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NewsWaitrose trials sign of smaller things to come
Waitrose is trialling a series of initiatives at its first smaller convenience store, in Cambridge, which it will roll out if successful.
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NewsSuperGroup consolidates Superdry online operation
SuperGroup, the young fashion retailer that owns the trendy Superdry brand and clothing chain Cult, is to bring its online Superdry seconds operation in-house.
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NewsStruggling Game warns of loss in first half
Continued declining sales and a likely interim loss at computer entertainment specialist Game prompted downgrades by analysts.
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NewsRetailers in favour despite hike in VAT
Retailers can live with the effects of Tuesday’s emergency Budget: that was the snap judgement of store chiefs and investors alike to the Chancellor’s announcement.
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NewsHarold Tillman secures Allders’ future in landlord deal
Fashion entrepreneur Harold Tillman has secured the future of his Allders department store in Croydon after joining forces with landlord Minerva to create a revised and relocated shopping centre in the town centre.
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NewsHomeSense appoints MD
Off-price furniture retailer HomeSense, the sister chain to TK Maxx, has poached fashion chain M&Co’s head of buying Louise Koser as its managing director.
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NewsSainsbury’s shuffles management team
Sainsbury’s is to appoint a marketing director to report to newly promoted group commercial director Mike Coupe as part of the management reshuffle revealed this week.
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NewsTextiles Direct seeks 90% cut in rents
Sixty-eight-store homewares and soft furnishings retailer Textiles Direct has pushed through a CVA in a bid to secure its future by reducing some of its rent bills by 90%.
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NewsEast trials standalone accessories shops
Womenswear chain East is to open standalone accessories stores and open more mainline stores, following a return to profit last year.
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NewsFurniture Village bucks trend to more than double pre-tax profit
Furniture Village has more than doubled its profit before interest and tax from £2.4m to £5.4m in the year to March 2010 - but has warned that the outlook for the current year remains tough.
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NewsHomeform chiefs leave company over ‘disagreement in strategy’
Homeform chief executive Tony Vicente and chief financial officer Tim Kowalski have left the business amid a difference of opinion with the owners, it has emerged.
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NewsOriginal Factory Shop appoints retail big-hitter
Value department store group Original Factory Shop has appointed retail big-hitter Tony Campbell as a non-executive director.
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NewsFat Face completes line-up of its new management team
Bhs buying director for menswear Simon Pickering is moving to Fat Face to be the lifestyle chain’s buying and design director.
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NewsHawkin’s Bazaar hires TK Maxx executive as boss
Toy and gift retailer Hawkin’s Bazaar has hired a senior TK Maxx executive as its new boss as the business ramps up its expansion plans.
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NewsRepublic looks to grow with multichannel pilot
Republic is to trial multichannel services from September as part of plans to accelerate the business following its sale to private equity house TPG for £300m.
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News‘Give customers a greater say,’ says Asda chairman
Asda chairman Andy Bond has said retailers need to revaluate how they engage shoppers of the future, hailing them as the “net generation”.
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DataICM Poll: The World Cup and retailing
In an exclusive poll for Retail Week, ICM Research interviewed a random selection of 2,039 adults aged 18 and over between June and 16, 2010 about the World Cup.
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DataICM Poll: The World Cup and retailing
In an exclusive poll for Retail Week, ICM Research interviewed a random selection of 2,039 adults aged 18 and over between June and 16, 2010 about the World Cup.
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AnalysisTV shopping
Although a relatively small sector of the home shopping market, compared with online, TV shopping is set to grow and will be worth almost £2bn by 2013
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AnalysisIan Shepherd
As a keen gamer the new chief executive of Game has just landed his dream job, but will his lack of experience in retail companies matter.