All articles by James Thompson – Page 11
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Select on verge of administration
Women’s fashion chain Select Retail is understood to be on the brink of administration, the latest casualty of dire trading in the fashion sector.
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Land of Leather warns on profits
Furniture retailer Land of Leather has issued a profit warning, after a weak start to post-Christmas Sales and appalling like-for-likes for the period between October 29 and January 3.
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Opinion
King might have to look overseas
Sainsbury’s will provide an update on its third quarter trading on January 10, but some in the sector are looking way beyond next week to gauge the power of its recovery.
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Retailers' negative trading statements climb in fourth quarter
In the fourth quarter of last year retailers issued the highest number of negative trading statements on the London Stock Exchange in nearly two years.
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Prices of agricultural goods soar
The prices of agricultural goods have continued to rise in 2008, intensifying fears over food and biofuel inflation for UK consumers.
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JJB non-executive director retires
JJB Sports has revealed that one of its non-executive directors has retired.
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Government campaigns to improve logistics skills
A Government organisation today launched a campaign to address the skills shortages in the logistics sector upon which retailers rely heavily.
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Nisa-Today’s posts record sales
Symbol group Nisa-Today’s posted record sales through its Central Distribution Services (CDS) network in December with like-for-like retail growth of 5.1 per cent.
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Asda reignites supermarket price war with ad drive…
Asda is to spark another price war among the big four grocers with an ad campaign that launches today.
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Stylo non-exec to retire
Barry Morris, non-executive director of Bradford-based shoe retailer Stylo, is to retire from the company.
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Music download sales double in 2007
UK consumers downloaded nearly 50 per cent more music tracks in 2007, helped by a end-of-year surge in iPod sales.
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Waitrose to open first overseas stores in UAE
Waitrose is to expand abroad for the first time in April, after the supermarket chain signed a licensing agreement with Spinneys to open more than 20 stores in the United Arab Emirates by 2010.
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Opinion
Competition Commission inquiry will dominate 2008
The great British public have not yet started tucking into their Christmas turkey and finished buying their booze for New Year's Eve, but most of the grocery sector is already peering over the horizon into 2008.
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Analysis
Nisa Tomorrow
Adding members and fighting back against the supermarkets is top of Nisa Today’s chief executive Neil Turton’s agenda now that the in-fighting is over at the symbol group. James Thompson reports
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United Carpets sales buck downward trend
United Carpets has posted a set of credit crunch-defying profit and sales figures.
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Sports Direct's share price buoyed by director stock buying
Shares in struggling Sports Direct rose more than 13 per cent yesterday after two long-standing directors purchased 2 million shares and the retailer resumed a share buy-back programme.
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Retail profit warnings soar in 2007
UK retailers have issued a record number of profit warnings this year, fuelling fears of a high street meltdown this Christmas.
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Stead & Simpson up for sale as fears mount over trading
Footwear chain Stead & Simpson has raised a for-sale sign just six months after refinancing, as speculation mounted that it continues to struggle.
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Julian Graves shakes up board
Julian Graves has reshuffled its board, as parent Baugur strives to reallocate the workload of senior executives and accelerate growth at the health food chain.
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Mastercard ordered to axe cross-border charges
Mastercard charges imposed on retailers for consumers’ cross-border card transactions are likely to be abolished following a European Commission ruling this week.