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Superdrug signs pop icon for skin campaign
Health and beauty retailer Superdrug has scored a coup by signing pop star Leona Lewis to front its skin safety campaign Shunburn.
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NewsKnickerbox rebrands to drive sales
Ann Summers is to relaunch Knickerbox in July, in an effort to double its sales in two years.
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DIY chains take hammering over first quarter
The world’s two largest home improvement retailers, Home Depot and Lowe’s, have reported a meltdown in first-quarter profits as the US housing market continues to slump.
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Pull and Bear makes UK debut in Liverpool
Inditex young casualwear fascia Pull and Bear opened its first UK store yesterday in Liverpool.
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Gap profits soar while Old Navy haemorrhages sales
Beleaguered US fashion group Gap has suffered a like-for-like sales dive in its first quarter, with chief executive Glenn Murphy describing the retail climate as “one of the toughest” in recent memory, despite profits soaring 40 per cent over the period.
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Analysis
First port of call
The gloomy market conditions mean that store systems have never been more critical. Joanna Perry finds out how retailers are keeping them up and running
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Neal’s Yard gears up for expansion
Natural health and well-being retailer Neal’s Yard Remedies is to ramp up its expansion programme to give it 50 stores by 2010.
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Opinion
Going straight from the frying pan into the fire
Having spent the past four months managing the Milton Keynes branch and the four months before that in Watford, I have now made the permanent move to become manager of the Birmingham Bullring store. After commuting to the South for so long, it’s good to be back in the Midlands. ...
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Analysis
Sight for sore eyes
Specsavers co-founder Dame Mary Perkins was at the forefront of opticians shaking their tired image to become fashion-led businesses. She tells Jennifer Creevy how her chain has grown
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Opinion
Be prepared for the long road ahead
In my papers, share prices “plunge” or “soar”. On my screens, they have a slightly more boring habit of ticking up or ticking down.
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Opinion
Retail needs a woman’s touch
We are surrounded by examples of powerful women, so why are there so few in retailing?
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Analysis
Seamless transition
As Graduate Fashion Week approaches, Katie Kilgallen finds out what more retailers could be doing to help fashion students launch their careers
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Stylo reveals new image for shoe chain Barratts as losses mount
Shoe retailer Stylo has unveiled a new store concept for its Barratts chain as the group revealed pre-tax losses of 7.8 million for the year to February 2.
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Wilkinson to open first store in Scotland
Value retailer Wilkinson is to take its discount offer north of the border with the opening of its first store in Scotland this autumn.
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Shopfitters feel effects of harsh retail climate
Shopfitters are hitting hard times as they start to bear the brunt of retailers’ attempts to cut costs as the economic climate toughens.
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Amazon UK chases cosmetics share
Amazon UK has expanded its product categories with the launch of an online health and beauty shop in an effort to take a share of the lucrative cosmetics market.
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Opinion
Do us a favour Darling
Politicians are opportunist creatures. So when the rising cost of food started emerging as an issue for voters, it was the natural thing for Alistair Darling to haul supermarket chiefs into the Treasury for a grilling over food prices last week.
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Northern Foods staff protest at factory closure
Staff from Marks & Spencer ready meal supplier Northern Foods confronted the retailer’s directors yesterday in a showdown at its Marble Arch store.
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John Lewis sales fall again
John Lewis Partnership has suffered another drop in sales at its department stores.
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Grocery bills rise 5.8%
The cost of groceries have soared 5.8 per cent since the start of the year, according to a Verdict report.