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  • News

    Topps Tiles profits slide

    2008-05-28T08:59:17Z

    Topps Tiles posted a fall in pre-tax profits of 16 per cent for the 26 weeks to March 29, as a tighter housing market feeds through into sales.

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    Burberry profits soar

    2008-05-28T08:41:54Z

    Burberry has reported pre-tax profits up 25 per cent to 195.7 million in the year to March 31.

  • News

    Laura Ashley like-for-likes fall

    2008-05-28T08:27:27Z

    Fashion and homewares retailer Laura Ashley today reported total UK sales had increased 7.9 per cent in the first 17 weeks of its present financial year, but like-for-likes had slumped.

  • News

    Brafman buys MKOne

    2008-05-27T17:40:00Z

    Mark Brafman has bought value fashion retailer MK One out of administration for an undisclosed sum as predicted by Retail Week magazine on May 23.

  • News

    Mosaic hires Shoe Studio MD

    2008-05-27T16:49:32Z

    Mosaic Fashions has appointed a managing director for its Shoe Studio footwear business.

  • Opinion

    John Lewis goes green

    2008-05-27T12:18:32Z

    News that John Lewis is planning to enter the Irish market by opening a department store in Dublin will send shockwaves through the city’s close-knit retail scene.

  • Opinion

    Razzle dazzle

    2008-05-27T10:58:18Z

    A report from one of the larger property consultancies takes the economic temperature of retailing in Central London and finds it close to normal.

  • News

    Debenhams to ramp up international arm

    2008-05-27T09:25:29Z

    Debenhams is to more than double its international sales over the next four years.

  • News

    Co-op in talks to sell unwanted Somerfield stores

    2008-05-27T09:24:59Z

    The Co-operative Group is understood to be in early talks with rival supermarket groups about selling some of the Somerfield stores if its bid for the retailer is successful.

  • News

    Woolworths ditches CD singles

    2008-05-27T08:55:04Z

    Woolworths is to stop selling CD singles, as downloads continue to storm ahead as the preferred way to buy music.

  • News

    Alliance Boots to reinvest profits

    2008-05-27T08:52:41Z

    Alliance Boots’ backers have vowed not to take any cash out of the business for at least two years as they plough profits back into the retail and wholesale company’s growth plans.

  • News

    Stylo losses hit £7.8m

    2008-05-27T08:40:29Z

    Shoe group Stylo has reported a pre-tax loss of 7.8 million for the year to February 2, excluding a 4.7 million loss resulting from a property impairment.

  • News

    Baugur scraps Moss Bros bid

    2008-05-27T08:24:32Z

    Icelandic investment group Baugur has scrapped its offer for menswear retailer Moss Bros after a drawn-out four-month process.

  • Opinion

    A culture shock is well overdue

    2008-05-23T17:24:00Z

    DSGi boss John Browett had to put up with some mickey-taking about his pledge to “transform the very DNA” of the electricals group.

  • News

    Browett’s plan for DSGi fails to impress the City

    2008-05-23T17:11:00Z

    Analysts sharply marked down electricals group DSGi’s shares after chief executive John Browett unveiled his turnaround strategy last week.

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    News

    Clinton cards: the city view

    2008-05-23T17:04:00Z

    Greetings card specialist Clinton Cards notched up a 1.2 per cent rise in third-quarter group like-for-likes, but is cautious about the outlook.

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    M&S has no time to revel in its glory as share price plummets

    2008-05-23T16:38:00Z

    Marks & Spencer may have made 1 billion, but there was no feelgood factor as its share price – and those of its general merchandise and food counterparts – slid.

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    News

    QS tests new image for its Store 21 chain

    2008-05-23T16:19:00Z

    Value fashion retailer QS has unveiled a refreshed image for the second generation of its fashion-forward chain Store Twenty One.

  • News

    HoF picks Delaney Lund Knox Warren

    2008-05-23T16:09:00Z

    House of Fraser has appointed ad agency Delaney Lund Knox Warren to head its creative account, starting with its autumn ad campaign.

  • News

    Primark set to triple its size in Telford

    2008-05-23T16:08:00Z

    Value fashion retailer Primark has signed a deal with Telford Shopping Centre owners Hark Group and Apollo to triple the size of its store in the West Midlands centre as part of the joint landlords’ redevelopment plans.