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News
Stead & Simpson up for sale as fears mount over trading
Footwear chain Stead & Simpson has raised a for-sale sign just six months after refinancing, as speculation mounted that it continues to struggle.
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Ashley: Sports Direct will bounce back in new year
Controversial entrepreneur Mike Ashley this week insisted that the Sports Direct model “is not broken” and that the sports retailer will improve its fortunes in 2008.
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Matalan to overhaul stores as profits rise
Matalan will revamp more than half of its store portfolio next year after pre-tax profits rose 8.5 per cent in the year to February 24.
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Opinion
Ashley has yet to redeem himself
Analysts, exasperated by his flouting of corporate governance guidelines, and journalists, expecting another head-on collision with the truculent tycoon at the retailer’s EGM, were pleasantly surprised.
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Analysis
Review of the year 2007
2007 was a year of farewells. Retail said goodbye to three of its big characters. The untimely deaths of Dame Anita Roddick, Richard Ratner and Alison Richards robbed the industry of three people who, in their own ways, epitomised the spirit which makes our industry unique.
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Analysis
Goodbye to all that
As he prepares to step down, BRC frontman Kevin Hawkins talks candidly to Tim Danaher about fighting retail’s corner and why retailers need to start sticking up for themselves
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Aldi to stimulate growth in Ireland with €100m DC
Aldi plans to open a €100 million ( 71.3 million) regional distribution centre in the south of the Republic of Ireland in an effort to drive growth in the country.
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John Lewis sales up 6%
John Lewis has reported a 5.6 per cent uplift in sales for the week so far from Sunday.
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Dunelm: the City view
Despite its value credentials, homewares group Dunelm’s share price has been among the worst hit by jittery market sentiment.
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Landmark plans Indian global fashion emporia
Dubai-based Landmark Group – which this week declared a 7 per cent stake in Debenhams – will launch large-format department stores in India for its international fashion brands.
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Retailers’ woes deepen as new year gloom tarnishes prospects
Analysts took their red pencils to the sector, as uncertainty about next year’s outlook continued to undermine sentiment.
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MFI goes on £10m marketing spree
MFI has launched its biggest Christmas marketing campaign to date, to promote its new branding in the run-up to the critical Boxing Day Sales.
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The Works axes openings after downturn bites
The Works is to put its store opening programme on hold next year, following mixed sales in the run-up to Christmas.
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Opinion
Ashley farce is great viewing
Following Sports Direct is like watching one of those 1970s air disaster movies that always form part of the Christmas TV schedules.
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Julian Graves shakes up board
Julian Graves has reshuffled its board, as parent Baugur strives to reallocate the workload of senior executives and accelerate growth at the health food chain.
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Retailers’ wage rates surge past minimum
Two thirds of retailers are setting starting salaries significantly above the National Minimum Wage (NMW).
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Somerfield to carve a niche with focus on smaller stores
High street grocer Somerfield is to open more smaller stores as it seeks to distance itself further from big supermarkets.