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Speedo showcases swimsuit
Speedo is to cash in on Olympics fever with the creation of a dedicated area for its LZR Racer swimsuit range at its flagship Covent Garden store.
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Homewares trio push on with survival tactics
Big-ticket homewares retailers are redesigning store layouts and extending low-cost accessories lines in an effort to boost sales during the credit crunch.
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Adams stabilises as it reveals £1.3m profit
Adams Childrenswear has announced an operating profit of 1.3 million in its first year of trading since retail entrepreneur John Shannon rescued the business from administration.
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Moss Bros rejigs store design to drive casuals
Menswear retailer Moss Bros is to enhance its casualwear credentials with the roll out of a revamped store design following a three-month trial.
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River Island unveils Oxford Street facelift
Fashion giant River Island revealed its latest store design at the opening of its new flagship store on London’s Oxford Street last Friday.
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M&S revises redundancy proposals
Marks & Spencer is understood to have amended planned changes to redundancy terms after feedback from staff.
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Up-for-sale DSGi chains get poor reception
DSGi is thought to have received a muted response after putting its Spanish, Italian and Eastern European divisions up for sale.
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Argos drives impulse purchases with queue displays
Catalogue store group Argos is promoting impulse purchases of its Value range to customers queuing at its tills.
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Carphone poised to fall out of FTSE 100
Carphone Warehouse faces the prospect of eviction from the FTSE 100 next month, taking retail’s representation in the blue chip index to its lowest level within memory.
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Superquinn chair rebuffs sale rumours
Superquinn executive chairman Simon Burke has slammed rumours that the Irish grocer is up for sale, and insisted that there is “no offer on the table”.
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Bid rumour bumps up Sainsbury’s shares
Shares in Sainsbury’s rose more than 8 per cent yesterday as speculation mounted about a potential takeover bid.
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Asda leads charge against tax on empty property
Asda has given its backing to a campaign by the British Property Federation (BPF) and the British Retail Consortium (BRC) against stealth tax on empty property.
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All Saints to kick-start global growth offensive
Fashion retailer All Saints has pressed the button on ambitious international expansion.
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John Lewis Leicester unveiled
John Lewis is poised to unveil its new Leicester store when the city’s Highcross Quarter scheme opens on Thursday.
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Walker awaits Woolies talks as doubts emerge
Retail entrepreneur Malcolm Walker’s consortium is keen to start discussions with the Woolworths board about the possible acquisition of its retail arm, but doubts that a deal can be struck started to creep in.
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A demanding autumn line-up
Most years, next week’s opening of Leicester’s Highcross Quarter development would be the biggest shopping centre event of the year.
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35 retailers back Green’s letter to landlords
Sir Philip Green has written to some of the UK’s biggest landlords on behalf of 35 retail groups in an attempt to bring key aspects of how retail property is leased into the modern era.
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Aldi reaches tipping point as discount enters mainstream
Shoppers unlikely to desert value grocers even when economy picks up as snobbery is ditched.
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Analysts forecast DSGi sales drop as update approaches
Electricals group DSGi is expected to reveal a sales decline at next week’s AGM.
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Q2 wipeout bodes ill for shopper spending
Fears of recession have grown after UK economic growth collapsed in the second quarter.