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OpinionNick Bubb's verdict: Pets At Home - what’s left in the tank?
Pets At Home seems to be a great business, but how much has been left in the fuel tank by its private equity owners?
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AnalysisAnalysis: The benefits and pitfalls of public and private ownership
As a raft of retailers gear up for City flotations this spring, Alex Lawson and Tiffany Holland consider the differences between public and private ownership.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The retail IPOs in focus
Pets at Home today became the latest retailer to confirm its intention to float as a raft of businesses look to take advantage of favourable market conditions. Retail Week takes a look at the retailers with firm plans to go public.
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AnalysisAnalysis: A breakdown of the BRC's business rates reforms
The BRC this morning unveiled details of its plan, compiled with accountancy firm EY, to reform the burdensome business rates system. Retail Week outlines the options the BRC has put forward.
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OpinionComment: There's nothing cut-price about Poundland's ambitions
Poundland has pushed the button on its IPO. The single-price retailer has bolstered its board and could achieve a valuation of up to £700m.
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OpinionComment: Why it's worth investing to create retail destinations
This week it was revealed that Asda may be considering a bid for Mothercare’s Early Learning Centre as it looks to fill excess space in its stores.
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OpinionNick Bubb's verdict: Does Ao.com's valuation signal another dotcom bubble?
The old Appliances Online business may have changed its name to the anonymous Ao.com but that hasn’t changed its appeal to US Internet investors.
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CartoonBlower's retail cartoon: Ao.com's £1bn IPO
Retail Week’s cartoonist Patrick Blower takes a look at Ao.com’s £1bn flotation.
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OpinionComment: What makes a float successful
As interest grows in IPO, Gareth Iley, consumer partner at advisory firm Clearwater Corporate Finance, discusses conditions that are conducive to a successful IPO.
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AnalysisMorrisons' founding family's plans to take it private: What the analysts say
Morrisons’ founding family, which has a 9% stake in the supermarket chain, have approached private equity firms to take the listed grocer private. Retail Week takes a look at the City’s reaction to the news.
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OpinionComment: Dixons boss Sebastian James on keeping a retail brand relevant
For the last few years at Dixons – but thankfully no longer – my team and I have been the worried-looking doctors and nurses clustered round the bedside of this Great British institution.
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OpinionComment: Will investors make a £1bn bet on Ao.com as it lines up IPO?
White goods etailer Ao.com has made its presence keenly felt in the industry over the last few years, whether for the way it has put customer service at its heart or its amusing ads.
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OpinionComment: Retailers must consider new technology's return on investment
Across the retail sector a lot of effort is going into finding creative ways of using technology to create new customer experiences.The question is, will that investment trickle down into a return for the business, or is it just window dressing?Marc Jacobs recently revealed that it plans to open a ...
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OpinionComment: Mixed messages for retail economy in 2014
There have rarely been so many mixed messages about what really is going on with the economy and what 2014 will look like. It seems we are enjoying rapid economic recovery.
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OpinionComment: Overseas retailers join the race to float
While British retailers line up to float, overseas groups are also eyeing London listings.
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Walmart lowers its sights after weak fourth quarter
Global colossus Walmart has unexpectedly lowered profit expectations for its final quarter.
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AnalysisOcado’s full-year results: What the analysts say
Ocado today reported full-year gross sales rose 17.2% to £843m last year, when pre-tax losses widened to £12.5m and that co-founder Jason Gissing is to retire. Retail Week rounds up analysts’ reaction.
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OpinionNick Bubb's verdict: Ocado begins with 'O' but will it end with £1.8bn?
One wag famously once said Ocado begins with an ‘O’ and ends with a zero, but it seems to be very much alive and kicking.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Which retailers are best positioned to float?
As a raft of retailers get ship-shape and ready to float, Retail Week takes a look at the runners and riders in the race to go public.
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OpinionComment: Why Carphone Warehouse's Samsung deal makes sense
Samsung has revealed plans to open 60 stores in Europe in partnership with Carphone Warehouse – a strategy that will give Samsung a European presence that took Apple nearly a decade to build, but in just three months.