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Carphone Warehouse to cut jobs
Carphone Warehouse is expected to reveal about 400 job losses as part of a cost-cutting programme.
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Ted Baker appoints former banking boss to board
Ted Baker has appointed former banker Ron Stewart as an independent non-executive director.
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Dunelm profits flat in tough homewares market
Homewares retailer Dunelm has reported interim profits up 0.2 per cent to 27.3m.
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NewsBlooming Marvellous bought out of administration
A group of investors including Ethel Austin owner Elaine McPherson has bought Blooming Marvelous from administrators MCR.
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Tesco graduates 'among highest earners'
Graduate recruits at Tesco can expect to earn more than their counterparts in all but one other sector, according to the supermarket.
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Wickes website tweaks propel internet sales
Wickes’ e-commerce business has increased conversion rates on its website by 10 per cent as a result of introducing a system to test its site content.
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NewsMonsoon Accessorize to tackle shrinkage
Monsoon Accessorize is in the early stages of a project to implement a data mining system to protect its margins.
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Zegna signs network deal with Cable & Wireless
Luxury men's fashion brand Zegna has signed a three-year contract for communications infrastructure with Cable & Wireless.
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Wyevale completes restructuring talks
Restructuring talks between garden centre operator Wyevale and Bank of Scotland have concluded with the bank increasing its stake in the retailer.
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White Stuff brings reporting to stores
Lifestyle retailer White Stuff is building a data warehouse to improve its reporting capabilities at head office level and provide reports to its stores.
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EDS snaps up Woolworths IT staff
Outsourcer EDS has taken on the entire team of SAP specialists who previously worked for Woolworths.
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Marks & Spencer staff in Ireland win up to 6.7 per cent pay rise
Marks & Spencer staff in the Republic of Ireland are to receive pay rises of up to 6.7 per cent according to the Irish Times.
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Carrefour stalks Russia's Seventh Continent
French retail giant Carrefour has made a non-binding offer to buy Russian food retailer Seventh Continent.
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NewsTop retailers lobby Government to reverse rate rise
Top retailers are to lobby Local Government Minister John Healey to reduce the rise in business rates planned for April.
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Sir Philip Green to merge Bhs and Arcadia
Tycoon Sir Philip Green is to merge his Arcadia and Bhs businesses.
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Home Depot's profits almost halve
The world’s biggest home improvement retailer, Home Depot, revealed that consolidated profit plunged by nearly 50 per cent last year as it suffered amid the US housing slump.
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N Brown announces board appointments
N Brown has appointed Ivan Fallon as its deputy chairman and brought former news reader Anna Ford on to the board as a non-executive director.
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Industry bodies on marks for carbon reduction scheme
The BCSC, British Retail Consortium and British Property Federation have launched a joint campaign to raise awareness of the ways that landlords and retailers can prepare for a new carbon reduction scheme that is due to come into effect next year.
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Belfast development snaps up two tenants
Two retailers have signed for space at out-of-town retail park Holywood Exchange in Tillysburn, east Belfast.
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Westfield extension in Northern Ireland to go to inquiry
The dispute over the extension of an out-of-town scheme in Northern Ireland due to be anchored by John Lewis is to be settled by a public inquiry.