London - West End retail news
Electricals fuel John Lewis sales rise
A strong performance in electricals fuelled a good week for John Lewis with sales up 8.9%.
Hamleys makes child’s play of trading as it posts record sales
Toy retailer Hamleys is set to post record annual sales after it notched up strong Christmas trading.
House of Fraser to extend collaboration with Mary Portas
Self styled retail guru Mary Portas will launch four more Mary & House of Fraser shop-in-shops, continuing her collaboration with the UK department store group.
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Oxford Street grinds to a halt as UK Uncut protests
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Video: Oxford Street shops flooded as water mains burst
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John Lewis has "solid but challenging" start to Sale
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Foyles reports third year of profitability
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West End takings rise during traffic-free weekend
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Hugo Boss to launch first UK Hugo stand-alone
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Boots debuts pop up shop on Oxford Street
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Mayor launches West End traffic-free shopping weekend
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London ranks as Europe's top shopping capital
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National Geographic to open in Knightsbridge
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SuperGroup warehouse glitch slows sales growth
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Crate & Barrel puts UK store plans on hold
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Aurora-backed Bastyan brand to open pop-up store
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Debenhams launches online-only lines to drive multichannel plan
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Losses widen at Austin Reed
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Oxford Street Christmas lights switch on set for November 1
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House of Fraser revamps men’s formalwear department
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Retailers call on London Mayoral candidates to back West End
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Sales soar 10% at Selfridges in Oxford Street
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Improvement in sales continues for John Lewis
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SuperGroup flagship to help brand expand product range
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Coast returns to its occasionwear roots and shows off new format
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Crate & Barrel to start brand building as it prepares for first UK store opening
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HMV’s groovy past
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Oka profits up 24%
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Burberry director moves to Ben Sherman
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Met holding briefing for retailers hit by riots
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Nicole Farhi relocates flagship London shop
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Massimo Dutti to launch online this autumn
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Banana Republic lands at the Trafford Centre
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Primark ‘over worst now’ as cotton price inflation reduces
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West End retail sales rocket 11% in June
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Retailers urged to prepare for Olympics
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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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Aquascutum to open stores in Milan and Rome
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Lombok to open first concession in House of Fraser
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SuperGroup reports business 'on track' and confirms Regent Street opening
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John Lewis fashion sales leap as prices cut
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Anthropologie gears up for UK growth
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Bad weather hits John Lewis sales
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Topman launches personal shopping suite
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SuperGroup snaps up iconic Regent Street store from Austin Reed
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Sales down again at John Lewis as calendar returns to normal
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Carnaby Street to host its largest ever shopping party
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Monsoon returns to ethnic roots with store revamp
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Aquascutum mulling menswear-only stores
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Bigger role for Sunnucks as Gap picks London as its non-US base
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Boris vows to protect retailers from more West End protests
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Timing of Easter helps John Lewis and Waitrose
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John Lewis suffers 3.8% weekly sales fall
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Retailers urge Boris to crack down on West End violence
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East Oxford Street redevelopment to deliver 58% increase in spend
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Liberty to revamp beauty hall
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HMV to hold official UK launch of Nintendo 3DS
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G-Star set to open three flagship franchise stores
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Bond Street 5th most expensive shopping street in world
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Victoria's Secret 'in discussions to buy La Senza'
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Crossrail misery in Oxford Street
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Jack Wills to expand further overseas
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Burberry to move into Habitat store on Regent Street
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Habitat to exit Regent Street store
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Sky's the limit
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West End retail sales up 3.8% in December
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Anthropologie launches footwear in UK
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Full-price purchases help Mulberry profits rocket
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West End stores open as normal after riots
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Two more Oxford Street stores for Aldo
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HMV like-for-likes slump 16%, and losses at the group widen
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7 For All Mankind gears up to expand
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Oxford Street blight ahead as Crossrail work kicks in
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Primark's Oxford Street store sets sales record
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John Lewis records weekly sales of £100m
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London retailers’ fears over Boxing Day Tube strikes
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John Lewis mid-week sales up 12%
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Updated: Forever 21 confirms it will open in London's Oxford Street
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Feelunique.com guns for growth in bid to dominate online beauty
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Primark profits up 35%
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Westfield Stratford will not undermine West End, study finds
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Traffic-free shopping on Oxford Street on November 27
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Holland & Barrett owner eyes £1bn sales for next five years
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Marina Gulf prepares to take UK bow
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Whistles turnaround on course after losses cut
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GIVe closes Regent Street store
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John Lewis lays down the Christmas gauntlet as sales rise
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New Bond Street Europe’s most expensive retail address
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Primark sales up after strong performance in Europe
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Biba is back
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Oxford Street’s Blitz spirit
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New look for John Lewis womensear
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Sir Philip Green: Kate Moss collection ‘lost that edge’
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Benetton styles shoppers for mock ad at flagship relaunch
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Carnaby Street continues celebrations
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A retail tea party
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Early Sale tactics pay off for West End stores
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Oxford Street retailers’ anger at mayor Boris Johnson’s buses outburst
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Apple previews Covent Garden store
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Chanel pays record fee for Bond Street store
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West End rejuvenation plans aim to up shopper spend 66% by 2020
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2020 vision for London’s West End shopping district unveiled
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Karen Millen to expand online offer across Europe
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Burberry sales surge aided by outerwear and leather goods
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Retailers benefit from post-Christmas sales frenzy
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Tesco results top off another tough week
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West End sales fall in November
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Video: H&M to launch Marni collection
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New West End Company launches Secret Sales Spy to help bargain savvy shoppers
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Ebay to open high street store
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Warm weather hits West End retail sales
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Price-matching drives weekly sales rise at John Lewis
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Primark's profits fall 8% as like-for-likes grow
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H&M brands Monki and Cheap Monday open first UK stand-alones
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Primark to open concessions in Selfridges
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Austin Reed flagship is ‘future of the brand’
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Sharp sets out strategy as Debenhams records 10% profit increase
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Morrisons showcases M Kitchen at pop-up restaurant
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More Sunday street closures envisaged to boost West End
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Ted Baker launches click-and-collect
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Debenhams to refit Oxford Street store
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UK-only lines for Forever 21
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Austin Reed Regent Street store to represent 'brand vision for future'
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H&M brand Monki launches in UK
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John Lewis to use Waitrose stores to double its click-and-collect network
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Tommy Hilfiger to open flagship on London's Brompton Road
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Cos to open two new stores in London
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Administration looms for Lombok
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Investor confidence in SuperGroup returns
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Aquascutum secures £8m loan
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Forever 21 boss spells out strategy for UK offensive
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John Lewis back on store trail with smaller format
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109 Fortnum & Mason protester cases dropped
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Soaring profits and sales put SuperGroup back on track
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SuperGroup full-year profits more than double
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Forever 21 to open new flagship at Lakeside
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SuperGroup chief allays investor worry
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SuperGroup seeks to rally investor support
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Pigs will fly before this sandwich sells
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Man sets up camp in HMV
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Homebase owner in licensing talks with Habitat
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SuperGroup’s ascent 'can continue'
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King of the castle
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Hollister signs for National Geographic store on Regent Street
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Protest proposals to safeguard stores
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Monsoon pre-tax profits triple
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St James' in London to be transformed into 'eclectic shopping destination'
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Fashion brands eye National Geographic Regent Street store
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H&M commits to sustainable cotton
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Oxford Street to go traffic-free on Boxing Day in bid to add £50m to retail spending
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Forever 21 to open at Bluewater
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Bimba & Lola hunts for London store
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Fortnum & Mason store attacked in riots
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Burberry to boost brand with ‘statement stores’
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Coach drives into UK market
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Forever 21 signs for store in Glasgow
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John Lewis' Simon Fowler takes over Oxford Street
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Twinings seeks site for London flagship
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Westfield London signs two US retailers
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Debenhams opens first pop-up shop
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John Lewis weekly sales dip
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Goodbye Ann, hello Man
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Clarks Originals unveils spring ad campaign
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Chinese spend in London doubled in December
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Bomb threat disrupts London's West End
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Sir Philip Green: Topshop will not pass on VAT hike
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Tube strikes set for Boxing Day
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The Jewel in the Crown
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Mulberry interim profits soar
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Phones 4U to double shop-in-shops in Dixons next year
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Victoria’s Secret set to sign for Westfield Stratford
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Hamleys blasted over penguin and reindeer show
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London's West End retailers score £250m weekend sales
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London store disposal is ‘good deal for HMV’
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Hamleys opens pop-up shops to maximise Christmas sales
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Valentino for Gap launches on Saturday
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George Davies ploughs £9m into GIVe parent S'Porter
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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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Anthropologie to open Edinburgh store
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George Davies sets January date for kidswear venture
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George Davies set to close all GIVe stores
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Strong week for John Lewis and Waitrose
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Thorntons first quarter like-for-likes fall 4.1%
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Retail Week Interiors Awards 2010
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UK exit on cards for Spanish jewellery chain Tous
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John Lewis enjoys "flying start" to autumn
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Dune outlines strategy to hit sales of £200m
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Thorntons moves to sweeten its own-store offer
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Vertical fashion show stops Oxford Street traffic
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Gap collaborates with Valentino
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John Lewis profits to bounce back
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HMV broadens range with fashion brands offer
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Desigual pays record rent for top Oxford Street pitch
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Inditex slows openings as UK concerns mount
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Fopp opens store in Waterstone’s shop
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GIVe signals multibrand future with Ghost tie-up
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Primark to open second store on Oxford Street
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2012 Olympics store opens
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Pretty Green opens pop-up shop
London Retail Store Galleries
Arcadia: More from less
Arcadia’s stated aim of reshaping its estate following last year’s profits downturn is already having some positive effects. John Ryan visits Lakeside to look at the effect of change on Topshop/Topman.
Austin Reed: In an upper class of its own
Austin Reed has opened its new flagship on Regent Street, but has enough been done to give the brand relevance? John Ryan reports.
Christmas future
Break out and hang up the decorations, Christmas windows are once more upon us. But is it a case of same old, same old, or are retailers offering something new? John Ryan reports.
London - West End retail in depth
Beating a UK retreat
As Best Buy officially pulls out of the UK this weekend, Charlotte Hardie considers why it and many other international big shots have failed in their bid to conquer the UK.
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Selfridges: All set up for Christmas
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A winter walkaround
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The Burton Group family tree
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Q&A: SuperGroup boss Julian Dunkerton and chief financial officer Chas Howes
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Do pure-play etailers need stores?
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Why Steve Jobs changed retail
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Magnus Olsson
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Searching for new footfall drivers
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The face of east London retail
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Up and running
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Larry Meyer
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How sport can motivate a workforce
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Rob Templeman
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Nick Hollingworth
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How do you solve a problem like Ireland?
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The Olympic opportunity
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Massimo Dutti changes gear
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Mulberry’s 40-year journey to the top
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Where there’s a Wills, there’s a (new) way
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Aah! Bicester
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LED: retailing’s bright future
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Time for retail to come in from the cold
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The power of the network
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Pop and go
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Theo Paphitis
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The shop of the new
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Contactless payments: Out of contact
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The great outdoors
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Apple: The tech company transforming retail
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Paul Marchant
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Westfield Stratford: John Lewis, but not as we know it
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A new lease of life?
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The new North-South divide
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Retail iPhone apps: Mobile commerce on the move?
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Guerrilla marketing gets results for retailers
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One New Change: Big change in the big City
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Carl McPhail: preparing to lead New Look’s IPO
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In-store marketing: Get to the point
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A manifesto for change on the high street
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How the online revolution transformed retail in a decade
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Arcadia: will fewer, bigger shops translate to better?
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How US retailers can crack the UK market
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The future of value retailers
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New Look: From the seaside to the city
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Glasgow’s St Enoch centre: A new lease of life
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Roadworks: Roads to retail ruin?
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The sky’s the limit: Tomorrow’s retail stars
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Loss prevention: the latest tagging projects
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Hilco: hero or villain?
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The technology behind global shopkeeping
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Michael Sharp outlines his vision for Debenhams
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Here today, gone tomorrow: temporary retailers on the increase
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Streets of shame
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Covent Garden's landlord has plans for rejuvenation
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Hello sunshine: tourist town retailers should make the most of more UK holidays
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Selfridges: The making of a British icon
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Topshop: an English brand in New York
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Quantity as well as quality
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Feast for the eyes: John Lewis food halls
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Printemps: Monumental ambitions
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Cortefiel: Global thinking
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Regent Street: Prince Regent
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Bernard Lewis: River runs through him
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Christmas on Oxford Street: Tinsel town
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Oxford Street festival attracts 2 million shoppers
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Newport: Three and out?
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Christmas store design in Paris
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National Geographic: International Geographic
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UK property debuts: Safe trip
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Marks & Spencer: Top marks
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Westfield London: Centre of London
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Selfridges: A twist on Christmas tradition
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H&M’s Magnus Olsson: Swede success
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Westfield London: Exclusive store image gallery
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Retailers snap up former pub and petrol station spaces
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Store design: Design heroes
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In-store promotions: Let me entertain you
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American beauties
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Size matters
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Brits abroad
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Sitting pretty
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Nike goes for gold
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Olympic hopefuls
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Fashion addict
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Tuned in
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London’s champion
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Store Twenty One: The store that’s come of age
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A solid anchor
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Inside Westfield London
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Battle on the western front
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Well suited
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100 shops you must visit 2008
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Touch of brilliance
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Six promising luxury brands
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Avanti: C&A’s value zeitgeist
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Paved with gold
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Driving ambition
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The weirdest jobs in retail
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Through the looking glass
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A tale of two nations
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Retail Barcelona!
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Pay as you go
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The green agenda
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City of gold: Can retailers tap London’s Square Mile?
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The future is now
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Subdued luxury
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Test the water
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Break from the norm
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Frill seekers
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Westfield London: Centre of luxury?
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A bubble about to burst?
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Overseas retailers’ bumpy landing in the UK
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Cell of the century
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Books etcetera
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Schuh’s sure-footed approach to multichannel retail
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Crystal Palace
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Disposal tactics
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Design for life
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On shaky ground
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Where’s the festive spirit?
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Jail terms
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A capital idea
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A lesson in class
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Christmas is coming
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Far East up West
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Orange opens business store
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A punt on Oxford
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Swedish stars
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Reiss goes global
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Reiss goes global
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Star Qualities
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Kitting out the nation
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Mystery shopper October 12, 2007
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The right people skills
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Best of both worlds
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Angela Ahrendts: Seamless operation







