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CartoonBlower’s retail cartoon: Was royal investment a bright idea?
Cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on Paradise Papers revelations that controversial retailer BrightHouse is among the Queen’s investment portfolio.
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AnalysisM&S: Product is key to achieving online goals
As with many retailers in the UK fashion market, Marks & Spencer’s latest transformation plan looks to revamp the business into a digital-first operation, aiming to generate a third of clothing sales through its online channel in the medium term.
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OpinionOpinion: Next can’t keep blaming it on the weatherman
“Maybe I can pray. Maybe I can wait. Maybe I can blame it on the weatherman.”
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AnalysisHow will McGeorge turn New Look around (again)?
Alistair McGeorge is trying to turn New Look’s fortunes around for the second time in under a decade.
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OpinionOpinion: How shoppers will cope with the real pay squeeze
On the face of it, households appear to be coping with the squeeze on their real incomes fairly well.
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OpinionThe interest rate rise is a poor excuse for retailers
Moaning about a minuscule rise in interest rates is little more than looking for an excuse for poor performance, says John Ryan.
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OpinionM&S: Norman and Rowe could be a dynamic duo
Marks & Spencer takes centre stage this week when it unveils interim results on Wednesday.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How the interest rate hike will affect retail
The Bank of England issued its first base interest rate rise in a decade earlier today, upping it to 0.5%.
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OpinionSainsbury's lights right fuses, but don't expect fireworks
Bonfire night may be just around the corner, but don’t expect too many fireworks from Sainsbury’s when it updates the market this week.
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AnalysisInfographic: Retail job cuts and Harrods’ profits
Words and numbers, October 27, 2017: Retail job cuts, including Sainsbury’s plan to axe 2,000 staff, Shop Direct’s refinancing deal and Harrods’ full-year profits
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AnalysisBuy, sell or hold? Sports Direct takes stock of shares
Sports Direct has drafted in a head of strategic investments to review the shareholdings the retailer has built up in other businesses.
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OpinionOpinion: New Look is right to turn to an old face
We’ve been here before. With New Look battered, bruised and seemingly on the ropes, the embattled business desperately needs a saviour.
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OpinionOpinion: Investors will race for a stake in Footasylum
JD Sports founders John Wardle and David Makin are going for gold a second time by running back to the stock market with Footasylum.
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AnalysisThe City should give Debenhams’ Bucher breathing space
As the department store market comes under greater pressure perhaps than ever before, the job of turning around Debenhams looks more and more demanding.
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OpinionOpinion: Zara’s profits should worry everyone but Zara
Astronomically successful, impossibly on-trend, killing the little people and the high street alike – Zara has barely stopped for breath in the last few years.
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AnalysisData: How long until Asos is a £4bn business?
Asos boss Nick Beighton today revealed the business’ aim to reach £4bn net sales, saying that the etailer was readying itself for that growth.
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OpinionOpinion: Asos still leads the fast-fashion pack
It often seems as though a new fast-fashion etailer enters the market every week, as ever more bodycon dresses and Instagram influencers pile in.
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AnalysisBig ticket: Is it boom or bust for home and furniture?
Against an uncertain backdrop, updates from ScS, Topps Tiles, DFS and Made.com have given a vital temperature check on the health of the home and furniture sectors.
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OpinionOpinion: WHSmith's high street shops can fly high again
WHSmith – celebrating its 225th anniversary this year – will show how its travel business has continued to soar when it issues preliminary results next week.
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AnalysisFive things we learned from Shop Direct’s full years
Shop Direct posted its fifth consecutive year of growing sales and profits – and boss Alex Baldock is confident the business is on track to make it six.