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NewsPrivate equity firms enter Jane Norman rescue talks
Private equity firms Sun Capital Partners and Better Capital are understood to be the latest potential buyers to enter rescue talks with struggling womenswear chain Jane Norman.
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NewsFormer Asda boss Andy Bond sets up investment vehicle
Former Asda chief executive Andy Bond has set up a retail investment vehicle with a team of City bankers.
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NewsJD Sports acquires Cecil Gee and Spanish sports retailer Sprinter
JD Sports has acquired menswear retailer Cecil Gee and a controlling stake in Spanish sports retailer Sprinter.
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NewsMoss Bros like-for-likes up 13.4% as it disposes of Cecil Gee
Menswear retailer Moss Bros like-for-likes surged 13.4% in the 20 weeks to June 18.
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NewsSuperGroup reports business 'on track' and confirms Regent Street opening
Fashion retailer SuperGroup reported that retail sales have improved in the last three weeks and are running overall at about the same level as in the fourth quarter, when they rose 39%.
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NewsPigs will fly before this sandwich sells
There’s nothing quite like a bargain, and this is nothing like a bargain
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NewsIn focus: Game
Despite enjoying an enviable position as the UK and Europe’s leading video games specialist, Game Group, subject of a Retail Week Knowledge Bank profile update, is suffering from falling sales and profits after both peaked in 2008/09.
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NewsBoots UK appoints joint chief operating officers
Alliance Boots health and beauty chief executive Alex Gourlay has appointed two chief operating officers to look after the day-to-day running of the Boots UK & Ireland business while he concentrates on future growth plans.
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NewsN Brown reshuffles Figleaves leadership team
N Brown, the home shopping group which owns lingerie etailer Figleaves, will not replace the role of chief executive vacated by Julia Reynolds and has reshuffled its senior management team to lead the business.
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NewsCity speculates on Abercrombie bid for SuperGroup
US retailer Abercrombie & Fitch may be interested in acquiring trendy fashion retailer SuperGroup, City speculators believe.
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NewsJohn Lewis fashion sales leap as prices cut
Department store chain John Lewis generated strong fashion sales last week as it price-matched rivals’ promotions.
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NewsFranchise director latest to exit New Look
New Look franchise director Alex Cara has become the latest high-profile departure from the value fashion retailer as its new management refocuses on its core UK operations
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NewsMajestic maintains its fizz despite flat market
Majestic chief executive Steve Lewis said it was “very much our time” as the wine specialist reported pre-tax profits up 26.6% to £20.3m in the year to March 28.
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NewsCity takes dim view of retailers’ mixed results
General retailers and grocers alike were down as a wide range of stores reported a mixed trading picture.
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NewsWaitrose kicks off online marketing campaign
Waitrose has today kicked off a marketing campaign for its online grocery arm as it gears up to take on Ocado within the M25.
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NewsMan sets up camp in HMV
At first glance this could be a bored HMV worker wiling his time away in a shop window.
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NewsKing blames petrol prices for dip in spending
Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King said the consumer environment is the toughest it’s been in his 28-year retail career, and warned that rising petrol prices are “punching a hole in customers’ budgets”
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NewsBird promoted as Wickes restructures
Travis Perkins-owned DIY chain Wickes is to hire a new managing director as incumbent Jeremy Bird is promoted to chairman across the building group’s retail businesses
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NewsCarphone Warehouse targets tablets in bid for market share
Carphone spies opportunity to ‘tether’ tablets to mobiles in bid to seize share in fast-growing market
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Rewe opens in Bavaria
Grocery retailer Rewe has opened its first Rewe Center store in Bavaria, which the company says could be a blueprint for the superstore format across the country.