All Retail Week articles in 16 November 2007
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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News
Majestic Wine profits up 17% in first half
Majestic Wine has posted strong profits and robust sales for the 26 weeks ending October 1.
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News
French Connection like-for-likes down
Like-for-like sales at French Connection fell 3 per cent in the first 14 weeks of the second half of its financial year.
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News
Ponden Mill sold for £6 million
Home furnishings chain Ponden Mill has been sold for a reported 6 million.
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October like-for-likes climb in Central London
October’s retail like-for-like sales in Central London rose 11 per cent, bolstered by overseas shoppers, according to the BRC.
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Opinion
In praise of the suburb
Surrey. It’s a state of mind more than a place – a universe peopled by hefty four-wheel drivers and the gin and Jag set.
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News
Former Jimmy Choo boss to build fashion brands
Robert Benoussan, former chief executive of designer shoe retailer Jimmy Choo, is understood to be on the hunt for investment opportunities in British fashion brands, with a view to take them onto an international platform.
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News
Carrefour mulls India wholesaling venture
Carrefour is considering going it alone in India following its failure to find a suitable partner to set up a joint venture in the country.
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Online shopping set to soar this Christmas
Shopping online is expected to double to 14 per cent this Christmas, compared with 7 per cent last year, as consumers defy the credit crunch and continue spending.
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News
Grocers face turkey shortages
Supermarkets could face a shortage of turkeys this Christmas as tests are carried out on a farm in Suffolk where the turkeys are understood to have contracted avian flu.
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Opinion
St Pancras is a shopping haven
Last week, the Queen reopened St Pancras station and the new Channel Tunnel rail terminal for Eurostar and said she hoped that people would consider it as a destination and not just as a station.
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News
Onlien record for Dixons
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for October showed the rate of annual inflation jumping from September’s 1.8 per cent to 2.1 per cent. The bulk of the increase was due to rising petrol prices, but there was also a substantial upward movement in the price of food, particularly meat and ...
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News
Inflation surges in October
The annual rate of inflation jumped to 2.1 per cent in October, compared with 1.8 per cent in September, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
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News
Little Miss Matched eyes 50 UK stores in five years
Children’s clothing retailer Little Miss Matched intends to open up to 50 shops in the UK in the next three to five years, after opening its first store in the UK at Bluewater shopping centre in Kent this summer.
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Asda posts strong Q3 as it readies for Christmas
Grocer and general merchandiser Asda achieved “very positive sales results” in its third quarter, according to its parent company Wal-Mart.