- Blacks Leisure placed its Sandcity boardwear arm into administration, saying it had hampered the business, leading to group underperformance.
- Etail laggard Zara revealed it would begin to sell online in the UK, Germany, Spain and France, with its entire range available on the web from autumn next year.
- HMV revealed it would open 15 temporary shops over Christmas to capitalise on the disappearance of rivals Woolworths and Zavvi.
- Next abandoned its branded standalone fashion website Brand Directory and incorporated it into its main website.
- Shop Direct Group was aiming for 10% of its sales being generated overseas after launching its first international Littlewoods site to serve France, Germany, Spain and Portugal.
- Value retailer Wilkinson delivered record annual sales of £1.45bn for the year to January as it capitalised on shoppers’ flight to value.
- Hardware retailer Robert Dyas lined up former Kingfisher director Geoff Brady as chairman as it refocused on trading following financial restructuring.
- Both House of Fraser and Thorntons expressed their desire to expand overseas. The department store operator was planning franchise stores and the chocolatier was developing an export operation so it could wholesale to international retailers.
- Dreams founder Mike Clare revealed plans to launch an outsize clothing etailer.
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