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NewsCalendar helps John Lewis to better week
Sales were up 2.9% at John Lewis (excluding VAT) last week, but the retailer warned that the calendar will make meaningful comparisons difficult for “a few weeks yet”
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Opinion
Tesco needs to rekindle UK shoppers' affection
In his short time in charge of Tesco, Phil Clarke has already shown he’s one for straight talking.
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NewsClarke: I’ll turn around Tesco in the UK
New Tesco chief executive signals fresh approach and pledges to ‘do things differently’ to predecessor.
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NewsBoris vows to protect retailers from more West End protests
Meeting aims to stop future demonstrations damaging trade for retailers in London’s West End.
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NewsPrimark coup for Leeds scheme
Value fashion giant Primark is to open a three-floor, 67,400 sq ft store in the Trinity Leeds shopping centre, which will open in 2013.
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NewsBigger role for Sunnucks as Gap picks London as its non-US base
US fashion giant Gap is to take advantage of the UK’s “great retail talent” by making London its new international hub as it improves efficiencies across the business.
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NewsAsda installs ‘go-getters for forgetters’
Asda is to permanently install ‘go-getters for forgetters’ in all its 340 superstores from Easter.
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NewsWHSmith to launch Funky Pigeon stores
WHSmith is to launch a new store format that will offer personalised greetings cards and an upmarket stationery offer.
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NewsH&M commits to sustainable cotton
Swedish fashion giant H&M has pledged all its cotton will be from sustainable sources by 2020 as it launched its first eco-fashion range last week.
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NewsArcadia plans for new software to up multichannel offer by 2012
Arcadia Group is to roll out a new EPoS system to stores to improve its multichannel offer.
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NewsDebenhams to trial 'online shops' in store
Debenhams is to pilot ‘online shops’ within its mid-sized department stores in a bid to grow its market share in today’s stagnant market.
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NewsFeelunique looks to loyalty for growth
Beauty etailer Feelunique.com is to launch a loyalty scheme this month and a subscription service later this year as it seeks to drive growth.
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NewsMydeco ramps up overseas expansion
Furniture and homewares etailer Mydeco.com is eyeing further international markets as it seeks to widen its customer base.
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NewsNew TJ Hughes owners to address sourcing after rescue refinancing
The new chairman of TJ Hughes has refinanced the discount department store business and set out to address its sourcing strategy after soaring costs and slumping margins drove the business to the brink.
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NewsNo downturn for Burberry as sales soar in final quarter
Luxury British retailer and brand Burberry expects earnings to come in at the top end of expectations after a strong final quarter.
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NewsDixons Retail to bow out of loss-making Spain
Electricals group Dixons Retail is to say adiós to Spain and shut its loss-making business there as part of its strategy to concentrate on “winning markets and formats”.
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NewsBest Buy Europe to sell off Belgian Phone House
Best Buy Europe, the joint venture between Carphone Warehouse and US electricals group Best Buy, is to sell its Belgian retail business.
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NewsDunelm’s growth prospects impress
Value homewares group Dunelm posted a better than expected third quarter, when sales rose 9.4% to £139m.
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NewsTesco stays on target but UK disappoints
Tesco’s first set of prelims under new boss Phil Clarke came in much as expected, although there were some City worries at the UK performance and scale of US losses.
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NewsSainsbury’s moves into fashion top 10 by volume
Sainsbury’s has broken into the top 10 UK fashion retailers by volume as it further ramps up its non-food offer by extending stores to create more space.