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OpinionFood, retail and carnal desire
The link between dining and sex has long been remarked upon. But given the influence that restaurant and retail design seem to have on one another, dining should also be a preoccupation for those whose business it is to create new shopping environments.
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NewsOcado to sell shares to customers if float proceeds
Ocado has written to its customers today saying it will give them the opportunity to buy shares in the company if it goes ahead with its widely-anticipated float.
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Opinion
Yorkshire bitter
Sir Ken Morrison’s attack on Marc Bolland was unbecoming of a retail legend
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NewsEast returns to profit and plans further store openings
Womenswear retailer East returned to profit in the year to January 31and is planning to open further stores and concessions.
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NewsBRC warns Government against increasing VAT
The British Retail Consortium is calling on the Government to focus on public spending cuts rather than tax rises in order to tackle the deficit, reiterating its belief that VAT should not be increased.
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NewsMonsoon founder takes £14m dividend
Peter Simon, founder of womenswear retailer Monsoon, shared a £14m dividend with his family last year, according to The Sunday Times.
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NewsHabitat hires Phil Wrigley as executive chairman
Furniture chain Habitat has appointed former New Look boss Phil Wrigley as executive chairman.
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NewsFootlocker bid speculation drives shares at JJB Sports
Shares surged in JJB Sports yesterday after speculation that US sports footwear giant Footlocker could make a play for the sportswear retailer.
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NewsBeales acquires Robbs of Hexham
Department store group Beales has acquired Robbs of Hexham from MCR, the administrator for beleaguered department store group Vergo Retail, for £250,000.
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NewsLaura Ashley to hit full year expectations as sales grow
Laura Ashley has said that full year trading will be in line with expectations as it revealed a like-for-like sales hike of 5.3% in the 17 weeks to May 29.
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NewsJohn Lewis weekly sales rise 24%
All of John Lewis’s shops put in a better year-on-year performance last week, when the department store chain’s sales rose 24.6% to £55.4m.
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NewsSir Ken Morrison: ‘Marc Bolland was no retailer’
Morrisons founder Sir Ken Morrison has launched a scathing attack on Marc Bolland, the grocer’s former chief executive who jumped ship to lead Marks & Spencer.
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NewsMore Asda acquisitions likely, say analysts
Asda’s acquisition of Netto increases the likelihood that the Walmart-owned grocer will stage a takeover of a non-food retailer, analysts believe.
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NewsMonsoon guns for 1,000 stores in China push
Womenswear retailer Monsoon is understood to be plotting a roll-out of as many as 1,000 stores in China within the next five years.
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NewsPuma to drive ‘pop-out shop’
Puma has developed a “pop-out shop” that will tour the country as the sports fashion brand aims to allow customers to rediscover the brand’s retro lines from the 1970s and 1980s.
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NewsJulian Graves on track to make profit
Holland & Barrett Group has vowed that its Julian Graves chain will be profitable in the 2010/11 financial year as it gears up to revitalise the business.
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NewsRetail shares rebound after last week’s blow
Food and general retail stocks alike bounced back after last week’s plunge, both outperforming the All Share index.
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NewsWHSmith could be hit by ash fallout
Bookseller and stationer WHSmith will be reporting on the 14 weeks to June 5 in its interim management statement on Tuesday.
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NewsSignet group profit jumps 85.5% despite UK sales dip
Jewellery group Signet delivered first-quarter results ahead of expectations. However, a more “challenging” economic climate in the UK than in the US led like-for-like sales in Britain to dip 0.2%.
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NewsM&S could grasp £300m food opportunity
Marks & Spencer’s improved strength in general merchandise enables new chief executive Marc Bolland to focus on a £300m opportunity in food, according to UBS.