All News articles – Page 1500
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NewsHMV shares rise as boss Simon Fox remains upbeat
HMV shares surged yesterday after chief executive Simon Fox remained upbeat on the entertainment retailer’s future.
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NewsRetailers relocate in Japan amid nuclear fallout fears
Swedish fashion retailer H&M and French luxury group PPR have temporarily relocated from their offices in Tokyo for fear of nuclear fallout.
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NewsJD Sports Fashion rescues Fenchurch from administration
JD Sports Fashion has rescued streetwear brand Fenchurch from administration, but all of its staff have been made redundant.
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NewsTesco names Graham Harris head of telecoms division
Graham Harris has been appointed chief executive of Tesco Telecoms and Tesco Mobile.
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NewsJohn Lewis records 1.8% fall in weekly sales
Sales at John Lewis department stores fell last week as the retailer came up against tough comparatives.
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NewsPhones4U sold to private equity firm BC Partners
Private equity house BC Partners has bought mobiles specialist Phones4U for an undisclosed sum from Providence Equity.
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NewsRetail predecessor to River Island is to be revived
Chelsea Girl, the iconic 1970s fashion retailer that later became River Island, is to be revived as a branded capsule collection.
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NewsStore revamps at heart of JJB’s recovery plans
JJB Sports chief executive Keith Jones is confident that its new business plan can revive the ailing sportswear retailer, despite like-for-likes slumping 13.5% from January 24 to March 13.
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NewsIn Focus: Richer Sounds
I confess to being a long-term fan of Richer Sounds. It all started in 1988 when my business partner Clive Grant and I came across them compiling our second edition (we’d missed them in the first) of The Retail Rankings.
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NewsMajestic Wine gives its website a more local feel
Majestic Wine is aiming to improve engagement and interactivity on its website by localising content and revamping the product reviews process.
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NewsPerfume Shop expands shop-in-shops
The Perfume Shop is to open more shop-in-shops in sister retailer Superdrug and will roll out a loyalty scheme later this year.
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NewsMorrisons pushes online with stake in US etailer FreshDirect
Morrisons is expecting to circumnavigate the pain of setting up an online food operation with the lessons it will learn from buying a 10% stake in US etailer FreshDirect.
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NewsDual-branded Oasis and Warehouse store opens in the UK
Aurora Fashions has opened its first dual-branded Oasis and Warehouse store in the UK in Cheltenham this week.
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NewsMarkets are shaken by Japanese disaster
The earthquake in Japan shook the stock markets worldwide as investors assessed what the costs, commercial as well as human, might be.
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NewsSports Direct throws down gauntlet to rival Decathlon
Sports Direct chief forecasts the pair will fight it out for global dominance over the next 10 years
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NewsDebenhams on track for profit growth
Department store group Debenhams assured the City that interim profits would meet consensus and be ahead of last year.
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NewsFrench Connection to up sales densities
French Connection has vowed to drive sales densities in stores after its UK and European retail arm slipped into the red.
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NewsMatalan planning to grow online business
Value fashion and homewares group Matalan is to ramp up its ecommerce operations and plans to hire a top-level online retail specialist to drive growth.
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NewsInditex to push lesser known brands in UK
Spanish fashion giant Inditex plans to roll out its lesser-known brands including Pull and Bear and Bershka across the UK this year.
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NewsPoor weather conditions hit Flying Brands’ profit
Multichannel retailer Flying Brands reported a fall in full-year group pre-tax profit as poor weather hampered its core gardening and flowers business during crucial trading periods.