All Comet articles – Page 2
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OpinionComment: Restructuring in retail – the foundation on which IPOs are built
With the window for retail IPOs now well and truly open, at least for the time being, the list of potential floats now appears to stretch out well into the second half of 2014.
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NewsOpCapita boss Henry Jackson steps down from Game role
Controversial OpCapita boss Henry Jackson, is stepping down from Capitex Holdings, the firm that controls Game, ahead of its potential IPO.
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AnalysisInfographic: The evolution of high street retailers' logos
As the UK high street’s retail scene continues to change rapidly, Retail Week takes a look at how retailers’ logos have evolved.
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NewsDixons sales rise after ‘lively’ Christmas
Dixons achieved strong sales growth over a “lively” Christmas, during which the retailer took £100,000 a minute on Boxing Day in the UK and Ireland.
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OpinionComment: Christmas has come early for Dixons this year
Along with all the year-end festivities going on this week, it seems like UK retail has something else to celebrate: the complete turnaround of Dixons.
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NewsCoombes opens first electricals store to pick up Comet share
Clive Coombes, the property tycoon who unsuccessfully vied to save the Comet name, will open the first store of his new electricals venture this weekend.
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NewsDixons out of ‘hospital ward’ and determined to outmuscle Amazon
Dixons chief executive Sebastian James has declared the retailer is out of the “hospital ward” and is planning to throw down the gauntlet to Amazon next year.
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OpinionComment: Dixons could find 2014 much tougher to build market share
Dixons’ first half results have brought to a close a calendar year in which the company has scaled back across Europe, yet continued to grow in its core markets as it invested in its multichannel approach.
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NewsDixons profits surge as it continues to benefit from Comet's demise
Dixons’ underlying pre-tax profit rocketed to £30.2m in its first half to October 31 from £14m excluding exceptionals last year.
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AnalysisReview of the year: 2013's most popular stories
Retail-week.com’s most popular stories of the year:
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OpinionComment: The Autumn Statement needs to go beyond easing business rates
Growth is firmly on the agenda for George Osborne’s much anticipated Autumn Statement next week and the Chancellor is under increasing pressure to ease business rates on the high street.
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InterviewInterview: Ao.com founder John Roberts on reinventing white goods retail
John Roberts, founder and chief executive of white goods etailer Ao.com, is frantically preparing for a key event in the etailer’s year.
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OpinionComment: Argos offers a vision of a digital future
It is half a decade since the news broke that Woolworths was collapsing, a watershed event in the development of UK retail that heralded a period of unprecedented change on the high street.
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AnalysisWoolworths collapse 5th Anniversary: How has the high street changed?
The news that Woolworths was collapsing broke half a decade ago. Five years on, what have retailers learned from Woolworths’ demise?
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OpinionNick Bubb’s verdict: Dixons - Down with Comet, up with service?
Dixons has picked up a lot of market share over the last year, thanks to the demise of Comet, but can they now build on that success?
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NewsFormer Comet owner Henry Jackson on the hunt for retail investments
Controversial former Comet owner Henry Jackson is in talks to fund a number of new retail investments.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Comet, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Matalan and more
Retail news round-up October 14, 2013: OpCapita set to receive £70m from collapse of Comet, Sainsbury’s to open first dark store in east London, Matalan issues profit warning after warm weather dents sales
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OpinionNick Bubb’s Verdict: Dixons – could the 'dream scenario' come true?
Shareholders in Dixons have been haunted by the prospect of the UK recovery being frittered away by persistent losses in peripheral businesses.
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NewsCoombes backtracks on plans to revive the Comet name
The entrepreneur who planned to revive the Comet name has u-turned in his attempts to breathe new life into the iconic electricals retailer’s moniker.
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NewsDeloitte considers whether Meridian Comet name infringes trademark
Deloitte is assessing whether entrepreneur Clive Coombes’ attempt to bring the Comet name back to the high street infringes trademark rules.