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AnalysisAnalysis: Will Bucher's blueprint revive Debenhams?
Debenhams today reported that first-half profits had gone into tailspin – in fact, every significant number in its update was down rather than up.
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OpinionOpinion: Has your business got enough fuel in the tank?
Just as a car requires its fuel, cash and funding represent the lifeblood of a retailer’s engine; run out and you’ll come to a grinding halt.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why Asos' rising capex will pay dividends
Asos has revealed another set of strong results and chief executive Nick Beighton was on bullish form.
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OpinionClive Black: Tesco's Chas and Dave hit the right note
Tesco’s results represented another year of good, solid, sound, detailed progress by the business.
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OpinionOpinion: Challenge facing Mothercare's new, new boss
Mothercare, it is understood, is the latest retailer to be considering a CVA and could shut about a third of its 143 shops if it proceeds.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How landlords can better support retailers
In what is being dubbed the year of CVAs for retailers, what can landlords do to help them in the digital age?
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OpinionConviviality – the dangers of glass-half-full attitudes
Success in retail often turns on a sixpence and, in attempting to pull off that difficult manoeuvre, drinks specialist Conviviality careered spectacularly off course.
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AnalysisConviviality: The inside story of its dramatic collapse
As remarkable as it sounds given the benefit of hindsight, at the beginning of the year Conviviality was one of the darlings of the City.
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OpinionOpinion: JD’s race for growth yet to reach Finish Line
In among the tales of doom and gloom on Britain’s high streets, JD has given retail watchers plenty to cheer in recent years.
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AnalysisHow Wolfson’s strategy shift will future-proof Next
Today, Next unveiled a shoddy set of results, leading boss Lord Wolfson to call it the most challenging year in a quarter of a century.
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AnalysisStore woes: As CVAs mount, how many shops do you need?
Events today have thrown into stark relief the pressure on underperforming stores and urgent need for action by some retailers.
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OpinionSir Ian Cheshire: We must count the true cost of pensions
When BHS made the headlines for its pension scheme rather than its collapse, it highlighted the ticking time bomb for the whole of retail.
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OpinionConviviality must sober up for its walk of shame
Conviviality is suffering the hangover to end all hangovers as financial chaos threatens to undo years of progress and hopes for further expansion.
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OpinionOpinion: Next’s plan, not just profits, under scrutiny
Lord Wolfson deviated from the proverbial hymn sheet he’d been singing from for the past 18 months when Next last updated the market in January.
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OpinionJohn Lewis’ profit challenge applies across retail
John Lewis’ results showed that today in retail you need to run to have the slightest hope of even standing still, never mind advancing.
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OpinionOpinion: Will profits ever matter for online retailers?
Today’s results from Eve Sleep make positive reading, as long as you are content to see widening losses.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Will 2018 be the year of the CVA?
“2018 will be the year of the CVA.” It is a stark warning, but one that is being issued by numerous industry observers bracing themselves for further turbulence on the high street.
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OpinionOpinion: Focus on selling well, not price, to survive
It’s only March and we can already see the pressure mounting across retail. The list of distress is already long enough – Mothercare, New Look, Toys R Us, Maplin.
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OpinionOpinion: New thinking needed for healthy high streets
You don’t need me to tell you that the outlook for 2018 remains pretty grim with many retailers struggling to keep their heads above water.
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OpinionOpinion: Is the economy losing momentum?
Recent news about the economy points to a potential downturn. Economist Paul Hollingsworth looks into whether the picture is really so bleak