All B&M Bargains articles – Page 5
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News
Agenda: B&M, Card Factory and consumer confidence data
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with updates from B&M and Card Factory, plus the latest consumer confidence figures, all on the agenda.
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Analysis
The disruptors: Who are the new value retail players?
The value sector is the latest focus of Retail Week’s ‘The disruptors’ series, which looks at the businesses creating waves across the industry.
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News
Retail diary: Co-op’s digital foray could end in divorce
Co-op hopes to alleviate divorce stress, B&M unveils a food-tasting opportunity and Retail Week shares nuggets from NRF.
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Analysis
Infographic: Maplin seeks cash and HoF's festive slump
Words and numbers, January 19, 2018: Maplin’s new boss on seeking investment, House of Fraser’s festive sales slump and B&M’s near-billion-pound golden quarter.
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Cartoon
Blower’s retail cartoon: Retailers’ mixed prospects
Cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on retailers Toys R Us and New Look seeking CVAs and House of Fraser begging for rent reductions while discounters go from strength to strength.
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Opinion
Opinion: Grocers need to wake up to the threat of B&M
Back in the good old days, Aldi and Lidl repulsed the middle-class British shopper.
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News
B&M delivers ‘outstanding’ Christmas sales spike
B&M has reported a jump in sales over the golden quarter driven by its rapid bricks-and-mortar expansion and grocery offering.
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Opinion
Opinion: Sense of purpose needed as retail polarises
Why does your company exist? If you run shops, what is their point?
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Analysis
Who will be retail’s winners and losers in 2018?
Who will thrive in 2018 and who will flounder? Retail experts share their tips for the year ahead.
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Data
Retail league table: Christmas trading 2017
Find out how retailers have performed during the critical Christmas 2017 trading period, with our league table comparing like-for-like sales.
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News
Agenda: Festive updates from 18 major retailers
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with festive updates from 18 major retailers on the agenda.
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Video
The Retail Week: Who won the battle for Christmas?
The Retail Week team discuss which businesses they expect to emerge as the winners and losers from the crucial Christmas trading period.
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Analysis
What Steinhoff's troubles mean for its UK businesses
Over the last two days, South African retail giant Steinhoff’s share price has tanked 75% and chief executive Markus Jooste has resigned.
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Opinion
Why M&S is right to review new store developments
Though clearly a hard decision to make – both in terms of the impact on jobs and politically – I firmly believe Marks & Spencer is making the right decision in undertaking a review of its current and planned store portfolio with a view to reducing the overall size of its trading estate in the UK.
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Opinion
Opinion: AO losses expose a major electricals glitch
The health of the electricals market has been thrown into question after AO World issued a mixed set of interim results.
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News
Christmas trading will be 'unforgiving', warns B&M boss
B&M’s chief executive Simon Arora says that the golden quarter would be challenging for retailers that had not nailed their ‘in-store experience, pricing or product.’
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News
B&M profits soar as it ploughs on with store expansion
B&M has recorded a spike in interim sales and profits as boss Simon Arora said the retailer continued to “prosper in a challenging retail environment”.
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Opinion
Opinion: As M&A activity slows, don’t forget the float
Despite the rush for retail consolidation sparked by Tesco’s move for wholesale titan Booker, 2017 has been a relatively slow year for mergers and acquisitions.
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Analysis
Big ticket: Is it boom or bust for home and furniture?
Against an uncertain backdrop, updates from ScS, Topps Tiles, DFS and Made.com have given a vital temperature check on the health of the home and furniture sectors.
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Analysis
Does strife at Toys R Us herald trouble in toy town?
Toys R Us’ woes in North America have sparked questions about its UK business and the wider market. Is there trouble in toy town?