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Opinion
Is the Government Backing UK Retail?
You hopefully won’t have been able to avoid noticing Retail Week’s Backing UK Retail campaign, which we’ve been running across the magazine and website throughout January. Events this week show exactly why the campaign is needed.
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News
All Saints sets sights on stores in Middle East
Fashion brand All Saints is poised to sign a deal with a Middle Eastern partner to open stores in the region.
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Analysis
Exclusive research: Are consumers retail's biggest fans?
There’s no more important backer of UK retail than consumers, but what do they really think of the industry? Exclusive ICM research paints a mixed picture.
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News
Homebase is in consultation with up to 300 of its staff as the struggling DIY retailer seeks to adjust its store leadership structure for the difficult trading environment.
Homebase is in consultation with up to 300 of its staff as the struggling DIY retailer seeks to adjust its store leadership structure for the difficult trading environment.
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Opinion
Troubled Stylo acts with honour
“This is not about the mass closure of Barratts, it’s quite the opposite. What’s been put out for creditors to vote on is the rescue of the company.”
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Opinion
Mosaic wise to assess options as Iceland rebuilds
A change of government in Iceland heralds a new start for the country, and may signal a thawing of the glacial process of evaluating the UK retail assets held by the administrators to its banks.
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News
Boots Opticians merges with Dollond & Aitchison
Alliance Boots has merged its Boots Opticians business with rival Dollond & Aitchison.
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News
H&M profits and sales soar
H&M profits soared 11 per cent in the year to November 30 hitting SEK21.19bn ( 1.85bn).
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News
Administrators close 12 more Zavvi stores
A further 12 Zavvi stores have been closed by administrator Ernst & Young, resulting in 295 redundancies.
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News
The Co-op uses Bob Dylan soundtrack in new ad campaign
The Co-operative Group will use legendary singer Bob Dylan’s Blowin’ in the Wind as the soundtrack in an advertising campaign to be aired next month.
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News
Adili's festive sales soar
Ethical online retailer Adili recorded a 102 per cent rise in total sales over the key festive season.
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News
Beales reveals robust Christmas
Department store chain Beales has recorded a full-year pre-tax loss of 1.52m and revealed resilient trading over Christmas.
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News
Anthropologie reveals location of European stores
US fashion retailer Anthropologie has revealed the locations of its first two European stores.
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News
Blooming Marvellous in administration
Updated: Maternity specialist Blooming Marvellous has gone in to administration as exclusively revealed by Retail Week on Wednesday.
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News
Argos confirms it will discontinue Indian trial
Argos parent company Home Retail Group has confirmed that it will discontinue its trial in India, in a move first predicted by Retail Week.
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News
Shop Direct call centre closure threatens 1,150 jobs
Shop Direct Group could slash up to 1,150 jobs as it announced the closure of its Merseyside call centre.
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News
Landlords trial service charge reduction
Landlords British Land and Land Securities are trialling a reduction in service charge at two of their shopping centres in the north of England.
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News
Sports Direct stake in JJB cleared by the Office of Fair Trading
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has cleared the purchase of 11.9 million JJB shares by Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley, saying it does not represent a possible merger.
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Opinion
Plenty to do in retail IT
Retail IT departments can pay for themselves many times over, so a recession is the worst time to try and save money by making IT staff cuts.
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News
Tie Rack takes its stocktaking system mobile
Tie Rack has introduced mobile computers to its stores to assist with stocktaking.