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Harrods faces strike action
World famous department store Harrods could be faced with strike action in a dispute over pay.
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Hilco bosses join MFI board
Two senior directors at turnaround specialist Hilco are understood to have joined the board of furniture giant MFI in a move that throws further speculation on the retailer’s future.
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Argos celebrates 35th birthday with biggest catalogue to date
Argos will launch its new catalogue tomorrow, which will carry 700 more products than a year ago.
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Space NK to open in US Bloomingdale’s stores
Health and beauty retailer Space NK has struck a deal with US department store Bloomingdale’s to open concessions in the US.
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Waitrose opens third market town store
Waitrose opened its latest market town store last week at Brackley in Northamptonshire.
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Opinion
Discounters have a chance to turn shoppers for good
Shoppers are voting with their feet and figures released this week show that consumer spend in discount supermarkets has reached record levels.
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Opinion
The Retail Week – July 25, 2008
The retail market may be volatile at the moment, but this doesn’t explain the extraordinary ups and downs in the official retail sales figures produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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Retail faces meltdown within 10 years
Rising costs and depressed demand could lead to a retail meltdown within 10 years, warns research consultancy Verdict.
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Rose’s dual role under fire again
The backlash over Sir Stuart Rose’s dual role of chief executive and executive chairman at Marks & Spencer faces renewed opposition, this time from the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF).
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John Lewis Sale drives trade
Department store chain John Lewis’s sales were in positive territory for the second week running, helped by the clearance of Sale items.
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M&S victorious in stolen laptop data protection row
Marks & Spencer has avoided a courtroom showdown and substantial fine after winning an appeal against the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) over a data leak.
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MFI owner gives ground in spatwith Galiform
MFI’s owner Merchant Equity Partners (MEP) has conceded ground in its ongoing legal dispute with Galiform.
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Opinion
Landlords live in the dark ages
Imagine if your bank asked you to pay your November mortgage payment next week. Or if you weren’t allowed on the train to work on Monday because your ticket wasn’t valid for the last week of October.
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Hamleys to bolster its international presence with trio of stores in India
Toy chain Hamleys is set to open three stores in India – two of them by the end of next year.
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Price war hots up as Netto slashes staples
Danish discount supermarket Netto has waded into the UK’s grocery price war by slashing the price of key staple items.
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Castorama opens green store
Kingfisher’s home improvement chain Castorama has opened its first eco store in France. The 150,700 sq ft store opened in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, near Paris.
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Boots shakes up teams to push brands
Health and beauty retailer Boots has restructured its trading and marketing operations and set up a team to push its own-label and exclusive brands.
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NewsTous to open first UK store on Regent Street
Spanish jewellery and accessories retailer Tous is to make its UK debut on London’s Regent Street in October.