More on Me + Em – Page 2409
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GalleryIn pictures: Oracle Retail Week Awards winners
Pictures of all the award winners from the Oracle Retail Week Awards 2011
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Analysis
Retail Week Conference quiz
It’s been a busy week this week with the Retail Week Conference taking place. But were you paying attention to who said what? Take our quiz and find out.
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NewsJohn Lewis bond fully subscribed
The John Lewis Partnership has closed its first retail investment bond to new applications after it reached its £50m target in 11 days.
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NewsOddbins offers creditors £4.7m compensation pot in CVA
Oddbins wants to close a third of its stores and creditors will be offered a stake in a £4.7m compensation pot as part of its company voluntary arrangement (CVA).
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NewsGo Outdoors to sell stake to private equity
Outdoors specialists Go Outdoors is poised to sell a minority stake to a private equity firm to fund its expansion plans.
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NewsAmerican Golf owner kicks off £80m sale talks
Lloyds Development Capital is understood to have started talks with financial advisers over a sale of American Golf for up to £80m.
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NewsHMV shares rise as boss Simon Fox remains upbeat
HMV shares surged yesterday after chief executive Simon Fox remained upbeat on the entertainment retailer’s future.
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NewsRetailers relocate in Japan amid nuclear fallout fears
Swedish fashion retailer H&M and French luxury group PPR have temporarily relocated from their offices in Tokyo for fear of nuclear fallout.
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AnalysisVideo: Sir Stuart Rose at the Oracle Retail Week Awards
Carphone Warehouse founder Charles Dunstone honoured Sir Stuart Rose last night at the Oracle Retail Week Awards.
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AnalysisVideo: Sir Terry Leahy at the Oracle Retail Week Awards
Morrisons founder Sir Ken Morrison paid tribute to Sir Terry Leahy last night at the Oracle Retail Week Awards.
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NewsJD Sports Fashion rescues Fenchurch from administration
JD Sports Fashion has rescued streetwear brand Fenchurch from administration, but all of its staff have been made redundant.
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NewsTesco names Graham Harris head of telecoms division
Graham Harris has been appointed chief executive of Tesco Telecoms and Tesco Mobile.
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NewsJohn Lewis records 1.8% fall in weekly sales
Sales at John Lewis department stores fell last week as the retailer came up against tough comparatives.
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NewsPhones4U sold to private equity firm BC Partners
Private equity house BC Partners has bought mobiles specialist Phones4U for an undisclosed sum from Providence Equity.
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AnalysisOracle Retail Week Awards winners
Sir Terry Leahy and Sir Stuart Rose were both recognised at the Oracle Retail Week Awards last night, while several other retailers also received gongs for their work in retail.
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AnalysisRose: The man with the plan
Under Sir Stuart Rose’s leadership, Marks & Spencer has developed one of the most comprehensive CSR programmes of any retailer. Charlotte Hardie examines the achievements of Plan A so far.
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AnalysisHow Leahy made Tesco a global giant
With its razor-sharp focus on the customer wherever they might be, Tesco now operates in 14 countries. Tim Danaher and Jennifer Creevy trace how a UK grocer now bestrides the globe
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NewsMarkets are shaken by Japanese disaster
The earthquake in Japan shook the stock markets worldwide as investors assessed what the costs, commercial as well as human, might be.
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NewsIn Focus: Richer Sounds
I confess to being a long-term fan of Richer Sounds. It all started in 1988 when my business partner Clive Grant and I came across them compiling our second edition (we’d missed them in the first) of The Retail Rankings.
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NewsInditex to push lesser known brands in UK
Spanish fashion giant Inditex plans to roll out its lesser-known brands including Pull and Bear and Bershka across the UK this year.