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Retail failures up 17 per cent
More than a thousand retail businesses have hit the buffers in the past year, with more failures expected due to poor Christmas trading.
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Barclays appoints Grant Thornton to JJB Sports
Barclays Bank has appointed Grant Thornton to advise it on JJB Sports’ future plans as the retailer revealed this morning that it has exchanged the contracts for four of its stores to Sports Direct.
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Reiss sales rise as profits dip
Fashion retailer Reiss has revealed sales growth of 18 per cent to 67 million for the year to January 31.
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TUC backs Primark in AGM row
The TUC has refused to back down to lobbying from pressure groups to stop Primark's parent company Associated British Foods using its headquarters for its AGM
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Sir Philip Green sells Moss Bros stake to Simon Berwin for £7.7m
Updated: Sir Philip Green has sold his 28 per cent stake in Moss Bros to menswear supplier Simon Berwin.
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CBI survey: Retailers fear dire Christmas
Retailers are expecting a lacklustre Christmas after reporting a decline in high street sales in November, according to the CBI's Distributive Trades Survey.
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Opinion
Products need to be personal
More than ever, consumers will only make purchases that make them feel good about life.
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JJB store revamps drive sales
Embattled retailer JJB claims it has experienced a dramatic sales uplift in its “new era” stores.
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Specsavers launches raft of stores in New Zealand
Specsavers launched in New Zealand this week with six store openings on the country’s North and South Islands.
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JD Sports mulls bid for rival JJB
JD Sports Fashion is said to be considering a bid for rival JJB Sports.
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John Lewis slashes prices to match House of Fraser Sale
John Lewis has become the latest retailer to slash its prices, offering 25 per cent off branded goods to match prices at House of Fraser’s two-day Sale which began on Thursday.
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Green will not bid for Moss Bros
Sir Philip Green’s Warbeck Holding Company has said it will not make an offer for Moss Bros.
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Opinion
VAT reduction just doesn’t cut it
Oh the irony. Even if Alistair Darling’s 2.5 percentage point cut in VAT had prompted consumers to open their purses this week, they would have been snapped firmly shut again only days later when two household retail names went into administration.
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Analysis
Sally Bailey, White Stuff: The right stuff
White Stuff has so far bucked the downturn with storming results and chief Sally Bailey wants to keep it that way. She tells Amy Shields why the tough market needn’t mean growth has to stop.
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Christmas TV ads: Will christmas ads woo the shoppers?
Retailers are spending huge amounts on Christmas advertising this year, but is it money down the drain? Charlotte Hardie and Saatchi & Saatchi’s Richard Huntington tune in to this year’s festive campaigns.
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Pre-Christmas discounting: Can you cut it?
High street retailers are slashing prices in the Christmas run-up, but is it the answer to their problems, asks Charlotte Hardie
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Mothercare: The City view
Mothercare bucked the retail gloom with a strong set of interim figures.
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General retail stocks cling on as more turmoil rocks the sector
General retail stocks bounced back this week despite a tumultuous week for the sector.
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Thomas Pink to expand overseas
Luxury shirt retailer Thomas Pink is poised to ramp up its international presence starting at the end of this year and continuing through 2009.
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VAT nightmare as retailers struggle with cut
Retailers have reacted angrily to the VAT cut announced by Chancellor Alistair Darling on Monday, saying it will make little difference to sales and cause huge disruption at the most important time of year.