More on Me + Em – Page 2690
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NewsTalks under way for sale of First Quench brands
First Quench Retailing administrator KPMG is in discussions to sell off the remaining brand names of the defunct off-licence chain.
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NewsTalk Talk poaches Sainsbury’s Dido Harding
Sainsbury’s has said its convenience strategy will remain on track despite the exit of its convenience director Dido Harding, and that it will appoint someone to take over her responsibilities in the new year.
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NewsLakeland strikes deal to launch Dubai store
Kitchenware retailer Lakeland is to open its first overseas store next year in Dubai.
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Oliver Sweeney gets foot in door on Regent Street
Footwear retailer Oliver Sweeney this week opened a new-look flagship on Regent Street.
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NewsCoco de Mer opens New York store
Luxury erotica retailer Coco de Mer has opened a store in New York this week and is seeking more franchisees to open further shops in Europe and Asia Pacific.
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NewsBorders on brink of closing down
Borders UK is to shut all its stores on Tuesday unless a buyer for the business is found, putting 1,150 jobs in jeopardy.
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NewsMonsoon to have second stab at US with Accessorize openings
Monsoon will open five Accessorize stores in the US next year, marking the fashion retailer’s second attempt to crack the North American market.
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NewsLuke Johnson mulls bid for HobbyCraft
Entrepreneur and former Borders UK owner Luke Johnson is considering bidding for arts and crafts retailer HobbyCraft after it was put up for sale this week.
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NewsTraditional brands lead sales on eBay
EBay has said that shoppers are sticking with traditional and trusted brands this Christmas, with sales of toy brands such as Lego and Playmobil proving popular with customers.
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NewsPoundland pushes into Northern Ireland
Poundland is ramping up its store expansion programme in Northern Ireland on the back of strong sales since first opening there in October.
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NewsLinks of London on course to round off year in strong position
Jewellery retailer Links of London claims it is set to reach sales of £80m by the end of the calendar year, with year-on-year growth of over 30%.
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AnalysisKeith Jones is diving in at the deep end at JJB Sports
The ex-DSGi man is diving in at the deep end at JJB Sports, arriving as chief executive after a calamitous year for the business. Lisa Berwin asks if he can get it back in shape.
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AnalysisAsian markets beckon for crunch-hit fashion players
Slowed consumer spending in their recession-hit home markets has led the world’s largest fashion retailers to pursue Asia for growth. Retailers such as Inditex, H&M and Gap are now finding more fertile grounds for expansion in the region, where the effects of the economic downturn have been much less severe.
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Analysis
Review of the year 2009
It’s not been any easy ride, yet for all but the weakest 2009 has been better than feared. From the final closure of high street stalwart Woolies to the demise of Borders and First Quench, Retail Week looks back at a year in which the future retail landscape has begun ...
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Analysis
January
Source: John RyanStore of the Month:Waitrose, Nottingham. Bit of a cheat this as Waitrose actually opened its first “convenience” store, in Nottingham – at the end of December, but it was January, as near as dammit. At 5,800 sq ft, this compact store has all the departments you’d expect of ...
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Analysis
March
Store of the Month: Tesco branched out in central Europe with My Liberec, a department-cum-food store that bore scant reference to its parent. Instead, shoppers in the northern Czech city of Liberec were presented with a two-floor, 75,000 sq ft departure, from the Tesco mittel-Europ norm and a format that ...
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Analysis
April
Store of the Month: Ushering in the new month, Sir Philip Green finally took the Topshop fascia across the pond, opening a much-anticipated and much-delayed four-floor store on New York’s Broadway that referenced its Brit origins at every turn. The store design was unashamedly aimed at high glitz fashion types ...
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Analysis
May
Store of the Month: Beleaguered camera retailer Jessops has been under pressure for the whole of this year, but this has not slowed its efforts to turn things around, with perhaps the most concrete evidence being its new store on London’s New Oxford Street. With everything from a ‘Training Academy’ ...
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Analysis
June
Store of the Month:Monki, the idiosyncratic Swedish retailer that works by not using lifestyle graphics and not putting prices or directional signs in its stores, marked its arrival in the Danish capital Copenhagen with two store openings on the same day. Both featured the brightly coloured, internally illuminated pylons and ...