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NewsMorrisons to host summer music festival
Morrisons has entered the music festival market with the launch of a new summer event.
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NewsMorrisons moves four senior bosses to Kiddicare
Morrisons has moved four of its senior directors across to Kiddicare as the maternity website prepares to expand.
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NewsNew Look seeks debt restructure
Fashion group New Look is considering debt restructuring options and is expected to appoint an advisor within weeks, it is understood.
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NewsPrimark Northern Irish workers vote for strike
Primark staff in Northern Ireland have voted to strike over a pay freeze.
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NewsJohn Lewis records flat sales week
Sales at John Lewis were flat last week after an early half-term the previous week.
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Gap to focus on ecommerce operations
Gap will focus on ecommerce, m-commerce and its international operations to drive growth in 2012. With direct (ecommerce) and international divisions together representing 26% of the fashion retailer’s total net sales, Gap plans to invest in ecommerce and m-commerce and develop a global IT platform to support its international operations.While ...
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Sears plans to divest two fascias
Sears plans to divest its two fascias, Sears Hometown and Sears Outlet, along with a number of hardware outlets. The creation of this new company will allow these two banners to focus on strategies that best meet the needs of smaller stores. The division will also boost Sears’ liquid assets ...
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NewsHMV uses it loaf in its new niche marketing campaign
HMV brought a bit of rock history to its Oxford Street store this week as Meatloaf took centre stage to sign copies of his new album.
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Barnes & Noble introduces new Nook tablet PC
Bookseller Barnes & Noble has introduced a new version of its Nook tablet PC, priced at $199 to match Amazon’s Kindle Fire. The new Nook Tablet has 8GB of built-in memory against 16GB for the full-priced $249 version, which will continue to be offered. Barnes & Noble said it has ...
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NewsTesco boss urged to bring back the ‘personal touch’
Former Tesco chairman Lord MacLaurin has called for his former “Saturday boy” Philip Clarke to focus on staffing levels and service to turnaround the grocer’s fortunes.
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NewsJohn Lewis to revamp flagship ahead of Olympics
Department store group John Lewis is to invest £8m in revamping its flagship Oxford Street store ahead of the London 2012 Olympics and Queen’s Diamond Jubilee this summer.
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NewsBoots’ new £50m warehouse will enhance online profits
Delivery services to improve after health and beauty giant invests in Burton-on-Trent site.
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NewsNew owner invests £50m to turn around Peacocks
The new owner of Peacocks, Edinburgh Woollen Mill, plans to restore the collapsed value fashion retailer to a 600-store business in the next four years as it pumps in £50m of investment.
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NewsPets at Home hires American Golf's Nick Wood as new boss
UPDATE: Pets at Home has hired American Golf boss Nick Wood as its new chief executive
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NewsFenn Wright Manson files intention to appoint an administrator
Womenswear chain Fenn Wright Manson has filed an intention to appoint an administrator.
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NewsHobbs drives brand development with marketing director appointment
Womenswear retailer Hobbs has appointed former ASOS global marketing director Clare Dobbie to its newly created marketing director role.
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NewsMobile accounts for 5% of all online sales
Mobile sales accounted for 5.3% of all online sales in the quarter to January.
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NewsFenn Wright Manson calls in restructuring firm
Womenswear chain Fenn Wright Manson has called in a restructuring specialist as trading worsens since its acquisition by private equity firm Darwin 17 months ago.
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NewsThorntons plans to test products via website
Struggling chocolatier Thorntons will use its website as a “testing ground” to introduce new products across the business as it relaunches its online operations in the autumn as part of its turnaround.