More on Me + Em – Page 2972
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Analysis
TGi Friday: October 3, 2008
Retail Week's Tim Danaher and George MacDonald discuss the week's news in the retail industry, including interim results from Tesco and Ted Baker and trading statements from Marks & Spencer and Halfords.
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News
House of Fraser reassures suppliers
House of Fraser chairman Don McCarthy has written to suppliers to reassure them that the Baugur-backed department store business is financially robust.
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Opinion
Tesco banking on banking
In an ironic about-turn, consumers were this week knocking down the doors of Northern Rock to open savings accounts.
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News
Holland & Barrett promotes Aldis to top role
Health food retailer Holland & Barrett has appointed Peter Aldis as chief executive.
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News
TK Maxx jackets with knives spark outrage
Designer discount fashion retailer TK Maxx has been lambasted for selling jackets with a hidden knife attached.
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News
Nick Samuel joins Adili board
Former Hobbs boss Nick Samuel has joined ethical e-tailer Adili as non-executive chairman, as it reported a loss of 1.58 million its first full-year results as a listed company.
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John Lewis weekly sales dive
John Lewis has reported a slump of 8.3 per cent in weekly sales, which it blames on a combination of sunny weather and coverage of the global economic situation.
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News
Blacks Leisure losses to widen
Outdoor clothing retailer Blacks Leisure expects to report its pre-tax loss has widened in its interim results to about 4.5 million as it reveals “difficult” trading in August.
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Analysis
It's not all doom and gloom
Everyone in the retail warehouse market will be glad to see the back of 2008. Retailers and landlords alike have endured a miserable year, all stemming from the collapse in the market for furniture and home improvement.Weaker players like ScS, Floors To Go and New Heights have gone into administration, ...
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Analysis
It's goodbye from them...
The out-of-town market has had a turbulent year, with several big players falling by the wayside. But there is a new breed eager to fill the voids they have left, reports Ben Cooper
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Analysis
Out of the way?
The rise in petrol prices might have got some in the out-of-town game worried, but there are plenty of others who believe that transport links are not an issue. Mark Faithfull investigates.
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Analysis
Design with an edge
Way back when, retail parks were shiny, happy places to be. You could access them with ease and when you got there, by car, you could park for free more or less directly outside whichever shop you fancied. They also offered choice, albeit from within large sheds that boasted outsize ...
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Analysis
Supermarket non-food formats: home is where the heart is
There is not much good news on the retail park scene at the moment. But with the advent of the supermarket non-food formats, new life is being breathed into developments across the UK.Asda opened the first of its non-food-only Asda Living stores in Walsall in October 2004 and now has ...
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Analysis
Planning: Appetite for development
The Government’s latest report on out-of-town planning has raised more questions than it has answered, but if anything is certain it is that the sector must up its game, says Ben Cooper
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Gallery
Store of the week: Marks & Spencer, Grafton Street, Dublin
In the week when Marks & Spencer scooped the Retail Week Interiors award for best in-store catering and hospitality for its restaurant in Newcastle, it’s worth noting what the retailer has done at its Dublin flagship.
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NewsLa Senza broadens its product range
Lingerie specialist La Senza is to widen its product range and move into wholesale as it seeks to ramp up its business.
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News
Superdrug to offer travel vaccinations
Health and beauty retailer Superdrug is to ramp up its pharmacy credentials with the launch of travel clinics next week.
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News
Borders kicks off shares drive to inspire staff
Bookseller Borders UK has started a share incentives scheme, offering staff the chance to buy up 20 per cent of the business.
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News
Argos aims for 30 smaller stores in London
Catalogue store group Argos has spotted potential for up to 30 smaller stores in London after a successful pilot.