All Retail Week articles in 21 December 2007
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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News
Umbro issues profit warning
England shirt manufacturer Umbro issued a profit warning this morning, because sales of England product will slump next year.
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News
Jaeger hires property chief in growth push
Jaeger has appointed its first in-house property manager to help drive UK and global expansion.
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News
Peacocks to focus on prime sites
Peacocks is gearing up to open 30 stores in the new year, as it focuses on more prime locations.
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Red 5 to exit Bluewater in anger over Christmas shops
Gifts and gadgets retailer Red 5 is to pull out of Bluewater shopping centre in Kent after becoming disillusioned about the landlord’s use of temporary Christmas stores.
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Opinion
Competition Commission inquiry will dominate 2008
The great British public have not yet started tucking into their Christmas turkey and finished buying their booze for New Year's Eve, but most of the grocery sector is already peering over the horizon into 2008.
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Analysis
Nisa Tomorrow
Adding members and fighting back against the supermarkets is top of Nisa Today’s chief executive Neil Turton’s agenda now that the in-fighting is over at the symbol group. James Thompson reports
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News
M&S stores to open at 6am for Sale
Marks & Spencer will open its doors at 6am on Thursday December 27 for the launch of its Sale, and the promotion will begin online at 12.01am on Christmas Day.
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News
Otto UK mulls stores to add to core offer
Home shopping giant Otto UK is considering acquiring a bricks-and-mortar retailer to complement its core operations.
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News
Tchibo returns to profit as new Great Britain chief is appointed
Tchibo returns to profit as new Great Britain chief is appointed
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News
Footfall still dropping
Footfall continued to fall this week, down 8.7 per cent on Wednesday against last year.
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News
Retail sales volumes creep up
The volume of retail sales increased 1.1 per cent in the three months to November, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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News
United Carpets sales buck downward trend
United Carpets has posted a set of credit crunch-defying profit and sales figures.
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News
Sports Direct's share price buoyed by director stock buying
Shares in struggling Sports Direct rose more than 13 per cent yesterday after two long-standing directors purchased 2 million shares and the retailer resumed a share buy-back programme.
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News
Retail profit warnings soar in 2007
UK retailers have issued a record number of profit warnings this year, fuelling fears of a high street meltdown this Christmas.
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Opinion
China’s boom is a double-edged sword
“Retail sales leap 18.8 per cent.” How many retailers in the UK would consider this headline the best Christmas present?