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Mothercare to launch Myleene Klass range
Mothercare has signed an exclusive deal with celebrity mum Myleene Klass to launch a range of baby clothes and accessories.
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Lovefilm snaps up Amazon UK and German DVD rental arm
Online film rental company Lovefilm is to acquire Amazon’s UK and German DVD rental business.
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Woolworths hires non-exec director
Woolworths has appointed Peter Bamford to its board as a non-executive director.
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Disposable incomes continue to fall in UK
British families are facing increasingly smaller disposable incomes, as bills and taxes grow faster than most incomes.
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Co-op ramps up Fairtrade ranges
The Co-operative Group plans to switch all its own-brand teas to Fairtrade and stop selling eggs from caged hens.
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DSGi kicks off strategic review
DSGi has hired a consulting team to carry out a strategic review of its operations.
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Retail job losses to hit 100,000
Fears are growing that more than 100,000 jobs could be cut in the retail sector over the next two years.
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Floors-2-go culls staff
Flooring retailer Floors-to-Go is thought to have made 90 people redundant, about 15 per cent of its total workforce, after like-for-like sales plummeted during January.
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NewsFat Face opens first Irish outlet store
Clothing chain Fat Face has opened its first Irish outlet store in The Outlet centre at Bridgewater Park in Banbridge, Northern Ireland.
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The Works enters administration
Bargain bookseller The Works has gone into administration, as reported in this week’s issue of Retail Week .
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Egan to leave Shoe Studio
Shoe Studio Group (SSG) chief operating officer John Egan will leave the group.
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BT buys Fresca
Fresca, the e-commerce service provider that works with more than 20 UK retailers, has been bought by BT.
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Maus Frères acquires Gant
Swiss retail group Maus Fr res has acquired Swedish fashion group Gant.
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John Lewis sales climb 6%
Department store chain John Lewis piled pressure on its high street rivals by posting a 6.1 per cent sales uplift for the week to January 26.
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WHSmith looks overseas for expansion
Stationery and book retailer WHSmith is eyeing Ireland and Scandinavia as it seeks to expand overseas.
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Woolworths withdraws girls' Lolita bed
Variety retailer Woolworths has withdrawn from its web site bedroom furniture for young girls bearing the sexually charged name of Lolita, after outraged mothers launched an online campaign.
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TM Lewin hires former Asda director
Menswear fashion retailer TM Lewin has appointed Keith Nesbitt, former Asda retail change director, as chief operating officer.
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Asda beefs up non-food online as Somerfield interest hots up
Asda is to ramp up the volume and variety of general merchandise products that it sells online this summer, as speculation mounts that the grocer could lodge a provisional bid for Somerfield in the next two weeks.
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Arvind Mills opens fashion outlet store in India
Indian brand operator and manufacturer Arvind Mills has opened a discount fashion store in Chennai.
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Carrefour to refocus stores and own-label food brands
Carrefour is expected to focus on a radical overhaul of the branding of stores and its own-label food business in France to deliver a “breakthrough year”.