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Interest rate held at 5%
The Bank of England has held the interest rate at 5 per cent for the fifth month running despite increasing fears of an imminent recession.
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Ex-Unwins directors may face legal action
The former directors of off-licence Unwins could face legal action after a two year investigation into the failed retail chain.
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Fast Retailing eyes global growth
Japanese clothing giant Fast Retailing is to take on the Russian and Indian markets where it will open Uniqlo stores.
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NewsFat Face cuts debt
Fat Face, the private equity-owned leisurewear specialist, has taken advantage of weak debt markets to slash its borrowings.
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M&S faces strike after mole's dismissal
Trade unionists are mobilising against Marks & Spencer following the retailer’s dismissal of a staff member who leaked details of plans to change redundancy terms.
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M&S fires redundancy mole
Marks & Spencer has sacked the staff member who leaked details of proposed changes to the retailer’s redundancy payments to the media.
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Aldi signs celebrity chef
Discount grocer Aldi has struck a deal with celebrity chef Phil Vickery as part of its quest to push its market share in the UK to 10 per cent.
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Signet first-half profits fall
Jewellery giant Signet – the company behind H Samuel, Ernest Jones and Leslie Davis in the UK– suffered a 27.8 per cent fall in profits in the first half of 2008.
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Confetti gives thumbs-up to e-marketing
Confetti has implemented an e-mail marketing system from Neolane after a successful three month trial.
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Game adopts system to sort online queries
Game Group is to implement a system to handle all inbound e-mails from its customers.
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TK Maxx to use data to tackle shrinkage
Discount retailer TK Maxx is to roll out a data-mining system to identify fraudulent activity and process errors.
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Food inflation growth slows
Food inflation growth has slowed for the first time since March, according to the BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index for August.
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Berghaus to open second UK store
Outdoor specialist Berghaus is to open a second store in the UK and has laid out plans to enter the Chinese market next year.
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DSGi suffers poor first quarter
Electricals giant DSGi has revealed that like-for-like sales and margins have continued to fall during its first quarter.
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Suits You reveals new look
Formal menswear chain Suits You has unveiled its first new-look store at Dudley’s Merry Hill shopping centre.
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Price rises to hit non-food
Price hikes of more than 6 per cent on non-food items such as T-shirts, shoes and sofas are possible next year, because of the sterling’s collapse against the euro and the dollar.
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M&S overhauls food ads
Marks & Spencer will break with its established food advertising campaign this Sunday, when the first of a new generation of ads will be aired on ITV1.
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Delayed Newbury centre finally given green light
Standard Life and Shearer Property Group have given the Parkway scheme in Newbury the go-ahead after a string of delays following questions over the project’s viability.
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Hob snaps up store at Leeds’ Clarence Dock
Culinary retailer Hob has taken its third UK store and its second outside London as part of a raft of signings to Clarence Dock in Leeds.