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Carrefour’s Dia to ramp up c-stores in Spain
Carrefour-owned Dia is poised to shake up the convenience store sector in Spain by rapidly expanding its Dia Market fascia.
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Walmart in line for £100m lift as it ups ante in fashion
US retail giant Walmart is taking steps to reinvigorate its fashion offer in a move that retail watchers say could add at least £100 million to its sales.
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Marks is no Primark – nor should it be
Sir Stuart Rose may have found himself in the unusual position of whispering a prayer of thanks to Primark today.
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MFI kitchens ads to woo top-end buyers
Furniture retailer MFI has launched an ad campaign for its K chen Lab range of German-engineered kitchens with the aim of tapping into the premium market.
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Spar targets emerging markets to beat crunch
Symbol group Spar International is attempting to defy the credit crunch with a strong global expansion campaign.
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NewsFat Face sales jump
Fat Face sales soared 16.3 per cent from £108.6 million to £126.4 million for the full year to May 31.
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Interest rate held at 5%
The Bank of England has held the UK interest rate at 5 per cent as spiralling inflation outweighs concerns over slowing economic growth.
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Tories caution on out-of-town quashing independents
A Conservative Party commission on the future of small shops has recommended the party adopts a tough stance against out-of-town parks to protect town centres.
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Instore directors stand down
Three Instore directors have resigned as part of a deal between shareholders Seaham Investments and Tradegro.
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Jones Lang LaSalle buys Churston Heard
Property agency Churston Heard has become the latest niche retail firm to be acquired in a takeover by Jones Lang LaSalle.
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Netto sales climb
Value retailers continue to pull in the customers, with Netto announcing a 7 per cent sales increase over the year to June 14.
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Consumer spend to slow to 0.5% next year
Consumer spending growth in the UK will slow to just 0.5 per cent next year as households face high energy and food prices and falling property values.
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Co-op to buy Somerfield for £1.6bn
The Co-operative Group is poised to buy Somerfield’s 955 stores in a deal worth 1.6 billion as early as next week, according to reports.
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Carrefour hypermarket sales slide
International retail giant Carrefour is to speed up the pace of change after second quarter sales slipped at its French hypermarkets.
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Opinion
Woolies needs a merry Christmas
From Cardiff to Cheshunt, Paddington to Paisley, retail’s bunkers are readying themselves for the year’s biggest blowout – Christmas. Retailers that depend on second-half performance for the bulk or entirety of their profits – and there are plenty of them – will be chewing their nails in anxiety, because the ...
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Sports Direct profits plummet
Sports Direct has revealed a 51.1 per cent slump in full-year underlying pre-tax profits to 85 million, during what it called the most difficult trading period in its history.
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Primark hit by weather
Primark sales jumped 14 per cent in its third quarter, but like-for-like sales were hit by weak trading in April.
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Lots of sandwiches and a few spats: M&S AGM sketch
They came, they ate his sandwiches and they voted for him.
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Oxford Circus to get £4m makeover
Oxford Circus is set to receive a 4 million makeover to help ease congestion for shoppers at the busy London intersection.
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M&S shareholders back Rose
Shareholders have showed their support for Sir Stuart Rose voting 94.1 per cent in favour of his re-election as executive chairman at this afternoon’s AGM. However, 17 per cent of shareholders abstained.