Manchester retail news
House of Fraser to invest £5m in Meadowhall store
House of Fraser has pushed the button on plans to refurbish its Meadowhall store in Sheffield, the store’s first makeover since the shopping centre opened 20 years ago this month.
Hugo Boss guns for more stores after strong year
Menswear retailer Hugo Boss is gunning to open up to 14 new shops in the UK and Ireland by next year as it expects 2010 to be its most successful year to date.
Littlewoods launches first advert with Coleen Rooney
Littlewoods has launched its first television advertising campaign starring Coleen Rooney, the wife of Manchester United and England football star Wayne Rooney.
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HMV broadens range with fashion brands offer
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Fossil’s best year ever fuels store expansion
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Ed Hardy closes Westfield store as Australian arm collapses
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Fopp opens store in Waterstone’s shop
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Hub puts EPoS system in place to aid expansion
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Retail Interiors Awards 2010 shortlist revealed
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USC posts pre-tax profit of £1.3m
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Puma to drive ‘pop-out shop’
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Ethel Austin reborn as Life & Style
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N Brown to enter the US after a record year
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Conran Shop pop-up trial could pave way for small-format stores
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Waitrose targets £10bn sales
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Morrisons hopes England World Cup backing will drive footfall
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Shoplifters walk free despite store worker's death
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Snow causes retailers to shut up shop
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US fashion giant Forever 21 in Westfield Stratford store talks
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Flannels CVA approved
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Electricals battle heats up as Comet trials city centre stores in the North
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Aurum to revitalise its Mappin & Webb fascia
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Debenhams to restart store revamps after sales stabilise
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O'Neill buys four Sandcity shops
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Aldi lines up new managing director for UK
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Primark set to open in Bury scheme
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Retail crime rises up Conservative agenda
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N Brown emerges as front runner to buy High & Mighty
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Matalan to create 1,800 new jobs
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Waterstone's to open food outlets in two stores
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B&M Bargains completes Opus Homewares deal for £48m
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USC sells overseas through website
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Co-op to lay off 872 Somerfield HQ staff
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Selfridges celebrates early Christmas
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Matalan reaps rewards of investment
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Successor Philip Clarke ‘cut from the same cloth’ as fellow Liverpudlian Sir Terry Leahy
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Kütchenhaus steps up expansion trail
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Online retailer Kitbag trials first pop-up shop
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Forever 21 on track for UK debut in Birmingham
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Debenhams gains market share as sales rise
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Heal’s in talks to shutter ailing Manchester store
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Dutch fashion player McGregor launch for UK
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Debenhams to refit stores in profit drive
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Fortnum & Mason December like-for-likes soar
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Selfridges ready for online debut as centenary profits to hit £100m
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381 further First Quench shops to close, making 1,908 redundancies
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Online shops to transform future of retail property
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Peter Williams: Retail locations need reinvention to meet web challenge
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Harvey Nichols expands Christmas shop format
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Adams plots expansion to claw back position under new owner
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Property chiefs slam CVAs
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Danish jeweller plans to open 75 franchise stores
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High & Mighty sold to N Brown
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Manchester centre offers deals to fill voids
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