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NewsVIDEO: London riots - Peckham people stop store from burning
The riots of the last few days have shown Britain at its best as well as worst.
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NewsRetail Trust pledges £50k to riot-hit retailers
Retail Trust will donate £50,000 to support retailers affected by this week’s widespread rioting and looting, as part of a campaign the charity has launched on Twitter called #highstreetheroes.
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NewsMorrisons appoints Credit Suisse as it mulls Iceland bid
Morrisons has appointed Credit Suisse as its investment banking advisor as the retailer mulls bidding for Iceland.
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NewsKurt Geiger to revamp website as it opens new format store
Premium footwear business Kurt Geiger is to relaunch its website later this month as it opens a new format store in Mayfair.
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NewsInvestigation into sports retail market to close, says OFT
The Office of Fair Trading had provisionally decided to close its investigation into alleged anti-competitive conduct in the sports retail sector.
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NewsWeekly sales slip at John Lewis
Sales at John Lewis department stores slipped 1.4% last week to £51.8m as warm weather and the peak holiday period took a toll. Excluding VAT the decline was 3.3%.
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NewsRetailers count the cost as looters attack stores
Retailers are weighing up their next steps after hundreds of stores were looted as the worst rioting in living memory swept through England.
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NewsUK riots: Footing the bill
The wave of rioting around the country was estimated to have cost retailers £80m in lost sales, because of store groups closing shops early and suffering low footfall as people stayed away.
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NewsAnn Summers takes clubwear in-store
Lingerie and sex toy specialist Ann Summers is to start selling clubwear in its stores after a 300% jump in sales in the category from its party plan and web channel.
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NewsStore stocks bear up despite wave of riots
Despite the wave of rioting, including shop-burning and widespread looting, stores were down but outperformed other stocks in a week when the global markets were undermined by renewed financial fears.
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NewsResilient retail stocks flagged up as stock markets plunge
Plunging stock markets have created buying opportunities among retailers and prompted brokers to seek out resilient stocks.
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NewsFindel turnaround gathers steam with sales rise
Home shopping group Findel reported an encouraging start to its turnaround as group sales rose 1.1% year-on-year.
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NewsBlacks chairman bows to pressure and resigns
Blacks Leisure chairman David Bernstein bowed down to pressure from major shareholder Sports Direct and resigned last week.
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NewsBroker pinpoints value in Home Retail
Broker Morgan Stanley has become a buyer of Argos-owner Home Retail for the first time since the business was founded through demerger from GUS in 2006.
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NewsManchester open for trade
In a display of defiance to the looters and arsonists who only a night before had wreaked havoc in the city, Manchester retailers were open for trading the following day.
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NewsBirmingham city centre looting terror
Retailers in Birmingham faced a night of terror on Monday as organised gangs carried out an orchestrated spree of rioting that left many stores severely damaged.
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NewsRiot clean-up: Londoners sweep the streets
Gemma Goldfingle reporting from the London riot clean-up Thousands of Londoners took to the streets brandishing brooms, dustpans and bin bags in an effort to help retailers clean up the streets trashed by the riots this week.
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NewsTrevor Reeves: "I felt total despair"
The owner of The House of Reeves furniture store in Croydon has described the “extremely emotional” moment when the store was demolished after being razed to the ground amid the riots.
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NewsAurora aims to emulate Asos with international online strategy
Fashion group Aurora is seeking to add external brands to its international local-language websites in a bid to emulate the success of rival etailer Asos.