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NewsRetail Solutions relocates
This year’s Retail Solutions show is to relocate to ExCel in London from its former home at Birmingham’s NEC.
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Elvi rescued by mystery buyers
Plus-size womenswear retailer Elvi is back in business after mystery investors bought it out of administration.
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Belfast’s Royal Exchange gets go-ahead
The government of Northern Ireland has agreed the terms of a deal with the developers of a retail-led, mixed-use scheme known as the Royal Exchange.
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Asda like-for-likes climb
The UK’s second largest grocer Asda delivered mid-single-digit like-for-like sales growth in 2007.
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Fred Perry takes Brighton unit
Fashion retailer Fred Perry has taken a unit on Dukes Lane in Brighton to unveil a “Laurel” store, one of two concepts operated by the brand.
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Tesco to ramp up sales of local products
Tesco plans to sell 400 million of local products in UK stores this year.
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Arnotts to axe 580 jobs
Irish department store group Arnotts has said it will make up to 580 staff redundant.
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Morrisons calls for new OFT team over price-fixing dispute
Morrisons is demanding that the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) replace its team that is investigating the alleged milk price fixing in the grocery sector.
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Evans heads to US
Plus-size fashion retailer Evans is launching in the US with a catalogue, web site and standalone stores.
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DSGi staff rush to join share schemes
Thousands of DSGi staff are signing up to new three- and five-year share schemes, convinced that the electricals giant’s shares will increase from their present low base.
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Strong West End footfall
Footfall in London’s West End was up 5.6 per cent year on year for January, according to the New West End Company.
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Supermarkets accused of bullying suppliers
The European Parliament declared yesterday that big European supermarket chains may be abusing their market position to drive down prices paid to suppliers.
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Government should get a grip on responsible message
The Government will not be able to its achieve targets on climate change, health and fair trade without tackling its often confusing relationships with supermarkets, according to a report by the Sustainable Development Commission (SDC).
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Tesco cuts wine bottles' weight in eco drive
By Katie Daubney Supermarket group Tesco is to reduce the weight of wine bottles to cut their environmental impact. By 2010 the grocer aims to save 72,000 tonnes of glass by cut the weight of bottles by 25 per cent. Tesco category technical manager for beers wines and spirits Andy ...
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Retailers face candle tax blow
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has attacked plans by the EU to impose a tax on candles from China, labelling it “another slap in the face” for retailers and consumers. Today the EU launched an anti-dumping investigation into claims by some European candlemakers that China is selling candles into the ...
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London sales growth sluggish
London experienced its second-weakest sales growth for more than two years in January, with the sales increase just half the average of 2007, according to the British Retail Consortium's (BRC) London Sales Monitor.
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Wal-Mart backs Sony in DVD battle
Wal-Mart has said it will no longer stock Toshiba’s HD-DVD discs and players in favour of Sony-backed rival Blu-ray.
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Tesco targets £1bn of local produce sales
Grocery market leader Tesco will today unveil a sales target of 1 billion of locally produced food by 2011.
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OFT probes Home Retail's Focus deal
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is investigating Home Retail Group’s 40 million acquisition of Focus DIY stores in a move that could force the retailer to dispose of some of the stores.