More on Me + Em – Page 3037
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ScS suspends shares
ScS Upholstery has suspended its shares as it enters talks with an external party for a possible buy-out.
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Spirit at Selfridges Oxford Street
As a proposition, Spirit, the young fashion department at Selfridges’ flagship store on Oxford Street, would not normally be eligible for consideration as a Store of the Week.
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Russia’s X5 launches first Mercado Supercenter
Russia’s largest food retailer X5 has unveiled its first Mercado Supercenter store.
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Metro to axe raft of German Real stores to ramp up profit
German retail group Metro is to close or sell 27 of its underperforming Real hypermarkets in Germany by the end of next year to lift profitability.
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Plenty of bottle
Company veteran Steve Lewis is moving into the top job at Majestic Wine. Tim Danaher finds out how he plans to keep the pressure up against the supermarkets in tough times
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The big question for Woolworths
“Good management, bad business.” If Trevor Bish-Jones had a pound for every time someone said that about his time at Woolworths, his pay-off would pale into insignificance.
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Fraser’s new house unveiled
House of Fraser has unveiled its vision for stores as part of plans to become a premium national department store group.
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Schuh profits soar
Privately owned footwear retailer Schuh has revealed an 18 per cent rise in EBITDA to 11.7 million in its last financial year.
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Tesco to roll out mobile till points in Express shops
Tesco is to introduce mobile checkouts to many of its Express formats after testing the devices at a handful of stores.
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American Golf boss quits after 3 years
American Golf chief executive Andrew McDonald has resigned from the specialist retailer for personal reasons after more than three years at the helm.
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Sainsbury’s: the city view
Sainsbury’s reported slowing sales growth in the past three months, but said performance was in line with expectations.
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General retailers knocked again as more industry sagas unfold
It was a week of high drama for general retailers as veteran Woolworths chief executive Trevor Bish-Jones unexpectedly decided to stand down and furniture groups sought emergency finance.
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Opinion
EU is twisting the knife with tax hikes
Candles, bulbs, screws, bags and shoes: it could be that Two Ronnies sketch in the hardware shop – except this isn’t funny.
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Price alone won’t save the day
Retailers must back up low prices with good quality if they want to attract today’s consumer
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Fast retailing
Aggressive international expansion was causing headaches for Comptoir des Cotonniers IT director Marc Bernhard. The solution? An EPoS system that could integrate easily and be delivered and managed remotely. Joanna Perry reports
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Superdrug launches rival to Boots' anti-ageing range
Superdrug has launched a rival to Boots’ popular anti-aging cream Perfect & Protect Beauty Serum.
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The brave look east
The shoppers of the former Eastern Bloc have huge pent-up spending power and a development boom is creating opportunities for Western retailers. Ben Cooper reports
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Seller beware
It is being billed by some as the biggest shake-up of marketing laws for 40 years and can carry the penalty of imprisonment. Katie Kilgallen asks if retailers are ready for the new consumer protection regulations
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Waitrose to sponsor Reading FC
Waitrose has signed up to sponsor Reading Football Club, marking the first time a food retailer in Britain has sponsored a major football club.
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Sofa drama nears climax
It is hard to believe that less than three months ago, as he posted interim results, ScS chairman Mike Browne was “confident of a profitable second half”.