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NewsMint Velvet sales top £10m in first year
Womenswear chain Mint Velvet has notched up sales in excess of £10m in its first year of trading and “exceeded expectations”, said managing director Liz Houghton.
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NewsTopshop/Topman signs for second US standalone in Chicago
Topshop/ Topman has signed for its second US standalone store in Chicago.
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NewsHome Bargains warns of tough times ahead
Value retailer Home Bargains has reported another record year but warned that the value sector is heading for tough times as margins are squeezed in the face of rising costs, and competition hots up.
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NewsGrocers and discounters prepare for bidding war over Netto shops
Grocers Tesco and Morrisons are thought to be among the interested parties for the 47 Netto shops that Asda has to dispose of as part of its £778m acquisition.
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NewsExpanding Sainsbury’s opens its largest store yet
Sainsbury’s opened its largest store this week as it seeks to fulfil its ambitious expansion plans.
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NewsDual-branded phone stores may lead to closures
Everything Everywhere, the mobile phone retailer created by the merger of T-Mobile and Orange, will trial dual-branded stores next month in a move that could result in store closures.
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NewsWhite Stuff aims to double in size
Lifestyle retailer White Stuff has laid out plans to almost double its portfolio within five years.
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NewsRange owner Dawson lays out 200-store plan
Furniture, homewares and DIY chain The Range has laid out plans for 200 stores as it reaches for national coverage.
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NewsHabitat poaches a second Fat Face executive to strengthen its team
Furniture chain Habitat has poached lifestyle fashion chain Fat Face’s finance director Shaun Wills as its new chief operating officer.
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NewsB&M Bargains suffers supply chain problems after opening new warehouse
Value chain B&M Bargains is suffering supply chain difficulties just weeks after the opening of its new 625,000 sq ft warehouse in Speke, Liverpool.
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NewsEnd of the road for Best Buy’s electric cars
Electricals giant Best Buy UK is to stop selling electric cars, the headline-grabbing product that helped generate excitement when it launched here in the spring.
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NewsBoots signs up 50 retailers for new online loyalty venture
Boots has agreed deals with about 50 companies that will allow its customers to pick up Advantage Card loyalty points when they shop online with other retailers.
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NewsVision Express fights to capture optical spend with promotions
Vision Express has launched a series of promotional initiatives after reporting strong figures for the 2009 financial year.
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AnalysisThe price is light?
Lighting technology continues to push forward, with LEDs revolutionising interior options. But does investing in technical innovation produce a measurable sales uplift and payback return, and when is the right time to spend capital? Mark Faithfull investigates
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AnalysisMeating and greeting
Victor Churchill, a butcher’s shop in Melbourne, takes a mundane commodity and turns it into a real spectacle. John Ryan reports
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AnalysisWhat’s in store
Welcome to the inaugural issue of Retail Week Interiors, a standalone magazine that we hope will provide news and information about the retail design and fit-out sector that might not normally get coverage, allowing for the constraints of space and time.
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AnalysisTime for optimism
Nobody could deny that the last couple of years have been a rough ride for almost everyone involved in the store interiors sector. But as we head towards the end of 2010, at VINCI Construction UK we feel that things are finally on the turn.
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AnalysisStore of the Quarter: The White Company, Symons Street, Chelsea
The retailer with a monochrome vision returns to its SW3 roots with a flagship store aimed at providing everyday luxury, writes John Ryan
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AnalysisShopfitting: still a tough place to be
Any analysis of the shopfitting sector reveals that business has been tough and continues to struggle. John Ryan looks at the landscape as we unveil this year’s top shopfitter survey
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AnalysisShopfitters survey: Flying in the face of reason
Shopfitters are an optimistic bunch, but are their predictions about the prospects for 2011 a bridge too far? John Ryan reports on the Retail Week/National Association of Shopfitters survey