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NewsTJ Hughes puts paid to plunging profits with a positive Christmas
Discount department store group TJ Hughes has delivered a substantial turnaround from a profit slump of almost 100 per cent in the year to January 2007.
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Argos’s Christmas driven by multichannel growth
Argos, Home Retail’s flagship chain, outperformed specialist rivals over Christmas thanks to its multichannel strength.
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Analysis
Retail Week League Tables 2007: Top 20 operating margins
Find out who made the grade over the past year in Retail Week’s annual scrutiny of the UK’s top retailers. By Retail Knowledge Bank senior partner Robert Clark
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Analysis
Retail Week League Tables 2007: Top 20 privately owned retailers
Find out who made the grade over the past year in Retail Week’s annual scrutiny of the UK’s top retailers. By Retail Knowledge Bank senior partner Robert Clark
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Analysis
Retail Week League Tables 2007: Top 100
Find out who made the grade over the past year in Retail Week’s annual scrutiny of the UK’s top retailers by sales and margins. By Retail Knowledge Bank senior partner Robert Clark
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Sainsbury’s retail director takes sabbatical
Sainsbury’s retail director Ken McMeikan is taking a three-month sabbatical from the grocer.
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E-tailer Chemist Direct challenges health and beauty mark-ups
High street retailers have been criticised for “shocking” mark-ups on hundreds of health and beauty products.
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Carrefour looks forward to ‘breakthrough’ year
Carrefour expects 2008 to be a “breakthrough” year after posting strong sales growth for 2007.
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Shoppers condemn service standards at JD Sports
JD Sports has been voted the worst UK retailer for customer satisfaction.
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Planet Organic to expand in London
Organic food retailer Planet Organic has signed leases to open two stores in north London.
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Musgrave completes store divestment programme
Food group Musgrave has completed the sale of its company-owned UK stores to independent retailers.
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Asda backs Government food labelling plan
Asda has backed the Government’s call to introduce a single nutritional labelling system as part of the drive to tackle obesity.
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Opinion
Promote patronage, not prices
At last week’s National Retail Federation show in New York, nearly all conversations covering retail or technology were prefaced with comments about the state of the increasingly fragile world economy.
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New Look brings in optimisation tool
New Look has implemented an inventory optimisation application to manage the replenishment of its UK stores.
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Wal-Mart to air cartoons in Canada stores
Wal-Mart Canada is to broadcast a specially created cartoon series in its stores to help customers identify with its brand.
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US retailers check out guided selling
US trials of computerised trolleys and touch-screen tables were revealed at the NRF show in New York.
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King hints at interest rate cut
Bank of England governor Mervyn King has hinted that interest rates may be cut next month.
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Sports Direct takes stake in Amer
Sports Direct has bought a 4.96 per cent stake in multi-branded sports equipment and apparel manufacturer Amer Sports Corporation.
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Asos festive sales dazzle
Asos sales soared 86 per cent year on year for the seven weeks to January 20.