All Primark articles – Page 46
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NewsArthur Ryan to step down as managing director at Primark
Primark founder Arthur Ryan is to step down as managing director of the fashion retailer in September, when chief operating officer Paul Marchant will become chief executive.
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NewsSir Stuart Rose attack on discount fashion labelled hypocritical
Marks & Spencer has been accused of hypocrisy over its attack on discount fashion after it emerged the retailer shares suppliers with value giant Primark, The Times has reported.
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NewsPrimark sales continue to soar
Primark has continued to defy the retail gloom with a 20 per cent uplift in sales in the 40 weeks to June 20.
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AnalysisTop 50 retailers: Retail’s premier league
It’s 18 months since Retail Week’s last look at the UK’s top retailers by sales and margins and much has changed in that time. Retail Knowledge Bank senior partner Robert Clark reports
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OpinionRetail surgery: Where is the line between imitation and infringement?
When does product imitation cease to be commercially advantageous and become an infringement of intellectual property rights?
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NewsPrimark pays out over alleged Superdry copy
Primark has settled a copyright disagreement with Superdry owner Laundry Athletics over its alleged copying of one of its leather jackets.
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AnalysisAt Mahon Point in Ireland retailers are fighting the recession
Times may be tough but Cork’s Mahon Point scheme isn’t taking the recession lying down. John Ryan goes to see how it’s wooing shoppers
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OpinionCheap products needn’t mean cheap-looking stores
This year’s World Retail Congress in Barcelona ended on Friday, closing three days of conferencing, networking and, it has to be said, a fair amount of evening carousing. But for those who wandered across the road into the adjacent Diagonal Mar shopping centre, there was an additional talking point. Diagonal ...
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Primark sales hit £1bn but harder second half looms
Primark broke the £1bn sales barrier in its first half but has warned of increasing pressure on margins.
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NewsPrimark first half sales hit £1bn
Primark outperformed the fashion market with sales breaking the £1bn mark in its first half, but warned margins will come under increasing pressure.
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NewsBrokers unmoved by surging retail stocks
Rocketing store shares prompted open-jawed amazement on the part of some analysts, who are convinced the market has got ahead of itself.Fresh back from his holidays, Pali’s Nick Bubb clocked the “astonishing” surge of the past few weeks but maintained his bear stance.“Green shoots can quickly shrivel and we are ...
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Primark to face protests outside Oxford Street store
Primark will face a demonstration outside its flagship Oxford Street store in London on the eve of its second anniversary as part of a protest against sweatshop labour.Models dressed in chains from campaign group No Sweat will walk up and down a catwalk outside the store tomorrow from 2.30pm, calling ...
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Primark's value stance keeps sales on course in first half
Value fashion retailer Primark’s keen prices helped it defy the economic gloom with a 5 per cent rise in like-for-like sales in the six months to February 28.
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Primark like-for-likes rise 5 per cent
Value fashion retailer Primark has continued to attract cash-strapped consumers, generating a further sales rise.
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Primark: too close to home
Primark’s stellar first-quarter trading results have been somewhat overshadowed this week by the revelation that one of its suppliers has allegedly employed illegal immigrants in sweatshop conditions in Manchester.
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NewsPrimark first-quarter sales up 18%
Primark has revealed that total sales grew in its first quarter, as it continued to open new space across Europe.
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Primark launches investigation into supplier
Primark is conducting an investigation into one of its key suppliers after an undercover probe found illegal immigrants were being employed at just over half the minimum wage.
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Primark flagship store breaks sales records
Primark's flagship store on London's Oxford Street notched the biggest single-day sales in its history last Saturday.
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Primark hits back at War on Want demonstrators
Primark will this morning defend itself from charity War on Want's claims that workers producing its clothes face growing poverty as a result of meagre pay.
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Primark profits up 17 per cent
Adjusted operating profit at value clothing giant Primark rose 17 per cent to 233 million, with sales up 21 per cent to 1.9 billion, in the year to September 13.