More on Me + Em – Page 3205
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Tesco in line to snap up Italian grocery chain?
City identifies UK giant as potential buyer, as Italian supermarket Esselunga put on market
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Sports Direct sparks City anger again
Retail group cancels investor day because of workload issues
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John Lewis and Waitrose sales still climbing
Own-brand womenswear, furnishings and electronics all strong at department store chain
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Borders UK sale nears with Johnson in the lead
Bookseller Borders UK was poised to be sold as Retail Week went to press. WHSmith is out of the running and entrepreneur Luke Johnson’s private equity business, Risk Capital Partners, is expected to lead the purchase. Johnson is understood to be backing Borders UK and Ireland chief executive David Roche. ...
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Minister backs UK retail’s ethical stance
A Government minister has praised UK retailers for their efforts to improve factory conditions in the developing world, but said that more still needed to be done to help workers who produce their goods. International development minister Gareth Thomas told Retail Week that consumers will increasingly ask questions about where ...
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Abercrombie London sales beat US flagship
US fashion group Abercrombie & Fitch’s debut UK store is generating higher sales and margins than its flagship store on New York’s Fifth Avenue. The London shop, which opened in March, was greeted with scepticism by some industry observers because of higher prices charged than in the US, its unusual ...
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Opinion
What customers want
Music retail is not the only part of the sector changing fast. So it is interesting that B&Q has woken up to the fact that DIY retailing is no longer just about DIY, but about the home. Critics would ask why it took so long when Homebase made the shift ...
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Opinion
Is Virgin deal a Zavvi move?
Last week, retail said goodbye to Dame Anita Roddick; this week it bade farewell to another of the great entrepreneurs of the late 20th century, as Sir Richard Branson sold Virgin Megastores.Virgin was a retail idea of its time, capturing the anarchic buzz of the punk era and embodying it ...
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Primark launches legal action in copyright battle with Esprit
Landmark retailer Liberty has launched Liberty of London, its own-label, in iconic department stores and exclusive boutiques worldwide. Bloomingdale’s and Jeffrey in New York, 10 Corso Como in Milan and Tokyo, Villa Moda in the Middle East and Theresa in Munich are among retailers that have started selling its spring/summer ...
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Liberty unveils luxury own-label worldwide
Liberty has launched Liberty of London, its own-label, in iconic department stores and exclusive boutiques worldwide. Bloomingdale’s and Jeffrey in New York, 10 Corso Como in Milan and Tokyo, Villa Moda in the Middle East and Theresa in Munich are among retailers that have started selling its spring/summer menswear collection, ...
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Ethical jeweller’s launch in West End store
Ethical jeweller Ingle & Rhode opened its first store and transactional web site this week, as it campaigns to reduce the conflict in the jewellery industry. Ingle & Rhode has opened at 211 Piccadilly in the West End and also trades directly through its web site. It sells an in-house ...
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H and M to expand east Oxford Street store
Fashion retailer H&M is to extend its branch at the eastern end of London’s Oxford Street to create a 25,000 sq ft (2,325 sq m) flagship store. H&M will extend into the unit next door to its 174 Oxford Street store, which houses temporary fashion shop Surprise Surprise at ...
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DSGi eyes cost savings with printing rethink
DSGi expects to save at least US$1 million ( 497,224) a year by using a managed printing infrastructure that has been implemented by Lexmark. Nearly 5,000 monochrome and colour laser printers, along with multifunction devices, have been installed at DSGi’s headquarters, stores and distribution centres. All devices have been added ...
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Nordstrom prepares to make New York debut
Upmarket US department store chain Nordstrom is reported to be in talks to open its first shop in New York. The Seattle-based retailer, which generated US$8.6 billion ( 4.3 billion) in sales last year and operates 155 stores in 27 states, is believed to be in negotiations for a unit ...
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Opinion
Northern Rock fiasco a bad sign
The sight of scared consumers queuing up in their thousands to withdraw their cash from troubled Northern Rock might turn out to be almost as bad news for retailers as it was for the bank.Savers have withdrawn about£2 billion, fearful of losing everything despite reassuring statements from the Government and ...
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Auchan invests in Portugal as rival sells hypermarkets
Auchan is to plough €600 million ( 414 million) into its Portuguese retail arm amid speculation that it could acquire hypermarkets from rival Carrefour. The French food and general merchandise retailer is set to inject the cash over the next three years as part of a drive to expand its ...