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NewsEx-MD buys back failed pet retailer Acorn
The former managing director of Scottish chain Acorn Pet Centres has led a rescue of the business.
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NewsLondon retailers launch West End traffic-free day
Retailers including Arcadia Group boss Sir Philip Green and Harold Tillman, owner of Jaeger and Aquascutum, were among store chiefs who gathered this morning to promote the fifth traffic-free Christmas shopping day in London’s West End.
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NewsMarks & Spencer offers online shoppers 1p delivery
Marks & Spencer has kick-started its Christmas online sales campaign by offering shoppers delivery for a penny.
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NewsPeacocks to sell CDs as it goes after gap left by Woolworths
Value fashion chain Peacocks is to start selling CDs to take advantage of the gap left in the market since the collapse of Woolworths.
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NewsJohn Lewis to launch Christmas ad campaign on Sunday
John Lewis will launch its Christmas television campaign on Sunday, aimed at rekindling the excitement felt by children when they open their presents on Christmas Day.
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NewsThreshers franchisees form action group
Updated: 55 of the 65 Threshers’ franchisees have formed an action group to resist being bought by a buyer they view as “unfavourable”.
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NewsSainsbury’s posts 18.5% interim profits rise
Supermarket group Sainsbury’s has unveiled a leap in interim profits and said customer numbers have surged,highlighting how effectively it has responded to tough retail conditions.
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NewsTesco gains market share for first time in two years
Grocery market leader Tesco has increased its market share on a 12-week basis for the first time since 2007, the latest TNS data showed.
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NewsTesco strikes partnership with DreamWorks
Tesco has struck an exclusive partnership with film studio DreamWorks to offer DVDs and merchandise in its stores.
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NewsPeter Williams: Retail locations need reinvention to meet web challenge
Today’s retailers need as few as 100 stores to achieve national coverage compared with up to 300 three years ago, meaning a “seismic change” is needed in many high streets and shopping centres, former Selfridges chief Peter Williams told the BCSC conference in Manchester today.
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NewsGames retailers cheer at Call of Duty release
Games retailers will be rubbing their hands in glee today with the release of the most anticipated title of the year, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
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NewsM&S targets £40m party food sales rise at Christmas
Marks & Spencer aims to boost sales of party food by up to 30% this Christmas on the back of three-for-two and half-price offers.
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NewsChip and PIN cards and sat-navs ‘most endangered’ technologies says DSGi
Chip and PIN credit cards, sat-navs and DVD players all feature on a list of 2010’s “most endangered technologies” compiled by DSGi-owned etailer Pixmania.com.
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NewsAlliance Boots loses out in Sweden
Alliance Boots is understood to have lost out in Sweden’s auction of part of its state-owned Apoteket pharmacy chain.
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News‘Middle-class shoplifters’ fuel surge in crime
Shoplifting has surged to unprecedented levels in the past year as the ‘middle-class shoplifter’ turns to crime to fund luxury lifestyles in the recession.
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NewsRetailers experience best October for seven years
Retailers have experienced the best October for seven years, with like-for-like sales up 3.8% on a year ago during the month.
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NewsBurberry social network to celebrate trench coat
Burberry, the upscale retailer and brand, has launched a social networking site celebrating its famous trench coat.
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NewsAsda posts flat profits and is ‘sold’ in internal Walmart deal
Asda, the Walmart-owned grocery and general merchandise giant, generated profit before tax of £520.4m last year.
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NewsGoldsmiths owner Aurum agrees refinancing
Aurum, the jewellery group formerly backed by Baugur, has agreed a debt for equity swap with lenders and said recent performance has been ahead of expectations.
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NewsRicher Sounds profits slide while revenue soars
Hi-fi and televisions retailer Richer Sounds experienced a pre-tax profit decline of 8% to £3.4m in its full year.