More on Me + Em – Page 2891
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Analysis
Redevelopment: Keeping up appearances
Retailers are always on the lookout for new space but funding for developments is scarce. As Ben Cooper reports, developers will have to revamp the centres they already own if they are to keep drawing in the tenants
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News
Findel brands under review as home shopping slide continues
Home shopping group Findel has put two of its brands under review as sales at its home shopping division continued to slide, falling 6 per cent in the 44 weeks to February 6.
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Laura Ashley founder Bernard Ashley dies
Tributes have flooded in following the death of Sir Bernard Ashley, the colourful business mastermind who co-founded fashion-to-furnishings retailer Laura Ashley.
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Zavvi to cease trading as former chief executive snaps up stores
Zavvi’s former chief executive Simon Douglas has bought eight stores from administrator Ernst Young and plans to rebrand them under the fascia Head.
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Opinion
History can't prepare us for this recession
Retailers are almost all suffering from low sales, tightening gross margins, pressure on costs and difficulty in simply retaining existing borrowing facilities.
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Opinion
A public appeal to Alistair Darling
If the Chancellor really wants to tackle the crunch he needs to help with credit insurance
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Opinion
A whirlwind 21 years of Retail Week
Retailers campaigning against rises in business rates, worries about growing consumer debt, Sainsbury’s being praised for its advertising, Marks & Spencer boldly expanding abroad. They could all be this week’s news, but in fact all are stories from the very first issue of Retail Week, published 21 years and one ...
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AnalysisB&Q: Orange is the new green
New Malden is home to B&Q’s greenest store. John Ryan visits and tests out its eco-boasts
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Analysis
21 years of Tesco
When Retail Week was born, Tesco was not the grocery leader it is today. But it was well on its way to achieving that status. Having laid the foundations of its national store network, the retailer was expanding aggressively.
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Analysis
21 years of Kingfisher
The Kingfisher story sums up UK retail over the past 21 years: a tale of ambition, innovation, internationalisation and transformation.
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Analysis
21 years of Sainsbury's
It’s been a turbulent 21 years for Sainsbury’s. The grocer has had its crown as the UK’s largest retailer stolen, it has survived boardroom bust-ups, it has been the subject of endless bid speculation – and yet it has risen each time from the ashes.
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Analysis
21 years of Arcadia
Arcadia has come a long way in the past two decades, maturing from a clothing newcomer to the young fashion powerhouse it is today.
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Analysis
21 years of Marks & Spencer
From sky-high success to the depths of difficulty, from renaissance to renewed tumult, the 21 years of Retail Week’s life have been a rollercoaster ride for Marks & Spencer.Back in 1988 the retailer was doing what it had become famous for – clothing and feeding Britain. It was doing it ...
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News
Richer Sounds buys Empire Direct's online business
Electricals retailer Richer Sounds has bought the website of failed counterpart Empire Direct.
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News
Kaupthing requests nine-month extension to protection period
Nationalised Icelandic bank Kaupthing has requested a nine-month extension to the period in which it is protected from its creditors.
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Ziff buys Stylo stores
The management of shoe retailer Stylo, led by Michael Ziff, has bought 160 Stylo stores and 165 concessions from administrator Deloitte.
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Opinion
Sir Philip Green's reasons to celebrate
Sir Philip Green has forecast the end of financial 'jiggery-pokery' and the return to a world of 'real operators' and 'merchants'.
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News
Ann Summers parties gain in popularity as women seek extra cash
Ann Summers has had an influx of applications to host its eponymous parties as women try to find new ways to raise cash through the downturn.
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News
Fortnum & Mason losses narrow
Piccadilly department store Fortnum & Mason has narrowed its full-year losses after posting record sales.
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Majority of store chiefs gloomy about 2009 outlook
Two thirds of retailers do not expect trading conditions to improve before the end of this year.