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NewsGreen light for retail IPOs
Grim outlook fails to dampen retailers’ flotation hopes — but will they hit their valuations?
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NewsGant opens UK flagship on Regent Street
Swedish lifestyle label Gant opened its UK flagship store on London’s Regent Street on Friday.
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NewsSainsbury’s to double size in non-food
Grocer will roll out click-and-collect to build on strong growth already achieved in non-food sector
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NewsSports Direct invests in new staffing system
Sports Direct has begun implementing a new workforce management system to better control staffing levels across its 400 stores in the UK and Belgium.
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NewsConsumer fears overshadow ‘super Thursday’ updates
Retail shares slid following last week’s ‘super Thursday’ round of updates and brokers have warned store stocks might now stall.
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NewsThe White Company mulls shop roll-out
Upmarket clothing and homewares chain The White Company is mulling the roll-out of further shops for children’s brand Little White after strong Christmas sales.
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NewsM&S suffers dip in clothing volume and value share
Marks & Spencer lost clothing volume and value market share last year while rivals George at Asda, Tesco and Primark all gained.
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NewsChurch’s opens at Westfield London
Luxury footwear brand Church’s has opened a shop in Westfield London, its 12th store in the UK.
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Who is buying Buy The Way?
Bidding is coming to a close for local convenience store chain Buy The Way, which was put up for sale by private equity owner Unitas Capital late last year.AEON-owned Ministop, Lotte Group - which owns the 7-Eleven franchise in South Korea - and US private equity firm Carlyle Group have ...
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NewsTax and debt burden fails to dent US retail optimism
US retailers have certainly got a spring back in their step if the evidence from last week’s annual get-together at the National Retail Federation (NRF) in New York was anything to go by.
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NewsN Brown eyes Scala Collections’ home shopping womenswear brands to lift offer
Home shopping group N Brown Group is understood to be running a slide rule over Isle of Wight-based home shopping business Scala Collections as it looks to grow its offer.
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NewsMamas & Papas to unify brand messaging
Mamas & Papas is to implement a franchise collaboration platform to ensure its brand messaging is clear across its portfolio as it expands globally.
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NewsEx-Debenhams web boss David Worby to drive online retail at Harrods
Harrods has hired former Debenhams head of direct David Worby to take the helm at its online division.
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NewsStrong retail sales bolster Burberry’s third quarter
Luxury fashion retailer Burberry put in a strong third-quarter retail performance, helping boost total sales to £380m for the period - up 12% on an underlying basis.
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Carrefour to create an executive board
Carrefour is to create an executive board that, along with group executiveLars Olofsson, will be charged with developing the group’s strategy, operational goals and oversee execution.Newly appointed France executive director James McCann, formerly Tesco’s Hungary chief, will be among the new board members.Separately, Carrefour has reported sales of E96.2bn (£86.5bn) ...
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NewsPerfume Shop to replicate Bluewater refit success
The Perfume Shop is to roll out elements of its refitted shop in Bluewater to its portfolio after revealing UK and Ireland like-for-like sales jumped 8.5% for the five weeks to January 2.
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Best Denki to close stores
Electronics retailer Best Denki plans to close 50 to 70 stores by February 2012 and cut staff numbers by several hundred to slash costs.The cuts follow the revelation of increased losses in the retailer’s third quarter.Best Denki will also liquidate its Sakuraya subsidiary, with its 15 stores closing next month.Chairman ...
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Harveys and Bensons team up for joint store in London’s West End
Furniture retailers Bensons for Beds and Harveys have opened a joint store on Tottenham Court Road, London.
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NewsOverlooked grocers back on City radar
Investor appetite this week for food retailers was keen but general retailers were shunned, despite almost without exception beating Christmas expectations.
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NewsAurum's sales sparkle
Jewellery retail group Aurum beat internal expectations over Christmas with like-for-like sales increasing 3.1% in the nine weeks to January 3.