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Shoppers will still splash out this Christmas
Despite the doom and gloom on the UK high street, shoppers will still splash out this Christmas, according to a report from Mintel.
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US enters critical festive trading period
All eyes will be on US retail sales today, at the start of the country’s crucial Christmas spending season in the midst of its credit crunch.
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Asos eyes stores to raise brand profile
Groundbreaking fashion e-tailer Asos may open stores to complete its multichannel offer.
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Carrefour to phase out Spanish Champion fascia
French retail giant Carrefour has revealed its Champion supermarket brand could disappear in the next three years, as it has plans to convert more than 1,000 of the stores to Carrefour.
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Opinion
Attracting customers is start of a new Phase
Five months ago, Phase Eight opened a new-format store at Lakeside – one of the first of many in a major rebranding exercise. Starting as store manager at the centre’s upmarket Brompton Walk has given me an excellent opportunity to train the team and make the store my own.
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Furniture retailers brace for tough 2008
Furniture and floorcoverings retailers have enjoyed a sales lift this year but should prepare for tougher conditions in 2008, according to Verdict Research.
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Ocado reaches financial milestone
Internet grocery retailer Ocado expects to become profitable next year after ploughing 350 million over eight years into the business.
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Peacocks resurrects international ambitions
Value fashion group Peacocks has revived its international ambitions with plans to double its overseas store count.
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Analysis
Top Towns Supplement 2007
Retail Week presents a comprehensive lookat the top towns for retail in 2007Click below for more Top Towns 2007
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Analysis
Top Towns 2007
Retail Week presents a comprehensive lookat the top towns for retail in 2007Click below for more Top Towns 2007
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AnalysisWomen in retail: It’s a man’s world
Many more women than men work in retail, yet barely any of them make it into the top jobs. Charlotte Dennis-Jones and Katie Kilgallen investigate
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New Look chairman steps down
Richard Lapthorne, chairman of value fashion retailer New Look, has stepped down from the board and retired from his position.
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Analysis
Stamp of approval
Is it really possible to measure the carbon footprint of a product? And is it actually worth trying? Katie Kilgallen finds out how retailers’ pilot projects are tackling the issue
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Shoppers’ Stop picks Portland for Hyderabad
Indian department store operator Shoppers’ Stop has appointed London design consultancy Portland to work on its forthcoming 53,820 sq ft (5,000 sq m) department store in Hyderabad.
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Next opens first Home in London
Next opened its first standalone Home store in London this week, a 15,000 sq ft (1,395 sq m) outlet on the site of failed entertainment retailer Fopp’s flagship on Tottenham Court Road.
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Rituals makes its UK debut
Dutch cosmetics chain Rituals opened its first UK store on Oxford Street last week.
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Mice division rescued by its management
A division of failed shopfitting giant Mice Group, which collapsed in the summer, has been bought out by its management, with backing from the Royal Bank of Scotland, for 4.3 million.
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Hollister targets Covent Garden for UK debut
London’s Covent Garden is the favourite destination to land the first UK store for Abercrombie & Fitch’s teen brand Hollister.
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Princesse Tam.Tam on hunt for first raft of London shops
Uniqlo parent Fast Retailing has instructed agent Harper Dennis Hobbs to search for sites in the UK for its lingerie brand Princesse Tam.Tam.