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Orange rolls out new format after trial run
Mobile phone network Orange has begun rolling out the store format unveiled at Cribbs Causeway this summer.
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Retailers right to remain cautious
So Sir Terry Leahy says consumer confidence is on the way back up, and this week’s BRC sales figures showed that shoppers returned to the high street in healthy numbers in September. At the same time, retailer after retailer is reporting strong performances.
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King vows to stay put if Delta bid comes off
Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King intends to remain at the supermarket’s helm if the mooted bid from Qatari-based fund Delta Two goes through.
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Halfords motors ahead with a like-for-like uplift in first half
Motor accessories retailer Halfords reassured that the wheels were not coming off its business as it posted a like-for-like sales jump of 5.5 per cent in the 26 weeks to September 28.
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Mosaic secures franchise deals in Russia and India
Mosaic Fashions has signed two exclusive franchise deals in India and Russia.
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Asda hires ex-Ilva man to lead Living strategy
Asda has appointed former Ilva chief operating officer Colin Haggerty to the new role of business development director for its Asda Living non-food format.
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End of an era as Brick exits SRG family business
Brian Brick has resigned as non-executive director of Speciality Retail Group (SRG), the company his grandfather founded in the 1920s.
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Iceland to break profit record as sales rocket
Iceland is on track to post its best profits to date this year, driven by soaring sales and delivery of greater efficiencies.
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Football shirt manufacturers ‘shunning supermarkets’
Football shirt manufacturers ‘shunning supermarkets’
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US Carpetright shareholder to block Lord Harris deal
Carpetright’s third biggest investor, Harris Associates, aims to halt the 850 million acquisition of the retailer by its founder.
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Fruits and Passion heads for London
Canadian health and beauty retailer Fruits and Passion is to open its first store in London early next year, following a UK trial in Manchester this summer.
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Baugur snaps up stake in Sports Direct
Serial investor Baugur has taken a stake in beleaguered retailer Sports Direct.
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Zavvi to give managers power with local move
Entertainment group Zavvi is poised to hand back power to store managers as it sets out its plans to run the 125-store chain as an independent retailer.
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The Sun launches online shop
News Group Digital has launched an online price-comparison shopping portal for bestselling newspaper The Sun.
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Theo Fennell boss to exit as sales soar
Theo Fennell managing director Barbara Snoad is to leave at the end of this year after six years at the upmarket jeweller.
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Ethel Austin kicks off brand assault after £5m injection
Ethel Austin has begun a brand-building offensive after being granted a 5 million cash injection from its owners.
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Morrisons seeks chief to drive home brand
Morrisons is to recruit a head of brand to deliver consistency of message throughout its stores and advertising.
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Boots to go into battle over medicine fee cuts
Alliance Boots is poised to challenge the Department of Health on its decision last week to reduce the fees it pays to pharmacies and cut the price of medicines.
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Farewell to Ratty
The stores sector has been remembering Richard Ratner, the flamboyant Seymour Pierce vice-chairman and retail analyst, who died on Sunday after suffering a heart attack last week.
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Harris plans Euro assault
Carpetright founder Lord Harris of Peckham has ambitious plans to double the size of the business in five years if his bid to take the company private is successful.