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JJB to expand own-brand and increase tie-ins in recovery bid
JJB Sports reported that growth in own-brand goods and more exclusive tie-ups with other brands will help bring customers back into stores and improve margins as it battles to turn around after suffering heavy losses.
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NewsHow Netto’s exit from high street will affect the hard discounters
Hard discounters Aldi and Lidl could thrive in the UK after the third-largest player, Netto, disappears from the high street.
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NewsWill Netto deal make Asda ‘the clear number two’ grocer
Asda’s £778m acquisition of hard discounter Netto’s UK operation has catapulted it from third to second place in food. But opinion is divided about whether the deal will fulfil Asda’s ambition to be “the clear number two” in grocery.
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NewsLululemon hunts UK site
Canadian yoga-inspired sportswear retailer Lululemon is searching for its first European store in the UK.
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NewsSports fashion site Extremepie.com on the market
Sports fashion etail site Extremepie.com has been put up for sale by parent Extreme Sports.
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NewsGreater brand mix lifts Jones Bootmaker sales
Jones Bootmaker has delivered improving trade this year with like-for-like sales up 17% in the four months to the end of May.
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NewsFloors-2-Go and Topps Tiles in dispute over email allegations
Topps Tiles has become embroiled in a row with floorings retailer Floors-2-Go over allegations that an email was circulated by a Topps employee making allegations about Floors-2-Go’s performance.
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NewsHomeSense reveals large format and website plans
Off-price furniture retailer HomeSense, the sister brand of TK Maxx, has opened a new-model, larger-format store in Merry Hill as it gears up to launch its first transactional website.
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NewsDavid Cameron hosts retail leaders for chat at Chequers
Prime Minister David Cameron invited some of retail’s biggest hitters to Chequers on Sunday, giving hope to store chiefs that the new coalition Government takes retail’s role in the economy seriously.
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NewsCo-op tests electricals range in food stores
The Co-operative Group has begun trialling electricals goods in its food stores as the retailer looks to expand its lucrative online electrical business.
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NewsWorld Cup no open goal for retailers in tough climate
Lower footfall and margin impact from promotions will create fiercely competitive trading conditions
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AnalysisFlower power
Canny operators are turning the humble garden centre into an anchor for retail schemes. Mark Faithfull unearths some trailblazing examples
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AnalysisThere’s a brand new world in store
Rebranding is often written off as no more than an expensive new logo. But when executed properly, the exercise can put a spotlight on real business change, as Joanna Perry discovers
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AnalysisJohn Clare: Can he revive revive JJB Sports?
The former DSGi chief faces a tough challenge to resuscitate JJB as its newly appointed chairman. George MacDonald assesses his credentials
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AnalysisRetailers root for England
As the World Cup approaches, retailers are busy planning their own match tactics to draw the crowds and tap the lift in consumer sentiment the tournament brings.
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AnalysisTengelmann loses its appetite for food retail
The extraordinary transformation of the Tengelmann Group has taken another leap, with the sale of its 300-outlet Austrian discount division Zielpunkt to Luxembourg-based investment and restructuring fund BluO.
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AnalysisWhat it’s like to work at Dreams
The inside view from Dreams resources director Suzanne Taylor
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OpinionThe minefield of OFT investigations
With a heavy heart, I read last week that a company I know is getting caught up in an OFT inquiry.
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OpinionThe human touch
Online growth is a huge opportunity for retailers but stores are still central