All General merchandise articles – Page 257
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Brown Thomas Dublin flagship revamp enters its final phase
Brown Thomas has begun remodelling the basement of its Dublin flagship, marking the final stage of its refurbishment.
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Fortnum’s mulls overseas moves after sales high
Fortnum & Mason is exploring further overseas opportunities after a record year of sales and the completed refurbishment of its flagship Piccadilly store.
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Liberty to raise game with more exclusives
Iconic department store Liberty is to treble its exclusive luxury brands as its customers increasingly seek a unique shopping experience in a challenging retail environment.
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Dunelm: the city view
Homewares retailer Dunelm has reported interim pre-tax profit up 24.4 per cent to 27.2 million, but warned that second-half trading will prove tougher, writes Jennifer Creevy .
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Poor John Lewis trading fuels City fears as Tesco is attacked
John Lewis’s revelation that last week’s trading was the “toughest in recent memory” spooked an already panicky City.
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Six suitors vie to buy The Works
Five private equity firms and a trade buyer are thought to be bidding to acquire The Works, which went into administration last month.
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Consumer spending slows sharply in Q4
Consumer spending in the fourth quarter of 2007 almost ground to a halt, confirming retailers’ worst fears, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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Retailers report falling sales in February
More UK retailers are reporting that sales are falling rather than growing, for the first time since November 2006, according to the CBI.
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Mother’s Day to generate £1.6bn for UK retailers
This week’s Mothering Sunday is expected to generate 1.6 billion for UK retailers, an increase of 6 per cent on 2007.
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Debenhams launches Fairtrade menswear
Debenhams has launched its Fairtrade menswear range with Sir Steve Redgrave.
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Opinion
The Retail Week – February 22, 2008
Just before Christmas, I received an e-mail from a very angry reader.
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John Lewis weekly sales 'toughest in recent memory'
Department store John Lewis suffered awful sales for the week ending February 16, as the retail slowdown finally caught up with one of the sector's best-performing chains.
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Woolworths to axe 60 HQ jobs
Woolworths is to cut approximately 60 central jobs to deliver efficiencies and make the business more customer-focused.
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Harrods dresses its lifts for start of Senses promotion
Luxury department store Harrods has kicked off two months of in-store visual merchandising events with a series of installations in its Grade II listed lifts, writes John Ryan.
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Opinion
There’s value in Woolies yet
We reveal this week that variety store group Woolworths has slimmed down central staff numbers. About 60 have gone from the London headquarters and its Castleton satellite, near Rochdale.
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WHSmith to return £90m to investors
WHSmith shareholders will net 90 million through a special dividend and share buy-back programme.
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Phones 4U snaps up online rival
Mobile phone specialist Phones 4U has bought online retailer Dial-a-Phone for 9 million.
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Specsavers seals £4.5m global broadband deal
Specsavers has signed a 4.5 million five-year deal with Vanco to provide a broadband network spanning six countries.
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Arnotts to axe 580 jobs
Irish department store group Arnotts has said it will make up to 580 staff redundant.
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Strong West End footfall
Footfall in London’s West End was up 5.6 per cent year on year for January, according to the New West End Company.