All Retail Week articles in 21 December 2007 – Page 2
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Opinion
Time to batten down hatches
Whether next year brings more retail woes or not, cost control and differentiation will be vital
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Opinion
Why Landmark is one to watch
Debenhams’ shares may have hit a record low of 75.5p on Monday, but one party sees value in the department store group.
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News
Kingfisher exits B&Q Taiwan as growth opportunities abate
Kingfisher, owner of DIY chain B&Q, has sold its 50 per cent stake in B&Q Taiwan to joint venture partner Test Rite International for 51.6 million.
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News
Jessops ‘on track’ as like-for-likes edge up
Camera specialist Jessops, which reported plunging sales and profits last week, has managed to increase like-for-like sales in recent weeks.
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News
Debenhams makes up ground in fashion market
Debenhams has clawed back fashion market share as its shares were buoyed by Dubai-based Landmark Group disclosing it had bought a 7 per cent stake in the department store group.
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News
Stead & Simpson up for sale as fears mount over trading
Footwear chain Stead & Simpson has raised a for-sale sign just six months after refinancing, as speculation mounted that it continues to struggle.
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News
Ashley: Sports Direct will bounce back in new year
Controversial entrepreneur Mike Ashley this week insisted that the Sports Direct model “is not broken” and that the sports retailer will improve its fortunes in 2008.
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News
Matalan to overhaul stores as profits rise
Matalan will revamp more than half of its store portfolio next year after pre-tax profits rose 8.5 per cent in the year to February 24.
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Opinion
Ashley has yet to redeem himself
Analysts, exasperated by his flouting of corporate governance guidelines, and journalists, expecting another head-on collision with the truculent tycoon at the retailer’s EGM, were pleasantly surprised.
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Analysis
Review of the year 2007
2007 was a year of farewells. Retail said goodbye to three of its big characters. The untimely deaths of Dame Anita Roddick, Richard Ratner and Alison Richards robbed the industry of three people who, in their own ways, epitomised the spirit which makes our industry unique.
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Analysis
Goodbye to all that
As he prepares to step down, BRC frontman Kevin Hawkins talks candidly to Tim Danaher about fighting retail’s corner and why retailers need to start sticking up for themselves
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News
Aldi to stimulate growth in Ireland with €100m DC
Aldi plans to open a €100 million ( 71.3 million) regional distribution centre in the south of the Republic of Ireland in an effort to drive growth in the country.