More on Me + Em – Page 2882
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News
Freemans Grattan cuts over 1,000 jobs
Home Shopping Group Freemans Grattan Holdings (FGH) is understood to have announced over 1,000 job losses after a business review.
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Opinion
Mosaic pre-pack is a matter of Principles
The news that former Principles co-founder Peter Davies might be forced out of the running to snap up the brand is not good news for the high street.
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Interest rate cut to 0.5%
The Bank of England has cut the interest rate to a record low of 0.5 per cent.
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MFI leases cost Galiform £100m
The MFI leases that reverted back to former parent company Galiform when the furniture retailer collapsed last year have cost it nearly 100m.
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Net-a-Porter to launch discount site next month
Luxury e-tailer Net-a-Porter will launch its discount e-tail site theOutnet.com next month.
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Topshop wins favour in President Obama's house
Sir Philip Green’s US venture has been given a welcome boost as Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s wife gave Barack Obama’s daughters gifts from Topshop.
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Aurora seeks rent relief from landlords
Aurora, the new fashion group that owns Karen Millen, Coast, Oasis and Warehouse, is asking landlords of up to 90 of its stores to reduce their terms to prevent the closure of stores.
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Mulberry buoyed by UK Christmas sales
British luxury fashion brand Mulberry notched up stronger than expected sales over Christmas and the new year and expects its full-year financial performance to be ahead of market forecasts.
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90 jobs go as Shoe Studio is sold to Dune
Shoe Studio has been bought out of administration by Dune with the loss of 90 jobs.
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Ahold outperforms as it posts bumper profits
Dutch grocer Ahold reported better than expected fourth quarter results after winning market share in its home country and reaping the benefits of its revamped stores in the US.
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Analysis
Talking shop: Improving internal communication in retail
Confusing and badly timed communications from head office are the last thing busy shopfloor staff need. Making sure such messages are effective is crucial to business success, says Liz Morrell
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Tesco wins competition test appeal
Tesco has won its appeal against the competition test in the planning system.
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Opinion
IT security suffers in downturn
Retailers are getting better at vetting the companies they work with when it comes to protecting their data. While this is important they must remember not to take their eye off the ball close to home.
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Food price inflation hits six-month high
Increasing costs for grocery retailers forced inflation in food prices up to a six-month high of 9 per cent in February.
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M&S adopts tagging as theft levels swell
After dismissing the need for electronic article surveillance (EAS) tagging for decades, Marks & Spencer has finally relented and is electronically protecting products in 50 of its branches across the south of England.
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Mothercare brings PoS printing in-store
Mothercare is rolling out net.tickIT, a browser-based sign and ticketing solution from marketing management specialist Pierhouse, to its entire estate of more than 230 stores.
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NewsShuropody secures card transactions
Shuropody, the footcare retailer that acquired the Scholl retail chain last year, has rolled out YESpay’s Emboss secure transactions solution to its 48 standalone stores.
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Sainsbury's buys 24 stores from Co-op
Sainsbury’s has bought 24 stores from the Co-operative Group for 83m.
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Kevin Stanford in battle with Kaupthing
All Saints owner Kevin Stanford is understood to owe more than £250m to nationalised Icelandic bank Kaupthing and has been blocked from issuing new shares in the fashion brand.
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Risk Capital raises £75m to take advantage of credit crunch opportunities
Risk Capital Partners, the private equity business co-founded by Luke Johnson, has raised a 75m fund and aims to cash in on opportunities thrown up by the credit crunch.