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NewsArgyll Partners takes hit on Woolworth Deutschland
Retail corporate financier and private equity firm Argyll Partners’ investment in Woolworth Deutschland has turned sour as the German retailer plunged into administration.Argyll, one of the best known retail finance boutiques, bought into Woolworth Deutschland 18 months ago but the store group was hit by poor Christmas trading, competition from ...
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NewsDebenhams woos Henry Holland for Designers at Debenhams
Debenhams is in talks to sign up fashion designer Henry Holland to its Designers at Debenhams offer.The department store, which is driving sales from its own-brand ranges, wants Holland to join the Designers range, which includes collections from designers including Julien Macdonald, Jaspar Conran and Betty Jackson.Holland, who is a ...
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H&M sales rise as new Matthew Williamson range readies for launch
Sales at Swedish fashion giant H&M rose 6 per cent in March compared with last year as the retailer unveiled details of its latest designer collaboration with UK designer Matthew Williamson.Next Thursday the range will launch in 200 H&M stores worldwide including 11of its UK stores and one of its ...
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NewsAmazon launches stationery offer
Amazon has launched a stationery offer on its site selling thousands of office products and supplies.Amazon UK managing director Brian McBride said: “Amazon’s aim is to have everything you could possibly want for the home office under one virtual roof.”Products will range from paper to printing labels and include storage ...
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Opinion
Second time lucky for Butlers?
Butlers had all but pulled out of the UK retail scene, but now it is on the verge of reinventing itself and having another crack at the market. Will it be successful?
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NewsOpening date set for Bath's Southgate scheme
Multi Development has confirmed the opening date for the first phase of its Southgate project in Bath.
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NewsMarks & Spencer signs to Aberdeen's Union Square
Marks & Spencer has signed to anchor Union Square in Aberdeen when the scheme opens this autumn.
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NewsWork under way on Oxford Circus diagonal crossing
Work began this week on a project to transform London’s shopping mecca Oxford Circus.A new diagonal crossing, based on Tokyo’s famous Shibuya crossing, will be built on the intersection between Regent Street and Oxford Street in the West End.Westminster Council said the work will make ...
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OpinionOcado has carved itself a niche
Ocado has had a tough first few years setting up and competing with the likes of Tesco and Sainsbury’s but the e-tailer is starting to see the light.
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NewsCo-op launches digital TV channel
The Co-operative Group has today launched a digital TV channel to showcase its ethical projects.The Co-operative.tv is an online site containing videos and TV programmes. It is part of Ethical.tv, which is created by ethical publishing company Hands Up Media.Co-op director of marketing Patrick Allen said: “The amount of interest ...
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NewsOriginal Factory Shop like-for-likes soar
Discount retailer Original Factory Shop has revealed a like-for-like sales hike of 12 per cent in the 14 weeks to March 29 as it attracts cash-strapped consumers.
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NewsM&S loses market share in clothing
Marks & Spencer is losing market share in clothing as the battle to win customers continues to intensify, particularly in the middle market.Data from market research company FashionTrak showed that M&S lost 12 basis points of market share in February, the Telegraph reported. Marks & Spencer’s womenswear ranges lost the ...
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NewsGap sales continue to slide
Gap sales have continued to fall, down 6 per cent for the five weeks to April 4 on last year with comparable sales down 8 per cent.Comparable store sales in March, although down, were an improvement on the same period last year, when like-for like-sales dived 18 per cent.International sales, ...
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OpinionBanks start living in the real world
The attitude of those in whose hands the future of struggling retailers rests seems to have changed
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OpinionJD Sports in fashion
JD Sports Fashion has hit the ball out of the park with its latest set of full-year results.Full-year profits came in well ahead of expectations and its like-for-likes over the nine weeks to last Saturday were in positive territory in spite of the snow and later fall of Easter this ...
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NewsInterest rate kept at 0.5 per cent
The interest rate has been kept on hold at 0.5 per cent after a series of sharp cuts over the past six months.The interest rate now stands at an all time low, after the Bank of England progressively slashed it from October’s 5 per cent in an effort to kick-start ...
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NewsDebenhams and Asda suits a sign of the times
Debenhams has proclaimed that “any woman can wear rubbish and look good”, with the launch of a new suit made from recycled plastic bottles.Each suit is made from 50 bottles which are melted down and woven in to a “soft but hard-wearing” type of polyester, said the department store retailer.The ...
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NewsSainsbury’s to improve product availability with new supply chain systems
Sainsbury’s is to transform the management of its supply chain to improve stock availability through a five-year deal with IBM.IBM will introduce new systems to help Sainsbury’s and its 4,000 suppliers find smarter ways of managing the supply chain and support continued growth in the grocer’s business.Sainsbury’s will use an ...
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NewsJohn Lewis weekly sales hit by Easter comparatives
Sales at John Lewis have suffered from the calendar effect of the fall of Easter this year, slumping 6.7 per cent in the week to April 4.
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NewsSir Philip Green’s plan to transform Topshop London flagship
Arcadia owner Sir Philip Green is to build on Topshop’s groundbreaking US launch in New York with a revamp of the chain’s London flagship in time for Fashion Week.