
- After the approval of a CVA for struggling sportswear retailer JJB Sports, executive director Peter Williams hailed it as marking a “sea change” in the relationship between retailers and landlords.
- New Look aimed to double its UK trading space to more than 7 million sq ft by moving to bigger premises.
- JD Sports bought 81-store French sports retailer Chausport to kick-start its international expansion plans.
- Justin King insisted he was staying put as Sainsbury’s chief executive and had no plans to go to Marks & Spencer as the grocer’s pre-tax profits rose 11.3%.
- Ikea global president and chief executive Anders Dahlvig described the UK furniture market as the worst he had ever seen it, and claimed it was the hardest hit in the world.
- Retailers lobbied Visa, American Express and MasterCard to scrap fines levied on banks for retailers’ non-compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.
- John Lewis opened its first new format in 20 years - a standalone homewares and electricals shop in Poole - and identified 30 potential sites for such stores across the UK.
- Sir Stuart Rose claimed M&S had pulled off its biggest market share bounce back in more than a decade as he launched a huge business change programme.
- Former Tesco and Boots man Scott Wheway joinedBest Buy International as the electricals chain readied for its UK debut.


















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