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NewsBurberry half year sales surge
British luxury brand Burberry’s like-for-like retail sales jumped 12% over the last six months with the UK market helping drive growth.
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NewsAquascutum on the brink of collapse
Fashion retailer Aquascutum, owned by Harold Tillman, could be placed into administration as early as this morning, threatening the end of a British heritage brand.
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NewsFortnum boss Aspinall stands down
Fortnum & Mason boss Beverley Aspinall has stood down after seven years in the role.
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NewsMarks & Spencer sales hit by stock shortage
Marks & Spencer was hit by a shortage of top fashion lines that undermined general merchandise sales in the fourth quarter.
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OpinionIt's been a bad few weeks for the high street
The collapse of Game and the closure of nearly half its shops summed that up starkly.
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NewsTesco trials electronic shelf pricing
Tesco is trialling a plethora of new technology from electronic shelf barkers to smart badges to be worn by staff.
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OpinionSeeking out retail's silver lining
I’ll admit I was something of a doom monger back in early 2008 before the economic storm clouds had even begun to gather.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What will Better Capital's acquisition mean for Jaeger?
The sale of Jaeger has been a long time coming, although the deal that “secured its future” is understood to have taken just a week.
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OpinionOcado launches tie up with BBC Good Food
Online grocer Ocado has launched an innovative tie-up with cookery site BBC Good Food which enables customers to buy the ingredients needed to prepare recipes from the site.
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Opinion
Hey! You! Get POS on my cloud
Everyone’s banging on about the cloud these days, but in terms of business benefits, it’s all a bit, erm… cloudy. Not so for Crabtree & Evelyn which has transformed its point of sale (POS) system with a virtual, on-demand solution, and is already seeing results. No doubt others will soon be jumping on the bandwagon.
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NewsJaeger acquired by Better Capital
Fashion group Jaeger has been acquired by Jon Moulton’s investment vehicle Better Capital, ensuring the “future of the business”.
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NewsRetailers must refinance £7bn of bank and bond debt in 2012
Retailers have to refinance $11.2bn (£7.1bn) in syndicated bank debt and bonds by the end of the year, with a further $60.6bn (£38.3bn) due by 2018.
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NewsMobile devices drive increase in online retail searches
Retail search volumes increased 11% in the first quarter of 2012, while overseas retail searches jumped 57% due to the increasing popularity of shoppers using mobile devices said the British Retail Consortium (BRC)- Google Online Retail Monitor.
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OpinionTesco? Boring? Wrong adjective
To concentrate upon the intrinsic dullness of a food retail interior may matter, but it’s not the real point that needs to be addressed.
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NewsTesco takes on Amazon as Clarke poised to unveil strategy
Tesco has begun its attempt to take on Amazon Market Place as the City is poised to hear the grocer’s UK strategy.
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GallerySelfridges: a room with a premium view
The women’s Designer Galleries East at Selfridges on Oxford Street is open for business. John Ryan visits and gets a taste of luxury.
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NewsRoyal Family Lego figures build a following
Life size Lego versions of the royal family have arrived at the newly refurbished fifth floor at Hamleys’ Regent Street store.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Esprit Gare St Lazare, Paris
It’s probably not too much of an exaggeration to say that Esprit remains somewhat left-field as far as the UK shopper is concerned.
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OpinionHow has Oasis become an omnichannel retailer?
Multichannel has been a key focus for retailers, but there is now a shift towards an omnichannel approach, giving customers a seamless shopping experience across all sales routes.
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NewsGame's Iberian business taken over by OpCapita
OpCapita, the new owner of Game’s UK stores, has taken control of the retailer’s Iberian business from administrators PwC.