All Retail Week articles in 14 November 2008
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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Opinion
Can retail get to grips with IT jargon?
From tulip dresses to kitten heels, retail is awash with industry-specific terms, so does it matter if the IT department throws in a few more for good measure?
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News
Carphone Warehouse mulls split
Carphone Warehouse chief executive Charles Dunstone is expected to reveal tomorrow that he is considering plans to divide the retail and broadband group he founded nearly two decades ago.
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News
Debenhams sparks price war
Debenhams has ignited a high street battle by promising more than 200 million of pre-Christmas price cuts.
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News
Interest rate cut fails to boost shoppers' festive spending plans
The dramatic interest rate cut earlier this month has done nothing so far to stimulate Christmas spending, updated GfK NOP data shows.
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News
Next expected to make job cuts
Next is the latest in a long list of retailers expected to instigate job losses to cut costs.
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News
Asos sales and profits soar
Online fashion retailer Asos has once again defied the economic downturn, reporting a jump in pre-tax profits of 68 per cent to 4.1 million for the six months to September 30.
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News
London sales continue to slide
London's like-for-like retail sales slipped 1.8 per cent in October, outperforming the UK average, which was down 2.2 per cent, although the gap between the two narrowed.
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News
Tesco hires Des O'Connor for Christmas TV ad
Tesco has hired family entertainer Des O’Connor to star in its Christmas TV campaign, designed to deliver a traditional Christmas with a modern twist.
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Opinion
Asda is hitting the mark
With a 40-year heritage in offering value prices, Asda is well positioned to benefit from the economic slowdown. But as its figures show yesterday, the grocer is not just benefiting, it is stealing a march on its competitors.
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News
Arev partners leave the business
Arev, the investment vehicle behind retail investments including Jones Bootmaker, Blooming Marvellous and Mountain Warehouse, has suffered an exodus of its partners following the failure of its Icelandic backers to provide future funding for its investments.
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News
Shoppers rush for exclusive H&M designer collection
Shoppers queued from 6am yesterday to get their hands on the exclusive Comme Des Gar ons collection at H&M’s flagship London stores.
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News
John Lewis reports weekly sales slump of 9.7%
Department store chain John Lewis has reported a 9.7 per cent slump in weekly sales as the economic uncertainty and grim weather made trade difficult.
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News
Waitrose celebrates homeward journeys in Christmas ad campaign
Waitrose is to focus on festive homeward journeys in its Christmas TV campaign which debuts on Tuesday.
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Analysis
Video: The week in retail, November 14, 2008
TGi Friday: Retail Week's Tim Danaher and George MacDonald discuss the week's major events in the UK retail industry, including Sir Philip Green's purchase of a stake in Moss Bros, Sainsbury's results and retailers' growing worries about insurance and business rates.
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News
River Island staff star in e-tail campaign
River Island has picked eight head office staff to feature in its latest online marketing campaign.
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News
Long Tall Sally back in black after a decade
Specialist fashion retailer Long Tall Sally has made an operating profit for the first time in 10 years, according to owner and retail entrepreneur Maurice Helfgott.
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News
The Pier brand director makes a surprise exit
The Pier brand director Fiona Strang has stepped down from the business.
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News
More Otto jobs under threat in costs review
Otto UK has revealed its on-going review could have an impact across all departments after entering into a consultation period with its buying and creative teams.
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News
Woolworths legend Roger Jones dies
Former Woolworths managing director Roger Jones, who spent almost 50 years at the variety store group, died on Sunday aged 71.
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News
National Geographic unveils debut store
National Geographic opens its first store today, on London’s Regent Street. The three-floor, 19,375 sq ft shop is intended to establish a retail presence for the travel brand, which is best known for its magazine and TV channel.