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Heavy discounting lifts UK retail sales
UK retail sales in November improved marginally on the previous month, but came in well below the monthly average for both 2006 and 2007 to date.
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JD profits to soar, but sales growth slowing
JD Sports has revealed it expects profits to exceed market expectations despite a marked slowdown in sales growth over the past seven weeks.
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Tesco sales power ahead in third quarter
Tesco has posted a strong set of trading figures for the 13 weeks ending November 24.
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Jaeger signs womenswear deal with Saks
Jaeger has teamed up with US department store Saks to launch an exclusive womenswear range.
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Traffic-free Oxford Street takes more than £100 million
Retailers in London’s West-end raked in more than 100 million on Saturday, as more than 1 million shoppers took to the streets to celebrate a traffic-free shopping event.
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John Lewis sales still growing
John Lewis reported a 9.3 per cent sales uplift week on week and 4.5 per cent year on year for the week to Saturday December 1.
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ScS warns on outlook
Furniture retailer ScS has warned that a downturn in trading means it cannot be confident it will hit expectations for the full year.
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Tesco suffers US setback
Tesco has suffered a legal setback in the US that could disrupt its aggressive roll out plans.
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N Brown offloads Zendor and snaps up Nightingales
Home shopping giant N Brown has sold its Zendor fulfilment division and bought women’s clothing business Nightingales out of administration.
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SRG sales drop
Sales and profits at Speciality Retail Group (SRG) have dropped in the first year following its management buy-out.
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Threshers brings back 40 per cent off deal
Threshers has launched a repeat of the 40 per cent discount offer that it ran in December last year, which sparked a stampede of customers to its web site to find the voucher.
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Rohan drops wholesale arm
Clothing brand Rohan is set to close its wholesale division next July, in an effort to concentrate more on its retail operations.
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Online sales to reach £5 billion in December
Online sales are on track to exceed 5 billion in December, according to UK payments association Apacs.
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Irish scheme to host two UK fashion firsts
Fashion retailers Tom Tailor and Esprit Black are to open their first stores in the UK at Rushmere shopping centre in Craigavon, Northern Ireland.
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Finnish home chain to enter UK with Regent Street deal
Finnish home chain to enter UK with Regent Street deal
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SCS Upholstery: The City View
Fears are growing that the springs have gone at upholstered furniture specialist ScS, which holds its AGM on Monday.
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Retailers' unease grows as shares continue to slump across the board
Punch-drunk retailers took more blows as both grocers and general merchandisers underperformed.
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HMV gears up for biggest ever Christmas drive
Entertainment giant HMV is to launch its biggest ever Christmas campaign next month, with its first entirely self-funded TV and magazine ad push.
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Fopp founder opens Rise music store
Gordon Montgomery, founder of independent music chain Fopp, has opened a music store in Cheltenham.
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Toy prices set to soar as China crisis hits supply
Toy prices are expected to increase by more than 30 per cent next year, while the delays in stock coming out of China could mean some bestsellers are in short supply.