All The Works articles – Page 6
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NewsThe Works reveals new chief executive and strong Christmas performance
Discount bookseller The Works has revealed a strong Christmas trading update as its “great value and exciting products” attracted customers.
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NewsBookseller The Works targets online to ‘turbo-charge’ growth
Discount bookseller The Works is seeking to buy an online business to bolster its ecommerce offer as it moves its focus away from opening physical shops.
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NewsBookseller The Works seeks new MD
Discount bookseller The Works is on the hunt for a new managing director
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NewsThe Works focuses on expansion in the South amid sale speculation
Discount bookseller The Works will focus store expansion in the South of England as part of a plan to more than double its portfolio as its owners mull a sale next year.
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NewsThe Works to be sold for £80m
The Works is set to be sold for about £80m after its owners implemented a quick turnaround of the discount bookseller.
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British Bookshops bought by Endless
British Bookshops has been bought by The Works owner Endless.
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Endless steps in to save The Works
Beleaguered bookseller The Works has been bought by private equity company Endless, as forecast by Retail Week ( March 28 ).
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The Works sale confirmed
Beleaguered discount bookseller The Works has been bought by private equity company Endless, as reported by Retail Week Online yesterday (May 6).
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Endless buys The Works
Beleaguered discount bookseller The Works is understood to have been bought by private equity company Endless, as forecast by Retail Week (March 28).
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Six suitors vie to buy The Works
Five private equity firms and a trade buyer are thought to be bidding to acquire The Works, which went into administration last month.
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The Works boss Boardman mulls rescue package
The Works chief executive Chris Boardman is understood to be considering a management buy-out following the retailer’s collapse at the start of the month.
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AnalysisWhy low prices are not enough
People may be watching what they spend, but that hasn’t saved value specialists from collapse. George MacDonald surveys their prospects as they enter another tough year
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Opinion
Don’t just blame the market
It gives no one at Retail Week any pleasure that last week’s front page story about The Works being on the brink of administration came true even more quickly than expected.
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Opinion
The Works’ collapse has a silver lining
Having lunch last Friday in a typical property haunt, I noticed one agent give another a knowing nod. He was referring to the collapse of bargain books retailer The Works, which went into administration that day.
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The Works enters administration
Bargain bookseller The Works has gone into administration, as reported in this week’s issue of Retail Week .