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NewsSainsbury’s hits convenience store target
Sainsbury’s has hit its first year convenience store target as it seeks to build further the convenience side of the business.
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NewsRichard Bradbury steps down as River Island chief
The chief executive of young fashion giant River Island stepped down this week after 20 years with the company.
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NewsTJ Hughes put up for sale with a £70m price tag
TJ Hughes has pushed the button on a formal sale process that could value the business at about £70m.
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NewsBlue Inc flotation could score valuation of £60m
Young fashion retailer Blue Inc is understood to be eyeing a £50m to £60m stock market valuation if it successfully lists at the end of the year.
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NewsFaith on brink of sale as John Kinnaird battles for MBO
The outcome of the sale process for Faith was due to be announced as Retail Week went to press.
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NewsCard Factory co-founder to be chair after sale
Greeting cards retailer Card Factory’s co-founder Dean Hoyle has been appointed chairman of the retailer following its sale to private equity firm Charterhouse last week.
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NewsOcado launches Android version of mobile app
Online grocer Ocado has launched an application on Google’s mobile phone operating system Android.
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AnalysisMay the forces be with you
The skills developed as an armed forces reservist can be of value to retailers
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AnalysisKate Bostock: general merchandise boss brings deft touch to M&S
With a honed offer and focus on newness it is no surprise M&S’s general merchandise boss has scored impressive fourth-quarter clothing results
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AnalysisWho’s front-runner in retail’s election?
The National Insurance controversy has thrust retail and its leaders into the thick of the general election battle. How will the parties’ policies affect our industry?
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AnalysisJapanese department stores’ decline continues
This month, Japanese department store operators Takashimaya and H2O Retailing Corporation scrapped plans to merge their operations by 2011.
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NewsJaeger for the Young
Jaeger is to launch a younger, lower priced womenswear range this autumn, going head to head with Reiss, All Saints and Whistles.
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OpinionBanish cynicism – it’s sincerity we want
Why do people think that running a garden centre is so jolly easy? The countryside is littered with examples of experienced entrepreneurs, many from the high street and DIY industry, having trodden the primrose path without realising they are heading to the compost heap rather than the Garden of Eden.
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OpinionThe big questions for Andy Bond’s successor
Andy Bond will leave his successor with two big headaches: How Asda can arrest its underperformance and can a food retailer prosper on Everyday Low Prices alone?
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OpinionThe value of self-help
Self-help is the order of the day among retailers. The phrase has consistently peppered store chiefs’ City updates and analysts have compiled buy lists based on retailers’ capacity for self-help.
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GalleryCanadian club: Visual merchandising in Toronto
Toronto is Canada’s commercial capital and has much to offer retailers in search of visual merchandising novelty. Here are seven of the best
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GallerySt Lawrence Market, Toronto
The thing about a market is that it should be capitalism at its reddest of tooth and claw and sometimes this is the case. Markets are places where, traditionally, the person with the loudest shout, visually or verbally, is likely to emerge on top - it is the ultimate form ...
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NewsThe Hut launches accessories website MyBag.co.uk
Etailer The Hut Group has launched a dedicated handbag and accessories site and is planning more standalone sites as it seeks to expand its offer.
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OpinionRetail surgery: What proof of illness must we ask staff for now that doctors will no longer be issuing sick notes?
What proof of illness must we ask staff for now that doctors will no longer be issuing sick notes?