All General merchandise articles – Page 251
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Maxeda beats market with impressive year-end profits
Maxeda, the private equity-backed Dutch store group run by former Asda boss Tony DeNunzio, has posted a surge in profits and expects to weather more difficult trading conditions.
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AnalysisThe weirdest jobs in retail
From professional pet food tasters to the man who makes a living blowing up toasters, Charlotte Dennis-Jones talks to the people with the most unusual jobs in retail
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ONS retail sales growth slows
Sales volume growth has slowed over the past three months as the household sector reported the largest fall in sales volumes for three years.
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Private equity firms circle Paperchase
Private equity firms HgCapital, Isis Equity Partners and Change Capital are understood to be the frontrunners to buy stationery retailer Paperchase.
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M&S profits top £1 billion
Marks & Spencer’s pre-tax profit has topped 1 billion, but the retailer warned that the market would remain challenging for the forseeable future.
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Opinion
Coin a phrase and you’re a star
Every retailer should aim to get itself into the dictionary if it wants to be a household name
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M&S staff face bonus cuts
Marks & Spencer staff will see their annual bonuses slashed despite the retailer generating profits of more than 1 billion last year.
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Borders puts Paperchase on market following review
Paperchase has been put up for sale by its US owner Borders.
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Opinion
The Retail Week – May 16, 2008
The arrival of sunshine over the past couple of weeks was greeted by some as the panacea for all of retail’s woes.
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Analysis
Come together
Retailers are introducing greener supply chains, but they are still not thinking innovatively enough. They need to change how they work with suppliers, says Katie Kilgallen
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Phones 4U to face Ofcom inquiry
Phones 4U faces investigation by telecoms regulator Ofcom for alleged phone mis-selling.
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Clinton posts flat sales
Clinton Cards’ sales were flat in its third quarter and it faces more challenging conditions on the high street.
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Argos faces strike action
Home Retail Group faces possible strike action at its catalogue retailer Argos after union Unite said it will hold a ballot to take industrial action over pay.
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Rising inflation deals rate blow
The annual rate of inflation leaped to 3 per cent in April, from 2.5 per cent in March, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
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Analysis
Sales drivers
Motorway service areas are becoming a new destination for retailers as they throw off their dismal image. Charlotte Dennis-Jones takes to the highway
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Analysis
Essex buoys
It may be approaching its 20th birthday, but Essex’s Lakeside remains a key retail destination. John Ryan visits to see how its retailers are coping in a fiercely competitive environment
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M&S investors could force vote on Rose's role
Rebel Marks & Spencer shareholders are considering whether to force a vote on Sir Stuart Rose’s controversial promotion to executive chairman at the retailer’s AGM in July.
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John Lewis and Waitrose sales growth steady
Department store group John Lewis and stablemate grocer Waitrose posted solid sales for the week to May 3.
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Opinion
Sunshine brings cheer for retail
“If you open your door in the morning and there’s a blizzard, you’re not going to buy a summer dress.” So said Sir Philip Green in his interview with Retail Week last month. So Green and many other retailers like him must have been celebrating as some decent weather finally ...
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Oxford Street to say goodbye to ‘Golf Sale’ men
Oxford Street’s infamous “Golf Sale” man, an emblem in the eyes of many of everything that is wrong with London’s premier shopping thoroughfare, faces exile within months.