All Next articles – Page 55
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Analysis
Sir Terence Conran: Design Icon
21 years after he was Retail Week’s first interviewee, Sir Terence Conran tells Tim Danaher why today’s retailers need to develop a passion for product
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News
New season of negative updates gives retail analysts little reassurance
Retail had regained favour in the run-up to the reporting season, but the first set of updates brought a slew of bad news.
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News
Next remains cautious as profits fall
Next has posted a fall of 12.4 per cent in pre-tax profits in its first half to July, down to 173.5 million for the period.
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Opinion
Slim pickings
London Fashion Week will begin in a fortnight and will be overshadowed, if not disgruntled, by the obligatory size zero debate.
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News
Next sales fall
Like-for-like sales at Next fell 6 per cent in the 26 weeks to July 26, with total sales across the group down 1.8 per cent.
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Opinion
What's Next?
Next could surprise the City when it updates on its second quarter performance next week.
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News
Next to ramp up sales with customer magazine launch
Next is to launch a customer magazine that it hopes will drive sales at its Directory business.
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News
Debenhams continues to gain market share
Debenhams has continued to increase its clothing market share, while Marks & Spencer has made gains and Next’s market share losses have slowed.
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News
The Rock set to be star of Bury town centre
Construction is underway on a 350 million regeneration scheme in Bury town centre.
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News
Next: The City View
The trading climate’s harshness was highlighted by the sigh of relief and share-price rise that greeted Next’s 8.9 per-cent like-for-like first-quarter sales fall.
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Opinion
The sun is out at last
The long-awaited sun may be starting to shine on fashion retailers if Next’s interim management statement is anything to go by.
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News
Next sales plummet
Fashion giant Next has revealed a slump in first-quarter sales this morning and blamed bad weather and the economic downturn.
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News
Next set for poor first quarter
The City fears fashion group Next may report a like-for-like sales slump of as much as 10 per cent tomorrow, when the retailer updates on first-quarter trading.
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Next takes Home Retail to court over copycat furniture claims
Fashion-to-homewares retailer Next has begun legal action against Argos over alleged design infringement of its children’s bedroom furniture range Storm.
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OpinionThe customer is always right…
Another week, another tale of fashion sector woe. More retailers took a battering in the headlines this week.
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NewsOn the critical list
Retail in the emergency room as it faces the harshest trading conditions since the 1990s, with the worst still to come
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News
Next plans new bonus scheme to revive share price
The bonus scheme introduced by Next in 2004 could be re-instigated by the retailer for its directors and executives, in an effort to drive its share price up, according to the Financial Times .
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Opinion
When bling is not the thing
It’s always interesting to witness the progress of a store format from first iteration to fully evolved interior and a good example of the process at work is the manner in which Next has approached its Home format.
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News
Next takes on M&S in the technology arena
Fashion giant Next has added technology and fitted kitchen areas to its Next Home format in an attempt to keep pace with rival Marks & Spencer.