All articles by George MacDonald – Page 257
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News
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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Opinion
The Retail Week – May 23, 2008
Marks & Spencer’s decision to stock well-known brands such as Heinz Tomato Ketchup was good for a headline, but will it make much difference to the retailer’s food business?
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Health and beauty retailers poised for record year
Health and beauty retailers are likely to enjoy their best growth in a decade this year, despite the wider consumer slowdown.
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Princesshay centre closed after explosion
Exeter’s Princesshay shopping centre and the city centre have been evacuated after a suspected explosive device was detonated in a restaurant.
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Grocers called to Downing Street for food prices summit
Chancellor Alistair Darling has summoned supermarket chiefs to a meeting at Downing Street today to discuss soaring food prices.
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French Connection UK sales flat
Improvements made at fashion group French Connection are bearing fruit and have enabled it to weather difficult trading conditions this spring, the company claimed today.
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BRC slams Government plans to give temps same rights
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has condemned Government plans for temporary staff to have the same rights as permanent employees after 12 weeks in the job.
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Hunter to sell Dobbies stake to Tesco
Grocery giant Tesco aims to take full control of AIM-listed garden centre group Dobbies, in which it has a 65.5 per cent stake.
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Opinion
Will £1bn profit bring M&S joy?
The old retail adage that you’re only as good as last week’s sales isn’t quite right. Any quoted retailer is only as good as next year’s forecasts.
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News
Further gloom as sales fall again in April
A second consecutive month of falling like-for-like sales compounded City gloom about prospects for the stores sector.
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Analysis
Carphone deal jolts electricals but grocers fail to impress City
Carphone Warehouse’s deal with Best Buy set the sector alight at the end of last week, sparking a wave of buying and bid speculation.
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Morrisons to cut plastic bag use by 50m a month
Grocer Morrisons aims to cut customers’ plastic bag use by 50 million a month by providing shoppers with free reusable bags.
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Alliance Boots to unleash potential of power brands
Health and beauty market leader Alliance Boots is to establish a brands division to unleash the massive potential of its proprietary products in the UK and overseas.
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Icelandic court nears verdict on Jóhannesson
Iceland’s Supreme Court is expected next month to rule on the long-running allegations of fraud against Baugur executive chairman J n sgeir J hannesson.
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First impressions: Browett's big day
There was an absence of much-anticipated blood on the carpet today when new DSGi chief executive John Browett unveiled his strategic review.
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Tesco buys South Korean Homever stores
Tesco has bolstered its South Korean business with the acquisition of 36 Homever stores for 958 million.
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Sainsbury’s results sparkle
Supermarket group Sainsbury’s is to launch a general merchandise offer online as chief executive Justin King’s strategy shifts from delivering recovery to growth.
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Tesco's Leahy's pay rose 18.5 per cent last year
Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy took home more than 5.4 million last year – an increase of 18.5 per cent.
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News
West Coast seeks legal order for Tesco over Dobbies stake
Tycoon Sir Tom Hunter’s West Coast Capital investment vehicle is seeking a legal order forcing Tesco to buy its minority stake in garden centre group Dobbies.
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NewsDSGi to cut 400 head office jobs
Electricals group DSGi is poised to axe as many as 400 head office staff, as chief executive John Browett reshapes the business to put it on the road to recovery.