All Retail Week articles in April 2005
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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Escalator light wall
Working with lighting company LAPD, Boots has developed a light and vision wall that reaches from the basement up t...
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Bernard turns down Karstadt top job
Former Carrefour boss reportedly unenthusiastic about German department store chain
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Clinton Cards greets profits hike
Cards retailer increases market share, but notes more to be done to improve Birthdays acquisition
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Comet goes to Wincanton for WEEE
Distribution specialist will take away customers old fridges and dispose of them responsibly
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Chinese protestors target Japanese retailers
Aeon and Ito Yokado close doors as demonstrators threaten stores
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Argos snaps up 33 Index stores
Huge job losses announced as division of Littlewoods hits the buffers
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West Coast Capital buys 20 Etam stores
Tom Hunter vehicle takes on new sites while 15 are to be added to Topshop portfolio
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Monsoon acquires Etam stores from Green
Up-and-coming clothing retailer expands trading space by almost a third
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Game makes comeback with profits up by a third
Enviable year-end results make up for bad news over potential buy-out
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Primark fashions steady sales increase
Expansion strategy to continue as value clothing retailer brings Allders acquisitions on line.
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Tesco signs Radcliffe for £23 million charity race
London Marathon winner to be sponsored by grocer in fight against cancer
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Rose to drive home position on price
Marks & Spencer chief executive Stuart Rose intends to set the retailer back on a growth footing next year by instigating crisper pricing across the board and broadening the appeal of the core womenswear offer.
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Tesco sets a £2 billion global sourcing target
Tesco to work more closely with overseas suppliers to drive down prices.
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Property deal frees Liberty from debt
Sale of Regent Street properties allows Liberty to pay off borrowings
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Gamestop opens first of many British outlets
US video games giant GameStop has opened its first store in Great Britain and plans an aggressive expansion to build up a national presence.
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Retailers battle over prime Moscow sites
Supermarkets and hypermarkets are fighting tooth and nail for sites in Greater Moscow as intensifying local competi...
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London retail sales remain flat
Latest figures show little progress in capital's like-for-like sales