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Sainsbury's shares plunge on back of City festive fears
Sainsbury’s shares have slumped to their lowest in more than a year as fears swept the City that the grocer had a disappointing Christmas.
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Tesco to match discounters’ prices
Tesco will match the prices on more than 2,000 Aldi and Lidl product lines, a sign of the grocer’s concern over the rising popularity of its discount rivals.
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House of Fraser to open new store in Belfast
House of Fraser's first store in more than two years is set to open in Belfast at the end of March.
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Primark to take Oxford Street design to Bristol and Belfast
Following the success of its Oxford Street flagship Primark is making steps to take the store design to its forthcoming new outlets in Bristol and Belfast.
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Whole Sale disappointment
Last week provided a final hurrah for retailers – for the time being at least – as those freed from the responsibilities of turning up for work headed to the shops instead.
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Select on verge of administration
Women’s fashion chain Select Retail is understood to be on the brink of administration, the latest casualty of dire trading in the fashion sector.
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Tesco to match discounter's prices
Tesco will match the prices on over 2,000 Aldi and Lidl product lines in a sign of the grocer’s concern over the rising popularity of its discount rivals.
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£35m payout to Courts advisers angers former staff
Former staff and creditors of failed furniture retailer Courts are up in arms after learning that advisors have netted 35 million in fees since the company collapsed in November 2004.
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Jane Norman doubles profits
Jane Norman has more than doubled its operating profits in the year to March 31, 2007.
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Land of Leather warns on profits
Furniture retailer Land of Leather has issued a profit warning, after a weak start to post-Christmas Sales and appalling like-for-likes for the period between October 29 and January 3.
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Opinion
King might have to look overseas
Sainsbury’s will provide an update on its third quarter trading on January 10, but some in the sector are looking way beyond next week to gauge the power of its recovery.
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Opinion
The Retail Week - January 4, 2008
DSGi needs to be switched on to cope with ailing sales at its PC World business, or is it time to pull the plug?
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Retailers' negative trading statements climb in fourth quarter
In the fourth quarter of last year retailers issued the highest number of negative trading statements on the London Stock Exchange in nearly two years.
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Opinion
The Retail Week – January 4, 2008
DSGi needs to be switched on to cope with ailing sales at its PC World business, or is it time to pull the plug?
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Prices of agricultural goods soar
The prices of agricultural goods have continued to rise in 2008, intensifying fears over food and biofuel inflation for UK consumers.
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PPR dodges festive gloom
Gucci owner PPR said that Christmas sales had been good, despite festive trading fears.
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John Lewis and Waitrose sales boom over Christmas
John Lewis toasted record sales in the week to December 29, putting it on the festive winners’ podium.
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JJB non-executive director retires
JJB Sports has revealed that one of its non-executive directors has retired.
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Government campaigns to improve logistics skills
A Government organisation today launched a campaign to address the skills shortages in the logistics sector upon which retailers rely heavily.
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Nisa-Today’s posts record sales
Symbol group Nisa-Today’s posted record sales through its Central Distribution Services (CDS) network in December with like-for-like retail growth of 5.1 per cent.