All General merchandise articles – Page 274
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HMV pushes button on next-generation store roll-out
Entertainment retailer will open up to 40 next year
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Macy’s downbeat despite positive like-for-likes
August figure up 2.4%, but drop expected for September
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Mattel recalls third batch of Chinese-made toys
750,000 products recalled in fiasco with Chinese sub-contractors
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Apple's iPhone sales outstrip rivals in US
Sales of Apple’s iPhone have outpaced its rivals in its first full month on the market in the US. In a study by market research group iSuppli, sales of the smartphone in July beat those of the BlackBerry and other smartphone rivals. The phone accounted for 1.8 per cent of ...
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Woolworths gets go-ahead to buy Bertram
Competition Commission unconditionally clears the acquisition
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Opinion
Christmas crunch here we come
Now that the August bank holiday is out of the way and a torrid summer, in business terms, is coming to an end, what is the outlook for the sector as the year winds down?The back-to-school offensive is in full swing and Halloween is still to come but, from here ...
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Stores shares on the up as City readies for key updates
The whole stores sector – grocers and general merchandisers – was up last week and beat the All Share index, although general retailers continued to underperform against last year. The rise was driven partly by optimism about particular companies, such as Next (see opposite), as a raft of big retailers ...
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Tesco outlines mission to up non-food estate
Tesco is gunning to more than double its number of Homeplus non-food stores in the UK. Tesco Homeplus operations director Alison Horner said the UK’s biggest supermarket will add 10 shops to its existing portfolio of seven Homeplus stores. She added that Tesco has identified six new sites, but a ...
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Reevoo woos retailers with relaunch
Online product review company Reevoo has relaunched its web site with a new service as it aims to double its retail customers over the next six months. Last month, Reevoo.com relaunched to drive traffic to retailer’s web sites. Customers click on the product review, choose from a list of retailers ...
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Borders UK deal nears as parent's sales soar
The sale of Borders UK is understood to be imminent, although the US retailer was silent on the issue as it posted second-quarter figures. Entrepreneur Luke Johnson’s private equity business, Risk Capital Partners, is thought to be the front-runner to buy the chain, which has also been eyed by WHSmith. ...
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King plans brand influx at House of Fraser
House of Fraser will unveil a raft of big-name brands in stores this autumn, but has warned it will toughen supplier terms. Body Shop, Mappin & Webb, Thomas Pink and The Pen Shop are among the debutantes at the retailer, which was bought by Baugur last November for£341 million. It ...
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Bank holiday heatwave keeps shoppers off the high streets
The sunny bank holiday weekend delivered a boost to some food and general merchandise retailers, but fashion chains suffered as footfall tumbled on the high street. Garden centre Wyevale found the sunny weather a welcome relief after the deluges earlier in the summer. Chief executive Barry Stevenson said: “We were ...
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Opinion
Putting Fraser’s house in order
When the long-serving butler was told his services were no longer required at House of Fraser’s Howick Place headquarters, it was clear things would never be the same again.The winds of change have blown ferociously through head office since John King and Don McCarthy took charge following Baugur’s takeover of ...