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Thorntons defies gloom with profit jump
Thorntons has bucked the high street gloom to report a pre-tax profit boost of 19.6 per cent to 8.5 million in its preliminary results.
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Comet to make first-half loss as sales plunge
Anglo-French electricals group Kesa disclosed that sales have plunged at its flagship businesses, including UK chain Comet, which will make a first-half loss.
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Galiform and Merchant Equity settle MFI row for £8 million
Building supplies group Galiform has agreed to pay Merchant Equity Partners 8 million in settlement of a dispute arising from the sale of MFI’s retail business to the private equity firm.
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BRC slams expected business rates rise
The British Retail Consortium has hit out at the Government for failing to protect retailers from extra costs being piled onto the industry following a report suggesting that business rates will increase by 16 per cent from April 2010.
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Blackwell boss steps down
Blackwell UK chief executive Vince Gunn has left the retailer with immediate effect.
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Liverpool’s Clayton Square set to grow
Land Securities has started work on the first phase of investment in Liverpool across two shopping centres in the city centre.
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Staines centre submits plans for extension
Elmsleigh Shopping Centre in Staines could benefit from a third phase of extension, following an application to Spelthorne Borough Council by Clerical Medical Investment Group.
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Orange begins expansion drive
Mobile phone giant Orange has kick-started its latest phase of store roll-outs in the UK with the opening of its second outlet in Southampton last week.
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Opinion
Will the West End win?
This morning the New West End Company hosted an interesting breakfast meeting discussing the future of retail and how it affects the West End.
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Thresher to expand in time for Christmas
Drinks retailer Thresher Group is to open 15 stores before December to ramp up its portfolio for the key Christmas trading period.
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Topshop launches US site and new Kate Moss range
Kate Moss’s new collection launched at Topshop today along with a US web site for Topshop and Topman ahead of the fashion store’s debut in the US later this year.
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Asda to demolish building to avoid empty property tax
Asda is demolishing one of its former call centres to avoid empty property rates.
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Retail like-for-likes slip again in August
Hopes of a summer sales lift have fallen flat as UK retail like-for-likes slid 1 per cent in August.
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Grocers are hiking prices above costs
Supermarkets are increasing food prices at a faster rate than their costs are rising.
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Azendi to more than double store count by 2010
Jewellery chain Azendi has embarked on an expansion drive to more than double its store portfolio to 22 shops by the end of next year.
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Asda to scrap celebrities for new-look George ads
Asda has ditched Coleen Rooney as the face of its clothing label George.
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Opinion
UK value retailers have store design edge over US
A brief sojourn in the US’s northwest last week revealed that the problems and challenges faced by retailers in that part of the world are little different from those encountered here, but the solutions are not necessarily the same.
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John Lewis signs Karen Elson to front fashion ads
John Lewis is to launch its biggest fashion ad campaign to date, featuring supermodel Karen Elson.
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M&S mole speaks out
The man at the centre of the Marks & Spencer whistleblower case has claimed that the retailer carries out intense surveillance of staff, causing a “culture of fear”.
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Primark sales and profits to climb
Value fashion retailer Primark’s sales and profits will be “well ahead of last year”, parent company Associated British Foods reported in its pre-close update.