All Entertainment articles – Page 12
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Data
Data: The UK’s top 30 retailers by productivity
Retail Week Prospect ranks the top 30 most productive retailers in the UK, measured by sales per employee.
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News
Non-food sales fall for first time since November 2011
Non-food retail sales suffered their first quarterly decline for more than five years amid a “challenging” period of trading.
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News
Gear4music sales soar, driven by European expansion
Gear4music full-year sales hit a high note as the specialist online retailer aggressively expanded its distribution network.
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Opinion
Waterstones row: Are its unbranded stores fair or foul?
Waterstones has been forced to defend itself after opening a clutch of unbranded bookshops. Is the retailer’s move fair game or foul play? Cast your vote below.
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News
Retail diary: Bunnings, Waterstones and Potter madness
Waterstones gives one customer an exclusive shopping experience, and Bunnings leaves its customers a little flushed.
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Analysis
In other lives: where retail's leaders started out
Retail Week looks at what the sector’s leaders did before they embraced the wonderful world of retail.
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Data
Data: Top 50 retailers by sales during 2015/16 financial year
Retail Week’s ranking of the UK’s top 50 retailers by sales for the 2015/16 financial year sees The Range, Inditex and Asos enter the table for the first time.
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News
Clintons mulls UK store closures, job losses feared
Clintons’ US owner is considering closing up to 120 UK stores, with hundreds of jobs at risk.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Damsel in a Dress and Irish sales
Retail news round-up: Foschini group acquires Damsel in a Dress, and Irish retail sales down at Christmas
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News
Waterstones' revival rolls on despite Brexit fears
Waterstones is on track to deliver a second consecutive year of profits as its turnaround continues, boss James Daunt has revealed.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Sports Direct, French Connection and more
Retail news round-up: Standard Life to oppose Sports Direct’s pay policy and Schroders sells its French Connection stake
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News
Shop prices fall in January amid post-Christmas Sales
Shop prices dropped last month as January Sales in the fashion, footwear, furniture, and electricals drove deflation.
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News
Paperchase appoints former Pets boss as new chairman
Paperchase has appointed former Pets at Home chief executive Nick Wood as its chairman.
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Interview
Pocket Shop steams into WHSmith's travel heartland
The launch of Swedish bookseller Pocket Shop in the UK has caused some ructions, according to its boss Anna Borné Minberger.
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Analysis
WHSmith: 225 years old and still going strong
WHSmith earned a gold star from the City this week as it posted a better-than-expected 1% increase in group like-for-likes.
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News
WHSmith boosted by Ladybird and Enid Blyton spoofs
WHSmith’s Christmas trading was buoyed by its travel division, but sales at its high street stores fell.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Tesco, Harvey Nichols and more
Retail news round-up: Tesco files defence case against shareholders, investigation reveals factory workers’ low wages, and new head of menswear for Harvey Nichols
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News
Argos ups market share amid sinking entertainment sales
Argos has grown its share of the physical entertainment market as sales in the overall sector declined in a “tough” run-up to Christmas.
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News
This week in retail: Dixons Carphone charged for growth
Dixons Carphone, one of the last of the big retailers to report on Christmas trading, will reveal its numbers tomorrow.
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News
Retail diary: Tesco’s relaxed lane and retail-spiration
Tesco eases shopping stress with ’relaxed lane’ and retail inspiration comes all the way from Hollywood.