All Baugur articles – Page 4
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Iceland continues to record strong sales growth
Frozen food retailer Iceland recorded year-on-year sales growth of 16 per cent in the 12 weeks to January 26, according to new market research data.
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Westfield retailers unite in outrage at service charges
The dispute over service charges at Westfield London has escalated as more retailers join the fight against the landlords’ demands.
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Whistles finds new financing
Womenswear retailer Whistles has found new financing as it fights to ease the strain placed on the business last year when Icelandic bank Glitnir collapsed.
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Sir Philip Green moots Principles bid
Sir Philip Green is understood to be interested in bidding for Principles, the fashion brand owned by Mosaic.
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Jewellery giant Aurum reviews business
Baugur-backed jewellery retailer Aurum, which owns Mappin & Webb, Goldsmiths, Watches of Switzerland and Mydiamonds.com, has appointed Ernst & Young to review the business.
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All Saints sets sights on stores in Middle East
Fashion brand All Saints is poised to sign a deal with a Middle Eastern partner to open stores in the region.
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Mosaic wise to assess options as Iceland rebuilds
A change of government in Iceland heralds a new start for the country, and may signal a thawing of the glacial process of evaluating the UK retail assets held by the administrators to its banks.
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Retailers to press ahead with global plans despite downturn
Retailers are set to plough on with international expansion in 2009, despite being forced to curtail some plans in order to make short-term cost savings, according to retail experts.
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Iceland sales growth tops 14 per cent
Frozen food chain Iceland stormed ahead of market averages in the 12 weeks to December 27 with sales growth in excess of 14 per cent.
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OpinionMarks & Spencer: margins & errors
Marks & Spencer boss Sir Stuart Rose appeared irked yesterday by journalists’ questions about the retailer’s lacklustre Christmas trading figures. Why, he complained, hadn’t the results from Debenhams and Next come under such scrutiny?
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House of Fraser reports resilient Christmas
House of Fraser has reported that like-for-like sales fell 1.5 per cent over the Christmas period and has reassured on its financial position after paying back its bank loans ahead of schedule.
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Retail rents fall for first time in 15 years
Retail rents fell for the first time in 15 years in 2008 and are not expected to return to growth until 2013.
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Mosaic in talks to secure its future
Fashion group Mosaic is to begin talks with its lenders in an attempt to secure the future of the business.
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Don McCarthy steps down from Moss Bros
Baugur shareholder Don McCarthy has stepped down from his role as non-executive director of Moss Bros.
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Is House of Fraser's rent coup really such a triumph?
As usual, the issue of monthly rents has its way of making it into the Sunday papers. The latest “bombshell” to land over the weekend was that House of Fraser had triumphed over the landlords and achieved that most elusive of prizes – the monthly rent deal.
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Kingfisher demands monthly rents for all retailers
Kingfisher, owner of the B&Q DIY chain, will this week ask landlords to offer monthly rental deals to all retailers - not just those in trouble.
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House of Fraser: to Sale or not to Sale?
When is a Sale not a Sale? When it is a pre-Christmas Sale, according to House of Fraser. Confused? You are not alone.
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House of Fraser launches pre-Christmas Sale
House of Fraser has launched a pre-Christmas Sale with up to 50 per cent off throughout its stores and online.
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Tesco triggers toys price war
Tesco has sparked a price war after slashing the prices of hundreds of its toys by up to 60 per cent.
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John Lewis slashes prices to match House of Fraser Sale
John Lewis has become the latest retailer to slash its prices, offering 25 per cent off branded goods to match prices at House of Fraser’s two-day Sale which began on Thursday.