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JJB to reveal plans for roll-out of new format and store review
JJB Sports is expected to next week unveil the roll-out of its trial store format and plans to downsize its estate.
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Opinion
All the world’s a stage…
During lunch with one of the leading bankers in the retail sector this week there was debate about whether retail deals could happen, despite the downturn in the market. His answer was enlightening. “The only story right now is international,” he said.
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Mothercare social site signs up 40,000 users
Mothercare has notched up close to 40,000 subscribers on its social networking site, Gurgle.com.
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Mosaic bids to take Principles upmarket
Mosaic has unveiled the first fruits of its turnaround strategy at smart womenswear chain Principles, 18 months after acquiring the retailer.
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NewsQS to open in supermarkets
Value fashion retailer QS is to open concessions in grocery chains Somerfield and the Co-operative Group, as it restructures after the departure of its chief executive.
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Brooks Brothers to expand in UK despite boss's gloomy predictions
Upmarket fashion retailer Brooks Brothers is poised to open a raft of stores in the UK, despite boss Claudio Del Vecchio’s warnings of a worsening global economic crisis in the second part of this year.
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Aquascutum to launch new store format
Luxury retailer Aquascutum will unveil a new store format this year, 12 months after its owner injected 40 million to revitalise the brand.
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Gap sales take a plunge
Fashion retailer Gap's sales tumbled 12 per cent to US$1.37 billion ( 691.2 million) for the five weeks to April 5.
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Baugur hungry to increase portfolio of brands
Baugur plans to create additional holding companies for its portfolio of brands and seek out new global investments after amassing a 430 million war chest.
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Matalan poaches Debs trio for fashion assault
Matalan has lured three executives from Debenhams’ young women’s fashion brand Red Herring to oversee the relaunch of its own young-fashion offer.
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Opinion
Survival of the fittest
Retailers attending the World Retail Congress in Barcelona this week could be forgiven for reaching for a stiff glass of Sangria.
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Debenhams: the city view
The department store group, in which Merrill Lynch Private Equity recently sold its stake, issues interim figures on Tuesday.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Mamas & Papas, Dubai
Maternity retailer Mamas & Papas continues to refine the format it developed for its Regent Street flagship that opened in 2006 with its latest store in Dubai.
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Topshop and Topman set for record years
Young-fashion chains Topshop and Topman are on course for record years despite the savage downturn in the fashion market, owner Sir Philip Green revealed this week.
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Hawes & Curtis eyes US and concessions in growth drive
Upmarket shirt retailer Hawes & Curtis is to make its first large-scale venture into the UK concessions market and launch in the US.
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AnalysisWalking on air: retail at Heathrow Terminal 5
The opening of Heathrow Terminal 5 was a high-profile fiasco, but its retail offer will give passengers something to smile about. John Ryan takes a look at a new era of airport retailing
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Green: evolution is key to survival
Speaking at the World Retail Congress in Barcelona, Arcadia and Bhs chief executive Sir Philip Green warned that the tough economic conditions would expose who the good and bad retailers are.
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Baugur ‘in the mood’ to buy Moss Bros
Baugur executive chairman J n sgeir J hannesson has said the investor is still looking to buy menswear retailer Moss Bros, after dismissing an approach to sell its 29 per cent stake.
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Harrods picks new chief executive
James McArthur has been appointed as chief executive of Harrods Group.
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Ossian debt acquired
An investment fund has acquired the debt in Ossian Retail Group, the owners of homewares brand Au Naturale and fast-fashion chain Internacionale.