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Abercrombie outlines European expansion plans
US fashion group Abercrombie & Fitch has revealed European expansion plans for its stablemate young fashion brand Hollister.
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NHS payment changes threaten Boots' profits
Health and beauty giant Alliance Boots faces a profits blow of as much as 80 million following a government decision to cut medicine payments to pharmacies.
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Cold weather drives sales at John Lewis
Strong clothing sales following the start of the colder, autumnal weather helped drive sales at John Lewis in the week to September 29.
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Thresher hires chairman
Struggling off licence operator Thresher Group has hired Patrick Copeland as non-executive chairman.
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British Land pulls Meadowhall sale
British Land has called off its 1.7 billion sale of the Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield, largely because of the credit crunch.
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HMV to launch first UK internet jukebox as online sales rocket
HMV is to launch the UK’s first online jukebox next month, as internet sales soar.
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Elvi overhauls brand to push fashion focus
Plus-size fashion retailer Elvi has embarked on an ambitious roll-out of its new fascia to all its stores and concessions as part of its brand overhaul.
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Fenwick to refit flagship store as group sales rise
Upmarket department store chain Fenwick has posted robust profits and sales and is poised to further overhaul its flagship Newcastle store to drive sales.
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John Lewis food hall targets £25m sales
John Lewis unveiled its first food hall at its flagship Oxford Street store on Wednesday and is targeting sales of between 15 million and 25 million a year.
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Clinton Cards heads for court as ad agency row nears showdown
Clinton Cards is heading for a High Court showdown with an advertising agency next month in a dispute over its online florist service Clinton Cards fresh flowers.
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New stores structure for Marks and Spencer
Marks and Spencer retail director Guy Farrant has initiated a divisional restructuring at the store group, designed to improve efficiency and effectiveness in how the stores are run.
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Fabric Warehouse on concession offensive
Specialist textiles retailer Fabric Warehouse has instructed restructuring firm Hilco to examine a potential refinancing in an effort to raise funds for a concession assault.
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Retail Interiors Awards 2007
Retail design’s great and relatively good assembled at the Hilton on Park Lane on Monday night for the 10th Retail Interiors Awards. Competition was keener than ever, with all awards hotly contested. In addition to the well-established categories, Store of the Decade was introduced this year to celebrate the awards’ ...
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Dolcis to unveil new-look store at Scottish centre
Retail entrepreneur John Kinnaird is to unveil a new-look store for his Dolcis footwear brand at the end of this month.
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Whole Foods eyes Canary Wharf for UK second
US supermarket Whole Foods Market is considering launching its second UK store in London’s most affluent business district, Canary Wharf.
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Asos sales soar again
Fashion e-tailer Asos is likely to make profits of 8 million by March 2009 as sales rocket, Lisa Berwin writes.
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Sector sees long-awaited surge as Leahy soothes nervous City
The sector entered its golden quarter on a high as, at last, the retail sector shot up. Ironically, bullish comments from Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy – typically more likely to drive other retailers’ share prices down – prompted a shift in sentiment.
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So how green is Wal-Mart?
Head: So how green is Wal-Mart?By John RyanTravel broadens the mind and while this may or may not be the case, sitting at a retail design conference in Atlanta this week, listening to Charles Zimmerman, was certainly educational.Zimmerman is a senior Wal-Mart apparatchik and he was instructing delegates in energy-saving ...
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Findel drops demerger plans as group sales jump by 32%
Findel has decided not to proceed with a demerger of its home shopping and educational supplies division, despite City enthusiasm for the idea.
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Don’t go on the first day
One of the more rewarding aspects of covering retail design is that you get to see things before customers do. This means, for example, that the evening before the near-riot that took place when Primark opened its Oxford Street flagship this summer, the press were invited in to sip champagne-style ...