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Piper buys into The Rug Company
Piper Private Equity has taken a minority stake in 12-store retailer The Rug Company to help fund its international expansion.
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Opinion
Why must we punish success?
Customers decide where to shop, so it’s time to call an end to all the competition inquiries
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Carphone Warehouse speeds up conversions to its wireless format
Carphone Warehouse is to double the pace at which it converts UK outlets to its wireless store format.
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X5 ups hypermarket share with grocery chain Karusel
X5 Retail, Russia’s largest grocer, has acquired the hypermarket chain Karusel, as the country gears up for an upsurge in retail consolidation.
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Analysis
Making a comeback
Going back to a job after a long spell of leave can be daunting for both employers and employees. But, with the right support network in place, it needn’t be. Katie Daubney and Katie Kilgallen report
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OpinionWhy must we punish success?
Customers decide where to shop, so it’s time to call an end to all the competition inquiries.
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News
Ex-MFI director Round to take over at Robert Dyas
Former Kingfisher and MFI director Steven Round has been named chief executive of private equity-owned hardware retailer Robert Dyas.
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Go Outdoors nets £18m to open more stores
Outdoor clothing and equipment retailer Go Outdoors has secured an 18 million investment to fund a substantial store opening programme.
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Analysis
Sofa, so good
After 21 years in the UK Ikea has come of age and its big blue boxes now an established part of the landscape. Charlotte Dennis-Jones charts the success of the biggest furniture retailer in the UK
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Grosvenor sued by Debs over Liverpool launch
Debenhams has launched legal action against Grosvenor in the run-up to the opening of the developer’s 1 billion Liverpool One centre.
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JJB Sports: the City view
Despite historic problems and challenging prospects, JJB Sports is at a “turning point”, according to chairman Roger Lane-Smith.
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Tesco full-year results lift spirits but general retailers disappoint
Tesco’s impressive full-year numbers helped recover sentiment, especially after bullish comment about the US, and grocers enjoyed a good week.
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Morrisons poaches Otto buyer to beef up expansion of non-food
Supermarket group Morrisons has hired a new non-food executive as it gears up to expand non-food ranges in stores this year.
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99p Stores cashes in as credit crunch bites
Single-price retailer 99p Stores is benefiting from higher footfall as bargain-hunting consumers tighten their purse strings.
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Opinion
Just the tip of the iceberg
For a long time, it has been a case of when, not if, Ethel Austin would go under and Baugur would decide to cut its losses with MK One.
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Boots’ Pessina vows to accelerate growth
Alliance Boots executive chairman Stefano Pessina has pledged to ramp up earnings by at least 10 per cent a year while he runs the business.
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Body Shop sales rocket
Body Shop – the ethical cosmetics retailer owned by L’Or al – sales increased 7.4 per cent in the first quarter. Sales were up 1.9 per cent on a like-for-like basis.
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Tommy Hilfiger launches online channel to woo shoppers
Tommy Hilfiger has launched an online music channel in an effort to drive sales, as the credit crunch hits high-end brands.
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Tesco defies critics as it delivers sales jump
Tesco has defied the vicious slowdown in the market to grab market share in non-food on its way to posting record profits and sales.
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Sainsbury’s to cut plastic bag usage by half
Sainsbury’s has launched an initiative to reduce its plastic bag usage by 50 per cent by April 2009.