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Analysis
10 THINGS WE LEARNT FROM CHRISTMAS
Retail Week reviews the turbulent Christmas period and the January trading updates for the key themes affecting retail, while (right) OC&C’s Christmas Trading Index lists the winners and losers
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Opinion
Future looks bleak for minnow Beales
While most department store groups celebrated a happy Christmas, there had to be one that woke up to an empty stocking.
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Kesa to embark on buy-back mission following sale of BUT
Electricals group Kesa is to mount a share buy-back programme to reward investors following its sale of French furniture chain BUT.
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AnalysisSchuh’s sure-footed approach to multichannel retail
About 3.5 million pairs of shoes are sold by Schuh each year, but its biggest store is not on the high street, it’s on the internet. In a rare interview, managing director Colin Temple tells Eric Musgrave how Schuh’s multichannel approach has helped it buck the shoe sector gloom
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Woolworths names new chief to drive EUK arm
Woolworths has appointed Steve Lewis as EUK managing director to boost the performance of its entertainment wholesale arm.
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Hardy Amies plans to expand in profit drive
Hardy Amies has set out ambitious plans to have 30 stores in the UK in the next five years and push into overseas markets, in an effort to make the retailer profitable next year.
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Analysis
The greatest show on earth
EuroShop is the biggest show of its kind in the world and it only takes place once every three years. John Ryan previews the most important event in the shopfitting world
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Lastminute founder’s furniture site Mydeco goes live
Internet entrepreneur Brent Hoberman’s hotly anticipated online furniture venture Mydeco.com has launched today.
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Jane Norman to launch accessories stores
Jane Norman is set to shake up the 2.3 billion UK accessories market by opening standalone accessories stores, likely to be branded JN Accessories.
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Opinion
Move over Christmas, roll on St Valentine’s
Our store in St Matthews Quarter, Walsall, opened in June 2007, so we have just completed our first Christmas trading period. I was really pleased with our performance, especially the great effort put in by our new colleagues, who had never experienced an Asda Christmas.
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Jagtiani silences talk of a bid for Debenhams
Retail tycoon Micky Jagtiani has ruled out making a bid for Debenhams despite upping his stake in the department store group to more than 9 per cent.
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The Works on the brink
Bargain bookseller locked in emergency talks to stave off administration
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Analysis
Qualified to serve
Retailers from the sector’s giants right down to independents have been involved in drafting the new retail diploma, which aims to help school pupils understand what retail is all about. Katie Kilgallen investigates
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News
Tesco’s first department store to be rejected in favour of Waitrose
Tesco’s plans for its first department store are to be turned down in favour of a scheme fronted by rival Waitrose.
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Amazon Q4 profits double but margins slip
Amazon has reported its fourth quarter profits have more than doubled, but Wall Street has reacted badly to a slump in margins.
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H&M profits soar
Swedish fashion powerhouse H&M reported sales up 15 per cent to SEK78.35 billion ( 6.19 billion) in the year to November 30, 2007.
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No respite for Land of Leather
Land of Leather has reported a further slump in sales over the critical January period.
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WHSmith to return £90m to shareholders
WHSmith reported a 2 per cent fall in like-for-like sales over the festive period and is to return 90 million to shareholders.
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Downer back in charge as Roche quits Borders
Borders chief executive David Roche has resigned with immediate effect and Philip Downer has been appointed in his place.
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Woolworths agrees £385 million refinancing
Woolworths has agreed a refinancing package, with new four-year loan facilities totalling 385 million.