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NewsJacques Vert confident profits will beat expectations
Womenswear retailer Jacques Vert has revealed a 0.8% fall in like-for-like sales for the 22 weeks since the beginning of April, but expects increased pre-tax profits for the full year.
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NewsBlacks considers CVA
Blacks Leisure is planning a company voluntary arrangement in order to secure its future.
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NewsGap co-founder Don Fisher dies
Don Fisher who along with his wife founded Gap in 1969, died yesterday aged 81 after a long battle with cancer.
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NewsH&M signs Sonia Rykiel collections
Swedish clothing chain H&M has signed French fashion veteran Sonia Rykiel to design a range of lingerie and related accessories, to be launched in December.
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NewsNew Look mulls float
New Look, the fashion chain owned by two private-equity companies Apax and Permira, is reportedly considering a £1.7bn stock-market flotation.
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NewsKesa appoints new finance director
Comet owner Kesa has appointed Dominic Platt as it finance director.
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NewsJJB Sports spent £3.7m with directors’ companies
JJB Sports spent £3.7m in the past 18 months on goods and services from companies linked to its own directors.
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NewsNo delay on VAT rise, says Mandelson
Business secretary Lord Mandelson has ruled out a delay in the planned VAT increase at the end of this year.
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NewsJohn Lewis value range beats expectations
Department store chain John Lewis’s new Value range proved popular last week when its performance and that of other new ranges beat expectations.
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NewsOnline grocery shopping yet to catch on
Many British adults have still to “click” with online grocery shopping in spite of its convenient image, according to new research.
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NewsHigh street reaction to online march too slow, says George Davies
Retail legend George Davies this week has said the high street has failed to react quickly enough to the rise of the internet and its impact on consumer behaviour, as he unveiled details of his new multichannel womenswear chain GIVe.
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NewsICM Poll: Shoppers reluctant to splash out at Christmas
A third of consumers intend to spend less this Christmas than they did last, indicating retailers will need to be at the top of their game to reap rewards during the traditional golden sales period.
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NewsAnn Summers eyes larger lingerie share
Sex toys and lingerie specialist Ann Summers is developing its underwear offer as it seeks to become a destination for the “everyday lingerie customer”.
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NewsAd campaign to lift Woolworths profile
Home shopping giant Shop Direct Group is to launch an ad campaign to promote the Woolworths online brand in the run-up to Christmas, one year after the famous high street chain collapsed.
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NewsOriginal Factory Shop commits to 400-store expansion as sales rise
Value retailer Original Factory Shop has recorded a 27.1% rise in pre-tax profits to £9.7m in the year to March 29 as it lays out plans for 400 stores within five years.
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Nakumatt pulls out of project
Kenya’s largest retailer, Nakumatt, has pulled out of its project to open a second store in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda.Following its market entry with a 24,760 sq ft supermarket in August last year, the retailer’s original plan had been to launch a 75,350 sq ft hypermarket at the Gateway ...
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NewsWaterstone’s signs prime location on Oxford Street
Waterstone’s is to return to the east end of Oxford Street as it prepares to open a store next month, close to where shop rival Borders closed in July.
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NewsTopshop opens second largest store at Liverpool One
Topshop opened its second largest store in the UK last week at Liverpool One, attracting queues of shoppers.
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Retail suffers as gloom outweighs IPO hopes
General retail stocks headed south and underperformed the market, despite rising speculation that a raft of IPOs - including a £1.7bn flotation of fast fashion group New Look - looks likely in the new year.
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NewsStaff reopen former Woolworths store as WeeW
Staff at a former Woolworths store in the Western Isles in Scotland have reopened the shop under the name WeeW.