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NewsPlay.com targets toy market
Online retailer Play.com has added a toys tab to its site to highlight the breadth of its offer and growing strength in the category.
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NewsConsumer confidence 'steady' in August
Consumer confidence held steady in August and remains strongly up year on year.
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NewsMixed fortunes for John Lewis, but Waitrose prospers
A “week of two halves” resulted in satisfactory results for John Lewis but the department store chain’s overall sales remain down on last year.
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NewsHamleys losses soar but sales revival under way
Toy retailer Hamleys’ net losses leapt last year to £7.1m from £2.7m as interest rate charges and restructuring costs ate into the bottom line.
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NewsStores gear up for bank holiday
Retailers have kicked off a swathe of high-profile promotions to woo shoppers over the bank holiday weekend – the last public holiday before Christmas.
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News99p Stores considers sale or float as it maps out rapid expansion
Value specialist 99p Stores is to review its ownership structure, potentially resulting in a sale as early as next summer or a flotation in the next three years.
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NewsCurrys unveils first mezzanine Megastore
DSGi-owned electricals chain Currys yesterday opened its first Megastore incorporating a mezzanine floor, enabling the retailer to merchandise its assortment more effectively than ever before.
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NewsDiscounters lead way as 60% of Woolworths stores snapped up
Nearly 60% of the 800 former Woolworths stores have been let or are under offer, assuaging fears that the variety store group’s demise is turning town centres into ghost towns.
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NewsItalian retail giant Gruppo Coin looks for UK stores
Italian retailer Gruppo Coin is seeking suitable UK locations to launch its department stores and fast-fashion chain OVS.
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NewsThreshers owner on the hunt for new chief executive
Threshers owner First Quench Retailing is searching for a new chief executive after the resignation this week of Yvonne Rankin owing to ill health.
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NewsNew Look hires Cortefiel's Alex Cara
New Look has poached Alex Cara, head of franchising at Spanish retail giant Cortefiel, for a similar role at the fast fashion group.
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NewsPets at Home hires for e-push
Pets at Home has appointed Matthew Stead to the new position of director of multichannel as the retailer strengthens its etail.
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NewsSales of Sainsbury’s Basics range rocket
Sainsbury’s has revealed that sales from its Basics own-label value offer are 50% higher than a year ago.
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NewsShoe Studio set for refresh after merger with Dune
The merger of footwear groups Dune and Shoe Studio has been completed to create Dune Group.
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NewsHigh street void rates begin to slow
The number of stores lying vacant on high streets rose by 0.4% to 12.6% in the three months to August, but the rate of increase has slowed.
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NewsH Samuel launches second-hand buying service for unwanted gold
Signet-owned jeweller giant H Samuel is trying to cash in on the thriving second-hand jewellery market by offering cash for unwanted items.
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NewsFocus’s CVA dashes rivals’ hopes of market share gains
The success of Focus DIY’s CVA has quashed competitors’ hopes that capacity would be taken out of the DIY market.
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NewsStrong July does not spell the end, City says
The strong retail sales rise reported by the ONS for July met with a downbeat reaction in the City as analysts cautioned that it is still too early to call an end to the downturn.
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NewsFashion-driven online lift enhances Asos forecasts
Fashion was one of the drivers of online sales in July, bolstering confidence in clothing online specialists such as Asos.
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NewsAnalysts cautious on Home Retail
There was a bearish view of Home Retail Group ahead of its second-quarter update, due on September 10.