Instead, shoppers in the northern Czech city of Liberec were presented with a two-floor, 75,000 sq ft departure, from the Tesco mittel-Europ norm and a format that ...
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Analysis
June
Store of the Month:Monki, the idiosyncratic Swedish retailer that works by not using lifestyle graphics and not putting prices or directional signs in its stores, marked its arrival in the Danish capital Copenhagen with two store openings on the same day. Both featured the brightly coloured, internally illuminated pylons and ...
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Analysis
July
Store of the Month: A quintessentially middle-English retailer, Lakeland reinvents itself with a store that takes kitchen and cookware and presents them as a series of lifestyle offers. This is a long, deep shop and yet in spite of the relatively high equipment, finding your way around is simple due ...
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Analysis
January
Source: John RyanStore of the Month:Waitrose, Nottingham. Bit of a cheat this as Waitrose actually opened its first “convenience” store, in Nottingham – at the end of December, but it was January, as near as dammit. At 5,800 sq ft, this compact store has all the departments you’d expect of ...
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NewsPoundland pushes into Northern Ireland
Poundland is ramping up its store expansion programme in Northern Ireland on the back of strong sales since first opening there in October.
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NewsSpar thrives as it grabs slice of Woolworths share
Convenience store group Spar has reported strong second-quarter results, soaking up some of the confectionery share left up for grabs after the collapse of Woolworths.
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NewsEd Hardy wants to open more shops in the UK
Graffiti-inspired fashion brand Ed Hardy wants to open more shops in the UK after the successful opening of its first store at Westfield London last month.
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Oliver Sweeney gets foot in door on Regent Street
Footwear retailer Oliver Sweeney this week opened a new-look flagship on Regent Street.
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NewsTalk Talk poaches Sainsbury’s Dido Harding
Sainsbury’s has said its convenience strategy will remain on track despite the exit of its convenience director Dido Harding, and that it will appoint someone to take over her responsibilities in the new year.
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NewsSimon Fox optimistic despite Waterstone’s sales hit
Entertainment retailer HMV boss Simon Fox has insisted there is room on the high street for a specialist book store despite its Waterstone’s chain revealing declining sales and its rival Borders UK looking set to be wound down.
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AnalysisKeith Jones is diving in at the deep end at JJB Sports
The ex-DSGi man is diving in at the deep end at JJB Sports, arriving as chief executive after a calamitous year for the business. Lisa Berwin asks if he can get it back in shape.