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NewsMarks & Spencer makes £8.5m loss in first four months in Paris
Fashion retailer Marks & Spencer has made a £8.5m loss in its first four months of trading in its Paris store as chief executive Marc Bolland plots further overseas stores.
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NewsRestructurers circle Store Twenty One as it closes website
Troubled fashion retailer Store Twenty One, which stocks a range of lingerie by glamour model Katie Price, has attracted the interest of restructuring firms.
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NewsUp to 100 HMV shops face closure as axe falls on store staff
Up to 100 HMV stores are set to close when their stock is sold, administrators will tell staff of the collapsed retailer this week, pulling the plug on 1,500 jobs.
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NewsSir Stuart Rose to succeed Alan Giles as Fat Face chairman
Former Marks & Spencer boss Sir Stuart Rose is to become chairman of fashion retailer Fat Face later this year when current incumbent Alan Giles steps down.
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NewsTM Lewin staff measure up Ryman chief
You can’t always rely on British customer service to be the best, but TM Lewin’s King’s Cross store
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NewsJohn Lewis on IT recruitment drive
John Lewis is set to expand its IT team by another 100 people, taking its in-house team to 400.
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NewsNew EU rules could restrict supermarket supplier relationships
Supermarket chains could face restrictions on the relationships they have with suppliers, if a new European Commission plan to fight unfair trading practices comes into force.
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NewsJohn Lewis finishes "impressive year" on a high as sales soar
John Lewis sales jumped 9.8% to £59m last week, despite the snow, which “completed an impressive year”, managing director of the department store Andy Street said.
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NewsB&Q Ireland appoints examiner in a bid to save the struggling retailer
B&Q Ireland, a subsidiary of Kingfisher, has appointed an examiner to rescue the business, which has been hit by the decline in consumer spending.
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NewsJessops bought out of administration by Dragons' Den star Peter Jones
Collapsed camera specialist retailer Jessops has been bought out of administration by entrepreneur and Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones.
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Spar International plans to enter Middle Eastern market
Spar International plans to enter five markets in the Middle East, with the aim of 30 stores in the region by the end of 2015.Eight shops are planned for Abu Dhabi, two for Qatar and one in Lebanon by the end of the year.Spar has teamed up with local retailer ...
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NewsMarks & Spencer launches digital lab to fuel multichannel growth
Department store Marks & Spencer has created a specialist unit to experiment with and develop retail technology as part of its long-term growth strategy.
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NewsCompany profile - Etailer, Net-a-Porter
Having led the way in online innovation, Net-a-Porter continues its global expansion. Founded by Natalie Massenet 13 years ago, it helped revolutionise the way women shopped.
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NewsTheo Paphitis backs campaign to freeze business rates
Retail entrepreneur and star of Dragons’ Den Theo Paphitis is backing the Retail Week and British Retail Consortium (BRC) campaign urging the Government to freeze business rates.
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Apple loses market value after weak Christmas
Apple lost more than $50bn (£31.8bn) of its market value last week after shares slumped 12% because of weaker-than-expected iPhone sales at Christmas, reinforcing fears that the retailer and technology giant is losing its dominance in smartphones.Apple posted first-quarter group revenue of $54.5bn (£34.66bn), compared with $46.3bn (£29.44bn) in the ...
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Discounter Dollar General plans 600 new stores across US
Discounter Dollar General plans to open more than 600 stores across the country this year, bringing its total to 11,000. It also plans to recruit 6,000 more employees.Executive vice-president and chief people officer Bob Ravener said: “We’ve been on an aggressive growth pattern. We’ve seen some tremendous opportunities.”
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NewsWaitrose appoints Jackie Wharton as new convenience director
Waitrose has promoted Jackie Wharton to the position of convenience director replacing Diana Hunter, who is leaving the grocer to become chief executive of Bargain Booze.
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NewsHMV cuts 190 jobs at head office and distribution network
Job cuts have begun at collapsed retailer HMV’s head office as staff took to Twitter to reveal the “mass execution”.
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NewsAsda offers wheelie good prices
Asda staff donned their overalls Kwik Fit-style this week when the grocer launched a new car tyre website.
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NewsOak Furniture Land reports record sales and profits
Oak Furniture Land has reported a record year as profits shot up from £3.9m to £9.2m while sales more than doubled last year.