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Dunelm like-for-likes fall
Out-of-town specialist homewares retailer Dunelm recorded a 2.4 per cent fall in like-for-like sales in the 13 weeks to June 28, 2008. Total sales rose 7.7 per cent in the period.
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DVD sales rocket
DVD sales continue to soar, with first-quarter sales up 3.3 per cent on the same period last year.
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Redundancies loom at Styles & Wood
The UK’s largest shopfitter Styles & Wood is to make almost a quarter of its head office workforce redundant in a move calculated to bring the company’s cost base into line with the shrinking requirements of its UK retail clients.
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PM calls on consumers to curb food waste
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called on UK consumers to stop making “unnecessary” food purchases, in an effort to curb almost £1 billion of food wasted each year.
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Argos staff vote to strike
Argos distribution staff have voted to strike over pay after rejecting a 4 per cent offer from the chain’s parent, Home Retail Group.
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OKA enjoys first-half growth
Furniture and interiors retailer OKA Direct has bucked the downward trend in the homewares sector to report 24 per cent year-on-year growth for its first half.
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Stylo makes board appointment
Shoe retailer Stylo has today announced the appointment of Terry Bond as a non-executive director.
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Rose faces investor rebellion
More than a quarter of Marks & Spencer investors could this week abstain or vote against Sir Stuart Rose’s elevation to executive chairman.
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John Lewis enlists staff to appear in ad campaign
John Lewis will launch the second phase of its latest ad campaign today. For the first time in the department store’s 144-year history, it will feature employees.
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NewsWorse to come
As M S like-for-like sales plunge, fears grow industry may never fully recover from downturn
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Carpetright to desert expensive retail parks
Carpetright is aiming to shift 90 per cent of its store portfolio from high-rent A1 retail parks to bulky-goods parks to better weather the economic downturn.
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PC World facelift to be rolled out
DSGi will roll out its revamped PC World shop format to the entire 160-store chain as it aims to reinvigorate flagging sales at the computing brand.
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N Brown goes from strength to strength as sales rise again
N Brown has recorded another sales lift as good weather in May helped push up turnover 12.3 per cent in the 17 weeks to June 28.
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HMV profits rocket in first turnaround year
HMV Group delivered a strong set of full-year results, but warned that growth could slow in the next year.
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French lingerie brand hunts for first UK site
French lingerie retailer Soleil Sucr is planning to break into the UK market with its first store opening.
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Qataris increase stake in Sainsbury's
The Qatar Investment Authority has upped its stake in Sainsbury’s to 26 per cent.
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Carpetright to up staff communication
Carpetright will roll out a store communications system to its 550 shops and concessions in the UK and Ireland.
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Halfords adds shopper Q&A function online
Halfords is letting customers ask product questions and answer each other’s on its web site.
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Tesco to deploy staff scheduling to stores
Tesco is to roll out a workforce scheduling system to its stores.
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FL Group buys stake in Baugur
Icelandic investment vehicle FL Group has acquired a 39 per cent stake in Baugur under the new name Stodir.