All Retail Week UAT articles in October 30, 2009 – Page 2
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News‘Perverse’ rates rises lambasted as MP urges Government to defer
Central London MP Mark Field has launched a scathing attack on the impending business rates increases.
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Harvie & Hudson opens first store in two decades
London-based upmarket shirt retailer Harvie & Hudson is to open a store for the first time in 23 years.
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NewsWeak retail sales data hits non-food shares
Uncertainty about prospects was sparked by cautious comments from Arcadia tycoon Sir Philip Green as he unveiled full-year results, even though the CBI’s monthly retail survey was better than expected.
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NewsNon-food woe continues to drag down retail sales
High street sales remained flat between August and September, with a good performance in food outweighed by non-food retailers continuing to struggle.
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AnalysisKeeping up with the new consumer
The recession has transformed shopper attitudes to value, a PwC study has found. George MacDonald examines how mid-market retailers can adapt.
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Quelle to close
German mail order retailer Quelle, owned by embattled department store owner Arcandor, is to close after attempts to sell it failed.Up to 7,000 employees are set to lose their jobs. Arcandor, which also owns the Karstadt department store chain, filed for bankruptcy protection in June. The German government had granted ...
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NewsJohn Cleland vows teetering First Quench has future
Embattled off-licence operator First Quench Retailing has a future despite a question mark hanging over it, director John Cleland vowed this week.
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NewsTopshop unveils Kate Moss Christmas collection
Topshop has unveiled the Kate Moss at Christmas collection for 2009, featuring oriental-inspired day- and eveningwear.
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AnalysisNeed to know: Music charges
When the charges for playing music in stores rocketed in 2005, creating store ambience became an expensive luxury. What’s changed and how does it affect retailers?
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AnalysisWestfield’s Olympic challenge
A year after the opening of Westfield London the developer is building an even bigger scheme across the capital. Tim Danaher pays a visit.
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OpinionRetail surgery: Ensuring online shopping carts cope at Christmas
We lost business last year in the run-up to Christmas because our shopping cart couldn’t cope with the traffic spike. How can we prevent this happening?
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Metro Group starts work on first cash & carry stores in Egypt
Metro Group has started work on the first of potentially 23 cash & carry stores in Egypt. The store, in Cairo, is scheduled to open early next year. Metro originally intended to enter the market in late 2009 but then postponed it to 2010. The plan involves having a network ...
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Carrefour to expand in China
Despite ongoing speculation in the Chinese press that Carrefour is coming under shareholder pressure to exit China, it is to expand its presence in the Chengdu region with two new hypermarkets this year, and more in 2011.General manager of central and western China Arnaud Dupont said Chengdu had “huge market ...
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NewsSales leap helps Carpetright exceed forecasts
Carpetright has revealed a better than expected first half after an improvement in the second quarter.
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NewsTrade buyers circle as Habitat pursues sale
International trade buyers are circling struggling furniture retailer Habitat as its owner considers whether to sell the business.
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NewsJD Sports in frame to buy football centres business
Speculation is circulating that JD Sports Fashion is planning to gatecrash a £42.5m takeover of five-a-side football chain Powerleague, where rival retailer Sports Direct’s acting chairman Simon Bentley is a director.
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NewsJones Bootmaker plots store expansion
Jones Bootmaker has laid out expansion plans as it prepares for a strong festive sales period.
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Coles posts better than expected results
Coles posted better than expected results for its first quarter to September 27, thanks to rising food and alcohol sales.The grocer’s food and alcohol sales rose 7.3% compared with the same period a year earlier, and were up 6.1% on a same-store basis. Fuel and convenience sales climbed 6.5% and ...
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Liverpool contactless payment push begins
Boots, Timpsons and Max Spielmann are all taking part in MasterCard’s initiative to drive adoption of its contactless payment technology in Liverpool.
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NewsSports Direct to battle on for stakes
Sports Direct has vowed to fight on for ownership of stakes in rival retailers after apparently losing control of them to the administrator of collapsed Icelandic bank Kaupthing.