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Gap sales slump over Christmas
Fashion giant Gap has reported a slide in sales for December as the credit crunch in the UK and the US continues to bite.
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US retailers fail to pull off Christmas cracker
US retailers are poised to post tepid December like-for-like sales this week, despite a post-Christmas surge in sales.
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Beales issues profit warning
Department store chain Beales has announced a profit warning and a fall of 6 per cent in like-for-like sales for the nine weeks to January 5.
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US downturn forces Talbots and Pacific to ditch fascias
Fashion retailers Talbots and Pacific Sunwear will shut their non-core chains as US retailers are forced to streamline their businesses in order to survive tough trading conditions.
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Gap sales slump over Christmas
Fashion giant Gap has reported a slide in sales for December as the credit crunch in the UK and the US continues to bite.
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John Lewis named UK's favourite shop
Department store business John Lewis has been named the UK’s favourite retailer in a survey of 6,000 shoppers.
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Redcats to shut Empirestores with loss of 850 jobs
Home shopping specialist Redcats is to shut its agency business Empirestores, with the likely loss of 850 jobs, to focus on its e-tail operations.
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Signet posts disappointing Christmas figures
Signet's UK division, which comprises the jewellery chains H Samuel, Ernest Jones and Leslie Davis, has posted poor festive sales.
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Alexon shakes off City’s fears with post-Christmas profit lift
Clothing retailer Alexon has surprised both itself and the City by coming through the post-Christmas Sales period in better shape than feared.
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Fashion dilemma
Fashion retailers faced a tough decision as they tumbled headlong into the toughest Christmas trading period in three years.
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AnalysisA fitting solution
N Brown subsidiary JD Williams has taken on a product lifecycle management system that allows it to keep its product offer apace with today’s fast fashion and still improve quality. By Joanna Perry
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Made to measure
Thomas Pink is a quintessentially British brand and who better to lead it than Jonathan Heilbron, a true Brit with a penchant for punk. Lisa Berwin reports
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Jane Norman targets Middle East franchises
Jane Norman will open 30 standalone stores in the Middle East over the next four years, as it celebrates a one third rise in profits.
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AnalysisOn the back foot
2007 was another tough year for specialist shoe retailers and more recent news of floundering footwear players has done little to assuage fears for the new year. But, as Jennifer Creevy discovers, there is still a place for those with the right offer
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Tesco ramps up Fairtrade clothing offer
Tesco has started introducing a wide range of Fairtrade cotton and organic garments to stores, as it gears up to hit clothing sales of 1 billion for its financial year ending next month.
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Blue Inc sales success spurs expansion push
Young menswear retailer Blue Inc is to accelerate its store opening programme this year after revealing credit crunch-defying Christmas sales
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Primark’s Oxford Street look to go to new shops
Primark is to take the store design blueprint developed for its iconic Oxford Street store to new branches in Bristol and Belfast later this year, following the success of its London flagship, which opened last April.
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M&S to rein in capital investment
Marks & Spencer is likely to slow its mammoth capital investment programme after posting disappointing third-quarter sales this week.
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Stead & Simpson to update stores despite sell-off plans
Up-for-sale shoe retail group Stead & Simpson is to create a new format for its eponymous stores using design consultancy Caulder Moore.
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Retail shares dive as Christmas trading statements disappoint
Wednesday brought another battering for the stores sector, which had already lost more than a tenth of its value in the previous week, as Marks & Spencer’s shares plunged 20 per cent after a damp squib Christmas.