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Exponent acquires handbag brand
Upmarket handbag brand Radley has been bought by private equity firm Exponent in a deal worth 130 million.
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Consumer confidence at a low
A third of consumers said the economy is their biggest fear in the next six months, according to the Nielsen-British Retail Consortium Consumer Confidence Survey .
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JD snaps up Bank
The John David Group, owner of sports fashion chain JD, has bought branded fashion retailer Bank for 18.5 million.
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Hobbs hires former Jaeger creative director
Hobbs has appointed Sandy Verdon creative director at the womenswear retailer.
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Baugur confirms Moss Bros bid interest
Baugur has confirmed it is considering acquiring Moss Bros in a takeover thought to value the menswear retailer at 40 million.
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Baugur to bid for Moss Bros this week
Baugur is expected to approach Moss Bros as early as this week in a takeover thought to value the menswear retailer at 40 million
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John Lewis bullish on Christmas after top week
John Lewis has forecast record Christmas sales after the department store registered its biggest ever weekly sales.
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Today to smash online shopping record
Today is expected to be a record shopping day online, with sales forecast to reach 370 million, treble a usual day’s rate.
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Woolworths gives stores Simpsons branding for DVD push
Woolworths is to transform its fascias to canary yellow next week to promote The Simpsons Movie , which is released on DVD on Monday.
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Gap November sales up
November sales at US clothing giant Gap jumped 11 per cent to US$1.54 billion ( 759.4 million), compared with last year.
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New Look launchs e-commerce site in time for Christmas
New Look has launched its transactional web site just in time to cash in on crucial online sales this Christmas The fast fashion retailer has launched its womenswear and accessories range on the site and will test its success over the festive period before adding its menswear and kidswear offers ...
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Monsoon shares suspended
Monsoon has suspended trading on AIM ahead of being taken private by chairman and founder Peter Simon.
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John Lewis sales up
John Lewis department stores revealed sales were up 6 per cent in the week to Wednesday year on year and rose 15 per cent on last week, driven by sales of toys, electronics and beauty.
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OpinionReasons to be cheerful
Profit warnings are coming in thick and fast, consumer confidence is falling and most store groups are only increasing sales by hefty discounting.
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Insurers association hits out at Ashley
Mike Ashley has come up against yet more criticism from the City – this time from the Association of British Insurers (ABI), which criticised the way Sport’s Direct has been run since its float.
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M&S consults Criado-Perez about China move
Marks & Spencer has been consulting former Safeway chief executive Carlos Criado-Perez about M&S’ ambitious expansion plans for China, according to a report in The Times.
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Opinion
The Retail Week – December 7, 2007
Yesterday’s interest rate cut was a welcome early Christmas present for retailers.
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Waitrose runs short of organic turkeys
Shoppers were warned they could face a shortage of organic turkeys this Christmas, following the culling of tens of thousands of the birds because of the bird flu outbreak in East Anglia.
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OFT fines Sainsbury's and Asda for milk price fixing
Two of the big four grocers and certain dairy processors have agreed to pay combined fines of more than 116 million after they admitted involvement in fixing milk and cheese prices.
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Analysis
The benefit of hindsight
Last year, Richard Ratner declared it would be the worst Christmas for 25 years. Luckily for retailers he was wrong, but will analysts’ predictions be proved right this year?