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Co-op to sponsor Pride of Britain Awards
The Co-operative Group has struck a deal to be the sole sponsor of the Daily Mirror ’s Pride of Britain Awards.
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OpinionOutsourcing: deal or no deal?
Yesterday Retail Week held its second technology-focused webinar – this time on what place outsourcing has in a retail sector facing weak consumer demand.
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More delays hit Geographic’s debut in London
National Geographic’s plans to open its first European store have been hit by further delays because of spiralling costs.
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Tailor Turnbull & Asser heads for City of London scheme
Hammerson has signed West End tailor Turnbull & Asser to its development at 125 Old Broad Street in the City of London.
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Italy’s Geox embarks on UK growth assault
Italian footwear giant Geox has kick-started ambitious UK expansion plans.
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Opinion
The hidden shops of St Pancras
The past few years have been a golden age for travel retailing. The growth of low-cost travel and the increasingly commercial outlook of airport, station and roadside landlords have created huge opportunities for retailers to take advantage of captive shoppers with time to kill.
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Retail sales return to positive territory
The spring sunshine in May helped push UK retail sales into positive territory for the first time since March, according to the British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) retail sales monitor.
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Ted Baker sales rise
Ted Baker’s group sales rose 8.4 per cent in the 19 weeks to June 7. Retail sales climbed 15.4 per cent, but wholesale turnover fell 8.6 per cent. Gross margin was in line with expectations.
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Wal-Mart sells property firm Gazeley
Wal-Mart is to sell Gazeley, the property development subsidiary of Asda, to Dubai World company Economic Zones World.
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Moss Bros close to appointing chairman
Moss Bros is understood to have approached former BAA retail director Barry Gibson about the role of chairman.
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Tesco cautious on non-food
Tesco has reported a 3.5 per cent like-for-like sales uplift, excluding petrol, in its first quarter for its domestic market, but warned that its rate of growth for non-food has eased as consumers become more cautious.
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Boots profits soar
Alliance Boots has unveiled a strong performance in its first year as a private company.
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GalleryPC World – Enfield
Where in the world? Enfield actually. This is DSGi’s latest attempt to provide a new shopping environment for its customers.
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Bakery chain rescued in management buy-out
More than 1,500 jobs have been saved at bakery company Sayers, following a management buy-out led by Sayers chairman Sandy Birnie.
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Opinion
On doing the right thing
It’s hard to talk to anybody about store design these days without matters environmental cropping up.
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Superdrug hires new finance director
Superdrug owner AS Watson has appointed Gill Smith as finance director for its UK health and beauty group.
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Focus finance director Hoskins resigns
Focus finance director Bill Hoskins has resigned from the business less than a year after being brought in to help save the DIY chain.
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JD like-for-likes soar
Sports and fashion retailer John David Group has announced like for like sales growth of more than 4.2 per cent in the seven weeks to May 31.
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NewsAlliance Boots to move HQ to Switzerland
Alliance Boots is to move its headquarters from the UK to Switzerland to signal that the health and beauty giant is a big international player, according to newspaper reports.
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Consumer confidence plummets
Consumer confidence has dropped to its lowest level in four years, as rising costs and fears over the property market continue to take their toll.