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PM calls for plastic bag ban
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged to introduce legislation if necessary to impose a minimum 5p charge on supermarket plastic bags.
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Tesco demands retraction from Guardian over tax claims
Tesco has demanded that the Guardian newspaper make a full retraction and apologise over allegations published this week that it has avoided paying a 1 billion tax charge.
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John Lewis sales back in positive territory
John Lewis sales crept back into positive territory for the week to February 23, while stablemate supermarket chain Waitrose delivered a powerful set of figures.
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Opinion
The Retail Week – February 29
Recently promoted Kingfisher chief executive Ian Cheshire is wasting no time in sweeping his new broom through the business.
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M&S to expand in Greece and Balkan states
Marks & Spencer has signed a joint venture with Marinopoulos Group worth €50 million ( 37.9 million) to open 50 stores in Greece and the Balkan states.
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Sainsbury’s names strategy director
Sainsbury’s has appointed a strategy director to accelerate its growth.
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Analysis
Frill seekers
As high street retailers join the “push for posh”, blurring the line between themselves and high-end players, can luxury stores maintain their point of difference? John Ryan reports.
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Tesco plans Argos-style zones for Homeplus stores
Tesco is to launch a mini Argos-style service inside its non-food Homeplus stores this year, firing another warning shot across the bows of its catalogue giant rival.
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Adams to walk from Kingfisher in shock move
Veteran Kingfisher executive George Adams is to leave at the end of next month as new group chief executive Ian Cheshire begins to reshape the retail giant.
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AnalysisWestfield London: Centre of luxury?
The much-vaunted Westfield London scheme at White City may have bagged Louis Vuitton for its planned luxury retail area, but can it really draw top-name brands and big-money customers away from the West End? Ben Cooper reports
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Non-dom exit could force Harvey Nics repositioning
Harvey Nichols may be forced to introduce high street fashion labels to its stores as it fears tax changes could drive away its richest foreign customers.
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Analysis
Leading lady
Concetta Lanciaux is universally credited with changing the face of both LVMH and the fashion world at large. She tells Charlotte Dennis-Jones why, after more than two decades at the luxury group, her work is done
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MP lambasts Tesco’s alcohol ‘PR gimmick’
A high-profile Labour MP has slammed Tesco’s call for a law to ban the sale of cut-price alcohol, as other large retailers launched their own proposals this week.
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Irish fashion player A-Wear trawls sites as it plots a launch in Britain
Irish fashion chain A-wear has edged a step closer to opening stores in Britain by hiring a property agency to search for potential sites.
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Analysis
A bubble about to burst?
Luxury retail has held firm as the rest of the UK market has faltered. But can it continue to be immune to the economic slowdown? Charlotte Dennis-Jones investigates
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DSGi’s airport Dixons stores to get makeover
DSGi has picked Leicester-based design consultancy Checkland Kindleysides to revamp its Dixons airport electricals stores.
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Jobs threatened as Argos shuts Castleford DC
Catalogue store group Argos intends to close its Castleford distribution centre in Yorkshire following a strategic review.
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Brown Thomas Dublin flagship revamp enters its final phase
Brown Thomas has begun remodelling the basement of its Dublin flagship, marking the final stage of its refurbishment.
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Waitrose begins roll-out of new look after trial success
Waitrose has started rolling out design elements of its new store format after a strong performance from its two debut shops.
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Borders lands £23m injection from Landsbanki
Borders UK has secured a 23 million asset-based loan from Icelandic bank Landsbanki.