All General merchandise articles – Page 217
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NewsSara Weller: retailers will expect multichannel ventures to pay their way
Argos managing director Sara Weller has highlighted the opportunities and challenges retailers face as they attempt to strengthen multichannel operations.
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Unilever's Dave Lewis: understanding nervous consumers key to downturn success
Unilever’s UK and Ireland chairman Dave Lewis has said that understanding customers and their redefined assessment of value will be essential in retaining customers through the downturn.
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Value retailers confident despite mid-market discounting
Value retailers believe that they are still able to differentiate themselves from mid-market retailers who are discounting heavily and increasing their promotional activity.
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Home retailers most distressed, new data shows
Retailers selling homewears and non-discretionary food are feeling most pressure from the economic downturn, according to new data from KPMG.
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Sir Stuart Rose to face M&S shareholder revolt
Marks & Spencer boss Sir Stuart Rose is set for another showdown with M&S investors over his controversial chairmanship.
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Shopworkers seek help as redundancy fears grow
Shopworkers are becoming increasingly depressed and turning to alcohol as the threat of redundancy rises across the retail sector, the Retail Trust has found.
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Marks & Spencer to extend branded food trial
Marks & Spencer is to extend its trial of branded food products to 20 stores in the Southeast.
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Flying Brands profits plummet
Multichannel retailer Flying Brands has reported pre-tax profit plummeted 53 per cent in its full-year results to 1.5m.
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AnalysisPawn stars: Business is booming for buy-back stores
Second-hand has lost its stigma and is booming as buy-back stores attract new shopper groups. Charlotte Hardie pays a visit to those businesses stealing footfall as the recession bites
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Cash Generator TV debut to push profile
Cash Generator is to launch its first prime-time TV ad campaign this week to raise its profile among recession-hit consumers.
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Baugur files for bankruptcy
Baugur has filed for bankruptcy after an Icelandic court refused to grant its application to extend its protection from creditors.
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Profits plunge at Carrefour
International stores giant Carrefour is to cut prices and slash costs after profits slumped last year.
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Argos sales beat expectations
Home Retail Group has posted better than expected trading at its flagship Argos chain.
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NewsJohn Lewis profits plunge after tough year
John Lewis Partnership has revealed a steep fall in annual profits after a “tough year”.
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Former Woolworths manager set to open Wellworths store
A former manager with the defunct Woolworths chain will reopen her store as Wellworths on Wednesday.
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Retail like-for-likes fall 1.8 per cent in February
Retail sales slid 1.8 per cent on a like-for-like basis in February, according to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor.
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BRC urges the Government to delay VAT increase
The British Retail Consortium has urged the Government to delay plans to increase VAT to 17.5 per cent on December 31.
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Drag queen jailed for WHSmith bomb hoax
A 19-year-old drag queen who made a hoax bomb threat to WHSmith’s head office has been jailed for 14 months.
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UK non-food like-for-likes fall in February
UK non-food retail like-for-like sales slumped 8.1 per cent in February, according to BDO Stoy Hayward's Like 4 Like Club figures, which revealed fashion sales were down on homewares.
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New directors appointed as M&S squares up for food fight
Marks & Spencer has shaken up its senior food team as it battles to revitalise the flagging division.