All News articles – Page 998
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NewsMarks & Spencer benefits from focus on full-price fashion sales
Reduced promotions and a customer shift towards ‘better’ and ‘best’ product helped Marks & Spencer make progress in the key clothing category in the first quarter.
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NewsMarks & Spencer boss Bolland: 'There’s no problem with our new website'
Marks & Spencer boss Marc Bolland has denied there are problems with its new online platform and pledged web growth in time for peak trading.
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NewsGrocers' shelves stripped bare on the Tour De France route
Grocers on the route of the Tour De France had their shelves stripped bare as cycling fans headed to supermarkets to pick up supplies.
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NewsDunelm like-for-likes grow 5.5% in fourth quarter
Dunelm like-for-likes continued to improve in its final quarter, rising 5.5%, which has taken its full-year, like-for-like growth to 2.1%.
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NewsMarks & Spencer like-for-likes edge up but website hits sales
Marks & Spencer UK like-for-likes edged up 0.3% but sales from the retailer’s relaunched website fell 8.1% over its first quarter.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on The Co-op and Irish grocery market
Retail news round-up on July 8, 2014: Midcounties co-operative society to cease subscription to Co-op party and Tesco loses
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NewsPoundworld returns to full-year profit growth
Poundworld has posted a rise in annual pre-tax profit after two consecutive years of falling profits owing to investment in the business.
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NewsMamas & Papas considers store closures amid talks with BlueGem
Maternity chain Mamas & Papas is considering a store closure programme as part of a survival strategy.
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NewsRakuten’s Play.com makes 82 redundancies as it streamlines operations
Rakuten’s Play.com has made 82 redundancies at its head office as part of its plans to streamline operations onto a single global platform.
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NewsPhase Eight's owner explores sale of fashion retailer
Phase Eight’s private equity owner Towerbrook is considering putting the fashion retailer up for sale.
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NewsTop Mothercare shareholders back rejection of US bid
Two major Mothercare shareholders have thrown their support behind the maternity chain after it rejected two takeover attempts from US rival Destination Maternity.
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NewsBurberry could face investor revolt over boss Christopher Bailey's pay
Burberry has attempted to clarify why it has awarded a £440,000 allowance to newly appointed boss, Christopher Bailey.
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NewsBrightHouse appoints new chairman as sales and profits grow
Rent-to-own electricals and home retailer BrightHouse has appointed a new chairman as full-year sales and profits jump.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Mothercare, Burberry, The Body Shop and more
Retail news round-up on July 7, 2014: Mothercare faces increased takeover bid, Burberry attempts to clarify boss Christopher Bailey’s payout and The Body Shop full-year sales and profits jump
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NewsAmazon's Doug Gurr appointed country manager of its Chinese business
Amazon UK vice president Doug Gurr has been promoted to country manager for the online giant’s Chinese business.
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NewsFive solutions to value retailers’ ecommerce challenge
Retailers are cashing in on the ecommerce boom but customer appetite for online retail creates a dilemma for value players.
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NewsVideo: Superdrug marketing director on its new beauty treatment format
Superdrug marketing director Matt Walburn tells Retail Week why the beauty retailer has launched its new format centred on treatments, Beauty Studio by Superdrug.
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NewsGrocery market declines as World Cup fails to boost sales
The grocery market suffered a second consecutive period of year-on-year decline in the four weeks to June 21.
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NewsLondon’s Regent Street to be transformed for Summer Streets festival
The Summer Streets festival starts this Sunday at Regent Street and will celebrate Magnum’s 25th birthday with food, fashion and ice cream.
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NewsTesco’s Philip Clarke welcomes all questions and petty grievances
Tesco’s AGM was a chance for shareholders to grill Philip Clarke on everything from self-services machines to South African fruit.