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NewsTesco to launch property website
Tesco is expected to go head to head with estate agents within weeks with the launch of a property website, allowing home owners to advertise their properties for a flat fee of around £200.
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NewsFashion drives John Lewis sales rise
Strong fashion and home sales helped department store chain John Lewis increase year on year turnover by 12.5% to £49.5m last week.
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NewsGrocers become childrenswear market leaders
Supermarkets became market leaders by value in childrenswear for the first time last year.
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NewsAsda on a mission to take crown in non-food using etail and home
Asda is gunning to be the UK’s number one retailer in non-food in the next five years, and intends to hit its target by growing online and opening more Living stores.
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NewsSuperGroup confident of IPO success as others falter
Directors of SuperGroup, which aims to raise £125m through an IPO, are confident of the retailer’s longevity despite some potential investor concerns about fashion’s volatility.
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NewsBhs to test water with store design makeover
Fashion group Arcadia will try out a new look for its department store chain Bhs in one store in May.
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NewsBershka unveils makeover of Oxford Street store
Inditex-owned fashion chain Bershka revealed the makeover of its Oxford Street flagship on Wednesday.
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NewsNewcastle’s Eldon Square opens
The £170m extension to Newcastle’s Eldon Square shopping centre opened this week.
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NewsPaperchase stung by Twitter design furore
Paperchase has admitted errors in its handling of design plagiarism allegations, which provoked an online outcry.
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NewsFirst combined HMV and Waterstone’s store opens in Silverlink
HMV Group’s first jointly occupied HMV and Waterstone’s shop opened this week on the Silverlink retail park in Wallsend, about four miles northeast of Newcastle.
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NewsHolland & Barrett moves in on food to go with Suffolk opening
Holland & Barrett is to make a play for the food-to-go sector with the unveiling of a new-look store concept today.
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NewsAustin Reed steadies after profit dive
Austin Reed has said business has stabilised since reporting group profit fell 37% to £3.2m in the year to January 31, 2009, as men sacrificed suit purchases in the recession.
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Books Etc gears up for online comeback
Books Etc will be resurrected next week as an online offer, after the brand and website was bought out of administration following the collapse of parent Borders UK last year.
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NewsElectricals etailer Ebuyer plots growth
Vida Capital Partners is confident of a strong 2010 as it ramps up its two retail businesses, etailer Ebuyer and kitchens retailer Wrens.
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NewsB&Q sets out plan for blog-style tool to forge online community
B&Q plans to bolster customer interaction on its website in a bid to drive sales and develop its online community.
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NewsThorntons invests in products to reverse second-half losses
Thorntons intends to reduce its dependency on Christmas by investing in products to drive sales in the quieter summer months.
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NewsBroker sees potential in undervalued Next
Earnings momentum and share buy-backs have created a buying opportunity in fashion group Next, broker Investec believes.
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Goldman Sachs eyes recovery in retail opportunities
Goldman Sachs has forecast that retail like-for-likes will rise in 2010 after two years of declines in the store groups it follows.
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NewsThird quarter lifts Sports Direct
Sports Direct third-quarter retail sales rose 9.4% to £326m year on year and it has raised its full-year EBITDA target to at least £160m.
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NewsRetail flotation jitters hit non-food shares
General retailers lagged the All-Share index and their food peers as doubts were cast over stores’ IPO hopes.