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MFI chief vows to fight slump and invest more
MFI chief executive Gary Favell has vowed to fight the savage downturn in the furniture market, insisting there is no immediate threat to the company’s future.
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Interest rate is held at 5 per cent
The Bank of England has held interest rates at 5 per cent, as retailers continue to feel the threat of the first recession in almost 20 years.
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Asda tests new logo as George relaunch approaches
Asda has been quietly testing a revamped logo for clothing giant George as it gears up to relaunch the brand in September.
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Carphone axes commission
Focus on service drives mobile phone retailer to radical pay restructure.
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Retail needs team players
“Commission returns in bid to boost sales” was Retail Week’s first ever front page headline. “In an abrupt reversal of recent trends, retailers are bringing back commission as a way of generating extra sales,” the story read.
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DSGi to move Irish Dixons purely online as it steps up multichannel
DSGi is to rebrand its Dixons stores in Ireland under the Currys brand and focus the Dixons brand solely online.
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BRC ups the ante as rent battle hots up
The British Retail Consortium has thrown down the gauntlet to landlords by demanding that retailers should be able to switch to monthly rent payments on existing leases, not just new ones.
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ScS saviours unveil plans to revitalise chain
The new owner of ScS Upholstery, which fell into administration last month, has laid out its plans to revive the struggling furn-iture retailer.
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Jane Norman targets Russia as UK market begins to slow
Jane Norman will open a raft of standalone stores in Russia as it is hit by falling sales in the UK.
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Hamleys culls HQ jobs in drive to slash costs
Toy giant Hamleys is to axe roles at its head office as part of a re-structuring strategy to cut costs.
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Netto mulls online in £1bn UK vision
Discount supermarket chain Netto is considering launching a limited online offer within two years as part of plans to create a 1 billion UK business.
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EBay switches focus away from auctions
EBay is repositioning itself more in-line with traditional e-commerce businesses in an attempt to attract more retailers to its site.
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Ex-Beds Direct bosses outline Heli-Bed plans
The former management of Beds Direct, which hit the buffers last week, are to focus on generating sales from a smaller number of stores at its newly formed retail business Heli-Beds.
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Thorntons tests new format at Kingston
Thorntons has revealed a new-look pilot store that is designed to provide a more contemporary interior for its confectionery.
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Superdrug confident despite slip in profits
Health and beauty retailer Superdrug has reported a sales uplift of 6.8 per cent in its full year accounts, but a dip in pre-tax profits.
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Carphone Warehouse: The City View
Carphone Warehouse has completed its deal with Best Buy for a European joint venture and reportedly plans to have 200 Best Buy outlets in the UK, writes Amy Shields.
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City confidence in retail grows as stores index surges 7% in a day
Retail shares bounced back this week with general retailers outperforming the market.
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One year on the crunch still bites
August is the quietest month in the retail calendar, with most store chiefs taking well-earned holidays. Yet last August those chief execs – and indeed the world – were hit with something that made them put down their cocktails and dust off their blackberries.
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Flying Brands upbeat aboutrecovery despite profits blow
Multichannel retailer Flying Brands is confident of a turnaround under its new chief executive, despite a dive in pre-tax profits of more than 55 per cent to 1.2 million for the 26 weeks to June 27.
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Castorama Italy sale is welcomed by City
The sale of Kingfisher’s Castorama Italy business has been greeted with approval by the City.