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Ideal Shopping Direct pre-tax profits drop
Ideal Shopping Direct has reported a 6.2 per cent fall in full-year pre-tax profit to 5.8 million, but pointed to an encouraging start to 2008.
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Asda: family income down £5 a week
Rising food and petrol prices meant that the average UK family has 5 a week less to spend than last year, according to grocer Asda’s first income tracker survey.
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Travis Perkins profits soar
Builders merchants Travis Perkins reported adjusted pre-tax profit up 18.7 per cent to 261 million in its full-year results, but warned that the outlook for 2008 is challenging.
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Borders unveils interactive store format in US
Borders has unveiled a ground-breaking new concept store in the US that combines traditional bricks-and-mortar retailing with the latest in digital technology.
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Wal-Mart’s savings in China to trigger supplier squeeze
International retailers sourcing from China are expected to place greater demands on manufacturers this year, as Wal-Mart said improved productivity from its Chinese suppliers is offsetting rising costs in the country.
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AnalysisTechnology in luxury retail: No imitation
Their customers may have lavish budgets, but are luxury retailers big spenders when it comes to the technology they use in their businesses? Joanna Perry investigates
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Umbro chief steps down
Umbro chief executive Steve Makin will step down from his role, as the England football shirt manufacturer’s takeover by Nike is completed.
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Styles & Wood chief warns of tough market
The boss of Styles & Wood has warned of the challenging retail market, despite the shopfitting company delivering a sparkling set of full-year results.
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Opinion
Waitrose goes where Tesco won’t
News that Waitrose is to enlarge upon the store format that it developed for its Marylebone High Street and Finchley Road stores should come as little surprise to anyone who has been following the supermarket’s fortunes in the past 12 months.
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Dreams mulls £200m private equity deal
Bed retailer Dreams is understood to be on the verge of agreeing a 200 million deal to sell the retailer to Exponet Private Equity.
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Asda could carve up Somerfield
Asda is sounding out potential partners for a carve up of 900-store local grocery chain Somerfield, according to the Daily Telegraph .
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Majestic chief to step down
Majestic Wine chief Tim How is to step down from his post, making way for his deputy Steve Lewis to take over the reins.
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Game profits to beat forecasts
Computer and video games retailer Game said it expects pre-tax profits to be 74 million for the year to January 31, 2008, beating profit expectations.
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Opinion
Bonus earners aren’t the ones to watch
The media (including the editorial staff of this magazine?) seems to have an obsession with alleged consumption excesses in the City. The truth is less exciting.
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Opinion
We all deserve a little luxury
Let’s make March upgrade month, because it’s our job to give shoppers a taste of finer things
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Next launches Brand Directory
Next has launched its branded young fashion web site Brand Directory, following a soft launch on its own web site at the end of last year.
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Luxury players fuel department store sector growth
Luxury operators are fuelling growth in the 14.7 billion UK department store sector as customers become more selective about where they spend.
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Wyevale edges closer to Dobbies with Northumberland acquisition
Garden centre group Wyevale has bought Heighley Gate Garden Centre, near Morpeth in Northumberland, as its extends its geographical reach.
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Opinion
It might not be Easy, but Tesco will get there in the end
Tesco went on the offensive this week after broker Piper Jaffray lambasted US customers’ reactions to the grocer’s fledgling Fresh & Easy convenience store format.
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Next tipped as bid target for M&S
Credit Suisse has suggested that Next could be a bid target for Marks & Spencer, arguing that investors do not appreciate the extent of the structural problems facing Next.