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City forces Ocado to slash IPO share price
The City kept up pressure on Ocado as it prepared for Wednesday’s float and, at the last moment, forced the online grocer to slash its asking price.
Blacks hoping £5 loyalty cards will help revive sales
Blacks Leisure has sold 10,000 loyalty cards just two weeks since it launched the scheme in stores, and the retailer hopes it will be a key driver of sales, as like-for-likes fell 7.5% in the 17 weeks to June 26.
Blacks like-for-like sales fall 7.5%
Like-for-like sales fell 7.5% at Blacks Leisure in the 17 weeks to June 26.
Industry pays tribute as former Hobbs chief Nick Samuel dies
Former Hobbs chief executive Nick Samuel has been remembered by the industry as an innovator with a passion for retail and tireless energy.
Former Hobbs chief executive Nick Samuel dies
Nick Samuel, former chief executive of womenswear retailer Hobbs and former finance director of womenswear chain Karen Millen has died.
Millets launches click-and-collect for Glastonbury
Blacks Leisure’s outdoor chain, Millets, is bringing click-and-collect to Glastonbury festival-goers later this month.
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OFT clears Sports Direct stake in Blacks
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Blacks suppliers help fend off Sports Direct
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Pentland builds stake in Blacks to block another Mike Ashley bid
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Sports Direct stake in Blacks diluted after fundraising approved
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OFT to probe Sports Direct stake in Blacks
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Sports Direct wins High Court battle over shares
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Blacks on stronger footing after fundraising
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Blacks moves forward with fundraising after a difficult year
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Mountain Warehouse to hike up expansion
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North Face buys stake in Blacks
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Property deals tempt H&M into out-of-town store growth drive
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Blacks chiefs regain focus as Sports Direct backs off
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Sports Direct launches TV ads to cement sector leadership
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Super Thursday retail updates bolster stocks
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Sports Direct pulls out of Blacks bid over supplier concerns
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Sports Direct considers upping offer on Blacks
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Sports Direct given ‘put up or shut up’ deadline on Blacks
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Blacks rejects Sports Direct bid
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Blacks suppliers threaten boycott if Sports Direct takes control
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Blacks Leisure starts store expansion
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Blacks poised to seek deadline for Ashley bid
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Sports Direct mulls bid for Blacks
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Blacks delays fundraising meeting
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Sports Direct buys Blacks stake to block rescue plan
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Halfords mulls £30m Blacks bid
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Blacks seeks funds to rejuvenate store portfolio
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Increase in CVAs expected
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Blacks Leisure to raise £20.3m for recovery drive
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Blacks to make Millets more accessible with new ranges
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Blacks Leisure mulls equity issue as sales start to improve
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Sports Direct broke rules, Blacks tells FSA
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Blacks backs online feedback system
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Turnaround on horizon for Blacks after successful CVA
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Blacks CVA approved
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Blacks CVA vote expected to be passed today
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Cotswold chases share in face of weakened Blacks
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Landlords split by Blacks CVA proposal approach
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Blacks looks to exit 89 stores with CVA proposal
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Blacks focuses on restructuring as losses mount
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O'Neill buys four Sandcity shops
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Simon Bentley plots return to troubled Blacks Leisure
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O’Neill set to snap up Sandcity stores
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Blacks to seek exits on store leases
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Blacks Leisure to close 89 stores
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Blacks considers CVA
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Blacks Leisure places Sandcity into administration
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Blacks Leisure warns covenant breach likely
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Blacks Leisure poised to close Sandcity
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Blacks progress hit by profit warning
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Blacks ‘performing satisfactorily’
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Blacks trials new formats to shore up sales ahead of boardwear exit
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Blacks upgraded on back of funding hopes
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Blacks pins turnaround hopes on staycations
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Losses spiral as Blacks battles to recover
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Blacks in talks to extend its banking facility
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Sale talks for Blacks end
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Blacks trading 'in line with expectations'
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JJB Sports set for reprieve as bidders eye Blacks
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Mike Ashley and Lion Capital court Blacks
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Blacks reveals bid interest
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Weak boardwear performance to hit Blacks Leisure profits
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Mike Ashley to halt strategic stakebuilding
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Blacks transfers O'Neill wholesale operation
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Blacks Leisure losses widen in first half
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Blacks Leisure losses to widen
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Blacks installs kiosks to offer travel advice
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Blacks sales pick up with camping season
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Blacks Leisure eyes market towns to spark a turnaround
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Blacks full-year profits poor
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Retailers’ stock rises as shorts buy and the weather improves
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Blacks to shut Sandcity HQ
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Gillis ups ante for Blacks chiefs with £4m incentive bonanza
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Blacks chief targets growth through acquisition of rivals
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Retail takes body blow as stocks plunge after Bear Stearns crisis
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Blacks suspends director after accounts probe
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Blacks unveils new look in London as it chases slice of fashion scene
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Blacks Leisure unveils turnaround plan
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Retailers’ woes deepen as new year gloom tarnishes prospects
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Blacks appoints chief executive
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Bluewater: still making a splash a decade on
The Kent mall celebrated its 10th birthday this year, but age hasn’t dulled its offer. John Ryan reports
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Neil Gillis
Nothing fires Blacks’ quietly determined chief like a turnaround challenge. And, despite the losses announced last week, he insists the challenge won’t beat him.
Blacks Comment
Battle of the brands
Last year’s soap opera in the sportswear market seems to have calmed down to a gentle afternoon drama, but the battle for share and survival in the sector seems far from over.
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Reputation really is everything
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Retailers must do the right thing
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Blacks’ uphill struggle
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No guarantee of success for foreign retailers
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Hard-to-read Mike Ashley rules the roost in sports retail
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Halfords’ potential acquisition list
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The CVA roadshow
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Don’t become a closed shop
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Why Kensington High Street is not dead
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New ways of touching shoppers
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The mountain facing Blacks
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Six steps to business success
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JJB Sports: a game of two halves
