All General merchandise articles – Page 226
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Sir Geoff Mulcahy brands Woolworths closure 'disgraceful'
Former Woolworths boss and British Retail Consortium chairman Sir Geoff Mulcahy has said that Woolworths could have been saved and has branded Deloitte's decision to close the chain 'disgraceful'.
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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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All Woolworths stores to close by January 5
Updated: All Woolworths stores are to close by January 5.
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John Lewis to push web merchandising
John Lewis’s online arm has selected a web merchandising system from Omniture to help it ramp up its sales.
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Marks & Spencer sales have slumped
Updated: Marks & Spencer’s sales fell of a cliff last week as core categories slumped by as much as 30 per cent, it is understood.
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Tesco to open raft of stores on Boxing Day
Tesco is to open nearly 200 of its stores on Boxing Day this year as it fights for its share of spend in the worsening economic downturn.
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Debenhams to launch 50%-off five-day Sale
Debenhams is to spark a final burst of discounting on the high street in the crucial week before Christmas, with discounts of up to 50 per cent over five days.
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Printemps evacuated after bomb threat
Parisian department store Printemps had to be evacuated today after explosives were found in the famous shop.
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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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Kingfisher demands monthly rents for all retailers
Kingfisher, owner of the B&Q DIY chain, will this week ask landlords to offer monthly rental deals to all retailers - not just those in trouble.
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John Lewis posts record technology sales
John Lewis has continued to gain sales momentum after notching up a record week for its technology products.
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Discounts fail to lift sales in London in November
Sales in London took a hit in November as discounts and promotions across retail stores failed to tempt shoppers to spend.
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M&S communications chief quits
Flic Howard-Allen, Marks & Spencer's long-serving director of communications and CSR, has quit the company.
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Video: The week in retail, December 12, 2008
TGi Friday: As Woolworths launches its closing down Sale, Tim Danaher and George MacDonald assess the likely impact on the rest of the high street and whether there is any chance of a last-minute deal. One of the long-term beneficiaries may be HMV, which posted mixed interim results on Thursday.
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EUK redundancies begin after no buyer is found
Two-thirds of the staff at EUK, the Woolworths-owned entertainment distributor which is in administration, have been made redundant after no buyer was found for the business.
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Hundreds of shoppers bag Woolworths bargains
Woolworths recorded its biggest-ever trading yesterday as the defunct retailer launched a closing down sale across the 800-store chain.
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Oberpollinger: Premier league
Karstadt-owned department store Oberpollinger has emerged from a four-year, £75m luxury makeover. The timing might be off, but John Ryan is won over on its opening night in Munich.
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Sector manages to raise its profile following series of uplifting events
Last week’s interest rate cut, better weekly numbers from John Lewis, a weather boost and cautious broker optimism about general retailers all helped lift the sector.
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Asda veteran to bolster Pets at Home board
Former Asda director Sally Hopson has joined Pets at Home in the new role of customer and people director.
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Argos pulls back its international plans
Argos has put the brakes on further international expansion and has reviewed its strategy in its one overseas market, India, after the retailer failed to clock up the level of sales it hoped for.