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NewsBeaverbrooks promotes Daniel Brown to chief executive
Family owned jewellery chain Beaverbrooks has promoted Daniel Brown to chief executive.
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NewsH Samuel owner Signet full year profits dip
Jewellery group Signet, which owns H Samuel and Ernest Jones, UK operating profit dipped 1.6% to $56.1m (£34.5m) in its full year to January 29.
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NewsLands' End hires Shop Direct brand director as MD
Multichannel retailer Lands’ End has poached Shop Direct brand director Sara Prowse its new managing director.
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OpinionChancellor's actions fall short of promise
Unashamedly pro-business was how the Chancellor described his budget in his address to the House of Commons yesterday.
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Retail sales fall in February
The value of retail sales fell 0.4% in February, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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NewsGames overtook video sales for first time in 2011
Games software overtook video for the first time last year to become the UK’s biggest entertainment category, according to the Entertainment Retailers Association.
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NewsJohn Lewis embarks on multichannel recruitment drive
John Lewis has entered a recruitment drive in its IT division as invests in further improving its multichannel offer.
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NewsDFS EBITDA plummets in first half
Furniture specialist DFS’ EBITDA plummeted 32% to £28.3m in its half year.
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NewsNext warns of "uncertain" year despite 5.6% profits rise
Next has warned that the year ahead is “uncertain” despite both profits and sales at the high street retail group increasing last year.
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NewsKingfisher profits up as it eyes new markets for growth
Kingfisher full year adjusted pre-tax profits soared 20% to £807m, driven by a strong performance in France and the UK.
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NewsPotential buyers circle Game
Beleaguered entertainment retailer Game was being circled by potential buyers within hours of putting administrators on standby yesterday.
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NewsRetailers divided over Sunday trading
The relaxation of Sunday trading laws for the Olympics has split opinion among some of the UK’s biggest retailers.
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AnalysisProfile: Catriona Marshall, HobbyCraft chief executive
On a relentless quest to make HobbyCraft bigger and better, the award-winning chief executive is intent on keeping the offer fresh.
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Ikea plans first Croatian store
Home furnishings retailer Ikea plans to open its first store in Croatia at the end of 2013, the Croatian Times reported.Following a meeting with company officials, the Swedish ambassador to Croatia, Fredrik Vahlquist, said long-term plans included the opening of two more stores in Rijeka and in the Dalmatian city ...
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Metro Group’s Real hypermarkets to lose chief executive
Joël Saveuse, the chief executive of Metro Group’s Real hypermarkets business, has stepped down and will leave the business on March 31. Saveuse was reportedly considered for the group chief executive role when Dr Eckhard Cordes stepped down last October but then chief finance officer Olaf Koch was appointed.
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Amazon begins trial with Poste Italiane
Amazon has begun a trial with the Italian postal service, Poste Italiane, to deliver goods from Amazon.it and accept credit card payments on delivery, it has been reported. As part of a test operating from 6,500 post offices, postal workers are being equipped with palm-sized card-reading devices.The pilot, which began ...
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NewsEarly spring drives up Debenhams’ sales
Debenhams reported that its early spring season launch helped drive like-for-like sales growth in the first half.
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NewsGA Europe in the frame to buy Birthdays chain
Retail restructuring specialist GA Europe is among those bidding to take control of greetings card chain Birthdays, which parent Clinton may sell.
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NewsSainsbury’s confident that big stores have future as sales rise
Sainsbury’s boss Justin King has affirmed confidence in his big-box stores after Morrisons chief Dalton Philips warned that grocers’ giant sheds would become “a blip in the history of retail” as online grows.
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AnalysisThe Cloud Retail Week Conference: Moving with the times
It might have been a difficult year for parts of the industry, but 2012’s The Cloud Retail Week Conference brought plenty of inspiration and insight. Rebecca Thomson and Liz Morrell report.