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Forever 21 boss sounds caution on UK expansion
US fast fashion giant Forever 21 is taking a cautious approach to UK expansion as the macro-environment remains volatile.
Evans Cycles invests as pre-tax profits slip
Evans Cycles’ full-year revenue rose but its pre-tax profits took a hit as the bikes specialist continued to invest in its website and stores.
White Stuff opens art gallery
Fashion retailer White Stuff has opened an art gallery in its Cardiff store in an innovative approach for driving footfall.
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Tributes paid to MFI legend Derek Hunt
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Carphone Warehouse's Dunstone backs Boxpark mall
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Primark to open concessions in Selfridges
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Toys R Us gears up for Christmas
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Aurora rolls out 90 minute delivery to another six cities
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Ted Baker launches click-and-collect
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Retailers provided over 40% of new jobs among young people in last year
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Riots cost retailers 7,500 trading hours as 11,000 staff impacted
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Birmingham looters may receive shop bans
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Retailers count the cost as looters attack stores
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Administration looms for Lombok
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One in ten UK businesses impacted by riots
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Video: Retailers hit as riots spread across the UK
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16,000 police officers to be deployed in London today, says PM
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Capital Shopping Centres reports rising retail sales and footfall
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Jessops posts first-half sales rise
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Forever 21 to open new flagship at Lakeside
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Aurora to extend 90-minute delivery option outside M25
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Halfords Autocentres report improved sales
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Turkish retailer Colin’s makes play for the UK
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London holds top spot as overseas draw
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Forever 21 to open at Bluewater
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Dixons planning to open second Black store in central London
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John Lewis chief warns against interest rate rises
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Selfridges to overhaul women’s designwear
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HMV begins closing stores
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Strong Christmas trading at Hammerson centres
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Clas Ohlson scales back UK expansion plans in tough market
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Black is the new Dixons
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Retailers found charging different prices across the country
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Suits You chain to be shut down, administrator concludes
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Forever 21 opens its first UK store in Birmingham
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Paphitis reveals plans for lingerie chain Boux Avenue
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Forever 21 aims for 100 UK stores as it prepares for Bullring launch
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Forever 21 to make UK debut in November
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Hugo Boss guns for more stores after strong year
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HMV broadens range with fashion brands offer
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Card retailer Thoughts in pre-pack deal
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Jessops to tear down the counters in refurb
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John Lewis at Home wants high street site
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Hair and beauty chain Sally ramps up retail
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Claire’s revamps its image in bid to appeal to older teenagers
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Phones 4U accelerates store refit programme
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Selfridges ready for online debut as centenary profits to hit £100m
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Mark Price named contender to replace Marc Bolland at Morrisons
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Shoppers flock to M&S Penny Bazaars
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O'Neill buys four Sandcity shops
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High & Mighty sold to N Brown
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Selfridges opens Christmas shop
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US denim brand True Religion to open first UK stores
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Italy’s Jfour jean brand kicks off UK offensive
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Cos to open fifth UK store
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Retailers to claim as Bullring scare ‘decimates’ trade
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Birmingham Bullring closed after suspected chemical leak
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Floors-2-Go reins in expansion plans
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City remains cynical over retail despite recent rally in non-food
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DSGi to roll out new store formats
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Mamas & Papas to focus expansion on city centres
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HMV buys music venues and Zavvi stores
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Furniture clearance player cashes in on sector gloom
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Carphone’s Westfield store rewrites format
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Westfield London in UK top 10 retail destinations from day one
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Harvey Nichols eyes Westfield Nottingham
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Bargain-hunters storm Currys’ megastore opening
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Bestseller eyes sites to treble UK stores
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Currys reveals blueprint for its megastore launch
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Orange begins expansion drive
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General Trading Company plans spring relaunch
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DSGi to move Irish Dixons purely online as it steps up multichannel
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Ollie & Nic sets sights on 30 UK shops within five years
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New Works chief sets out on revival mission
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B&Q to step up multichannel offer after successful trials
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Rock Couture to open at Birmingham scheme
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Just for Pets searches for stores to take count to 40
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Tesco extends order of ZBD EPoP displays
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Orange goes on store drive to take on rivals
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Delia release sparks bookseller price war
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Base on a knife-edge as poor trading bites
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Snow+Rock to launch in Ireland
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Harvey Nics installs CRM tool to profile shoppers
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Land Securities to split into three
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Mosaic eyes Bloomingdales for Coast and Karen Millen
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Retail Interiors Awards 2007
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Another games specialist goes as sector struggles
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Hervia to open three UK stores
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Hamleys to test concessions in House of Fraser
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Game links up with Selfridges
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Spring Fair attracts 80,000 to Birmingham
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Ernest Jones takes on Ratner with web launch
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DSGi pulls plug on Dixons Warehouse
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Foyles appoints new product manager
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Apple targets German market
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Morrisons sells more stores
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Floors-2-Go ends sale talks
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Tunnel could cost Tesco dear
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Red Letter Days saved by Theo Paphitis
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Ciro Citterio falls prey to consumer downturn
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Gamestop opens first of many British outlets
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Game previews Nintendo DS
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Primark reports 'exceptional' Christmas trading
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Primark's profits fall 8% as like-for-likes grow
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Video: Debenhams virtual pop-up stores
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Harvey Nichols Birmingham celebrates 10th birthday
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EBay launches ad campaign to promote its Fashion Outlet
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Sales soar 10% at Selfridges in Oxford Street
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High Street Fund attracts just 25 applications
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Nectar offers points for recycling and leisure visits
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Lombok insists it’s committed to growth despite second pre-pack
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Birmingham city centre looting terror
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Riots calculated to have cost retailers £80m in lost sales
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JD estimates riot damage will be £10m
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Birmingham Jewellery Quarter shuts up shop this afternoon
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Retailers hit by third night of rioting
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Forever 21 boss spells out strategy for UK offensive
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Forever 21 signs blogger Bip Ling as its new face as it gears up for Oxford Street opening
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Jane Norman store closure list revealed
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King hits back at supermarket critics
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Tailor cuts £1 rent deal for pop-up in Birmingham
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John Lewis at Home to open in Tamworth
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Management buys 144-store newsagent Rippleglen
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Jessops to open new store format in Birmingham
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HMV to close Brent Cross store
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John Lewis to open store in Birmingham
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Restructing firm buys HPJ Jewellers out of administration
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London, Glasgow and Manchester best for town centre shopping
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HMV cautious over Christmas trade after poor interim results
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Dixons Black: first pictures
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Tax protesters invade Arcadia stores
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Lego opens first store in five years
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Updated: Forever 21 confirms it will open in London's Oxford Street
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Call of Duty launch kicks off busiest week in video games calendar
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Selfridges sees 19% rise in pre-tax profits
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Dune embraces multichannel with premium store concept
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GameStop prepares UK online assault with transactional launch
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Tesco rolls out schoolwear embroidery service
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Fossil’s best year ever fuels store expansion
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Ocado second warehouse site gets green light
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Forever 21 on track for UK debut in Birmingham
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Morrisons hopes England World Cup backing will drive footfall
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Tesco trials school uniform embroidery service
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US fashion giant Forever 21 in Westfield Stratford store talks
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‘Son of Zavvi’ Head Entertainment starts closing down Sales
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Flannels CVA approved
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381 further First Quench shops to close, making 1,908 redundancies
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Harvey Nichols expands Christmas shop format
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Danish jeweller plans to open 75 franchise stores
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New Look ups menswear credentials with multi-brand store concessions
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Selfridges opts for pantomime-themed festive collection
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Land Securities hopeful of property market recovery
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DSGi profits tumble
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Virgin Media steps up retail expansion with 50-store plan
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Specsavers re-creates its TV ad across billboards
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Hamleys to exit House of Fraser as it eyes bigger stores
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Selfridges stays cautious with staff pay freeze
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DSGi calms fears as trial formats take off
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House of Fraser mulls fate of old Beatties stores
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Blackwell creates wholesale arm
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Viyella collapses into administration
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Dearth of applications for new store projects as retailers reduce spend
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DSGi rating reviewed as downturn takes toll
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Currys opens doors at debut megastore
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DSGi to slash capex as like-for-likes fall
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Greek fashion brand to make UK debut at Westfield London
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Land Securities nears sale of Birmingham Bullring stake as it slims retail
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DSGi tests revamp of Currys.digital format
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Mamas & Papas bucks gloom with soaring sales
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Police recover stolen Chip & PIN terminals
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Selfridges stops Sale early as trade rockets
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Obama appeals to Leahy over union recognition
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QS tests new image for its Store 21 chain
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Perfume Shop to test new-look store in autumn
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Brooks Brothers to expand in UK despite boss's gloomy predictions
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QS to launch second phase of Store 21 roll-out
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Irish fashion player A-Wear trawls sites as it plots a launch in Britain
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Retail Solutions relocates
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Base enters administration
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Amazon hires finance boss as it rethinks its offer
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QS to dispose of 34 stores as it rethinks estate
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Wilkinson goes local with small one-stop format
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Carphone mulls new brand as it shifts focus to wireless
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Glasgow holds onto crown for top UK retail destination
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Trio land stores in Birmingham Beatties rework
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Raft of fashion retailers join Bullring
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Land of Leather profits soar
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Lloydspharmacy pulls out record turnover
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Retail Week Conference 2007: Wrigley tips high street for bright future
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H&M shoppers stampede
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Selfridges revamps Bullring store to suit brummie market
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Capo calls in administrators
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Profits up at House of Fraser
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End of the line for Dickins & Jones
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Moss Bros plans 20-store push
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Floors-2-Go lands in Northern Ireland
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Krispy Kreme still committed to UK
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House of Fraser to buy Beatties
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Gig venue deal to boost sales at JD Sports
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Beatties' trading steady for the year
RSS feed for Birmingham retail In depth
Birmingham retail In depth
Christmas adverts: Who are the winners and losers?
Retail’s latest batch of Christmas ads have both riled and delighted TV viewers in equal measure. Rebecca Thomson and Richard Huntington sort the crackers from the turkeys.
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Selfridges: All set up for Christmas
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European expansion
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Retail schemes: A zero-sum game?
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Come buy with me at airports and rail concourses
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Pop and go
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Delivering a decade of top shopping destinations
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Iain McGeoch
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The new North-South divide
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Jim McCarthy: From paper boy to Poundland chief executive
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Shoppers hit out at high street neglect
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Where did it all go right?
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A vicious circle of high street neglect
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A manifesto for change on the high street
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January Sales: Which retailers delivered the goods for bargain hunters?
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How the online revolution transformed retail in a decade
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Iceland conference: Malcolm Walker in wonderland
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Family-run retailers
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Even creative minds need a head for business
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Making service charges live up to their name
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DSGi and Kesa powering up for the electricals battle with Best Buy
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Mark Newton-Jones applies his talents to Woolworths relaunch online
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Here today, gone tomorrow: temporary retailers on the increase
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Keep the training on track
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Selfridges: The making of a British icon
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Opticians merger: Double vision
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Backing UK Retail: The heart of the community
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Marks & Spencer: Top marks
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DSGi: The gloves come off
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Selfridges: A twist on Christmas tradition
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Currys Swindon/Chelmsford: Circuit breakers
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Tuned in
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Nose for the job
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Signs of the times
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Battle on the western front
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100 shops you must visit 2008
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Lessons from your leavers
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Leicester: Time to mix it up
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Sydenham’s dark horse
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Back of the net
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Walking on air: retail at Heathrow Terminal 5
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The future is now
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Amazon’s Brian McBride: The king of the jungle
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Bright ideas
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Technology in luxury retail: No imitation
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Gainful employment
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The greatest show on earth
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On shaky ground
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Promises, promises: retailers fulfilling pre-Christmas online orders
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All in the brand
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Best of both worlds
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Soft centred
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Payment upfront
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Business as usual
Less is the same
Smaller stores that carry the same offer as larger ones look set to become the way of the future.
What’s the biggest issue facing indies?
With retail confidence bumping along at a low, I’m often asked what’s the biggest issue facing indies?
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Topman and Currys/PC World’s changing faces
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Primark in Selfridges: Selmark?
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Birmingham's BID to get shoppers back
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Public failed by rioters, leaders and Police
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Retailers’ spirit will not be crushed by riots
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Red Tape Review has to be the start, not the finish
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In-store technology does not excite shoppers
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Duplication isn't what you need
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Making tracks
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We need partnerships, not talking shops
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Entrepreneurs are not villains
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Love it or hate it, it has its place
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Marmite pops-up again
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Aspiration perspiration
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Retailers ready for global assault
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The unsustainable growth in property costs
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Time for positive thinking
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Carrier bag taxes: environmental icons or pointless tokenism?
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Retail must play the long game
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RMUs: Barrowloads of bother
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What's the Verdict?
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US election will affect us all
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Going straight from the frying pan into the fire
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When a Bullring is not enough…
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Move over Christmas, roll on St Valentine’s
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Slow first half for Tesco
