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Marks & Spencer in talks over Sephora shop-in-shops
Marks & Spencer has held talks with French beauty retailer Sephora about opening cosmetics and perfume shop-in-shops in the UK giant’s stores.
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Tesco launches menswear online
Tesco has added menswear to its online clothing offer in an initiative that will turn the screws on its value fashion rivals.
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B&Q targets grey pound
DIY giant B&Q is to aggressively chase the lucrative grey pound by launching hundreds of affordable products aimed at the over-55s.
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Harrods to open luxury gifts room
Harrods will launch a luxury 'gift and objet” room this spring.
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Suitors circle Dolcis
Dolcis administrator KPMG has been contacted by about 40 parties that have expressed an interest in the footwear chain.
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Emergency rate cut in US helps store groups outperform at last
The US Federal Reserve’s emergency rate cut – the biggest in 25 years – helped markets rise mid-week and gave store groups a lift.
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Schuh in line for profit jump as it outpaces sector
Branded footwear retailer Schuh is on track to deliver a substantial uplift in profits and sales for the 12 months to April, bucking the downward trend in the sector.
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John Lewis to ramp up luxury sales with fashion brands area
John Lewis is to test a luxury fashion brands shopfit as part of its drive to more than triple sales from its luxury brands business.
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Kinnaird plots rescue for top Dolcis stores
Retail entrepreneur John Kinnaird will next week approach landlords to renegotiate leases on the top-performing Dolcis stores in an effort to salvage something from the chain that went into administration this week.
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Selfridges to smash record as luxury market holds firm
The boss of luxury department store group Selfridges has said the business will ride out this year’s economic turmoil after enjoying a record year in 2007.
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Tillman appointed chairman of British Fashion Council
Jaeger chairman Harold Tillman has replaced Sir Stuart Rose as head of the British Fashion Council (BFC).
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M&S eyes Somerfield
Marks & Spencer is understood to have expressed an interest in acquiring some Somerfield shops.
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Morrisons to maintain pace with ads in 2008
Morrisons chief executive Marc Bolland promised there would be no let-up in ad spend in the next financial year as the Bradford-based grocer delivered market-beating Christmas trading figures.
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Sports Direct claims to be on track to beat full-year forecast
Sports Direct remains confident of exceeding market expectations for its full year, although once again it has declined to reveal like-for-like figures to the City.
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Asos Christmas sales soar
Asos has reported one of the best Christmas trading updates this year, as its sales soared 86 per cent in the seven weeks to January 20.
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NewsTJ Hughes puts paid to plunging profits with a positive Christmas
Discount department store group TJ Hughes has delivered a substantial turnaround from a profit slump of almost 100 per cent in the year to January 2007.
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Argos’s Christmas driven by multichannel growth
Argos, Home Retail’s flagship chain, outperformed specialist rivals over Christmas thanks to its multichannel strength.
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Sainsbury’s retail director takes sabbatical
Sainsbury’s retail director Ken McMeikan is taking a three-month sabbatical from the grocer.
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E-tailer Chemist Direct challenges health and beauty mark-ups
High street retailers have been criticised for “shocking” mark-ups on hundreds of health and beauty products.
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Carrefour looks forward to ‘breakthrough’ year
Carrefour expects 2008 to be a “breakthrough” year after posting strong sales growth for 2007.