More on Me + Em – Page 2916
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Marks & Spencer Dress for Less campaign to push fashion value
Marks & Spencer is mounting a high-profile marketing campaign to reinforce its value credentials among frugal shoppers keeping a tight eye on spending during the recession.
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Discounter Dollar General lifted by downturn in US
US discount retailer Dollar General has defied the retail gloom and unveiled plans to open more than twice as many stores in 2009 than in 2008.
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India paves way for foreign retail investment
The Indian government has opened the door to greater investment in the country’s retail sector by foreign companies.
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Burberry’s new home reflects best of British
Luxury fashion retailer Burberry has moved into its new global head office in London’s Westminster.
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Analysis
Sainsbury’s: Tomorrow’s store today
Sainsbury’s revamped Hayes branch in west London shows that a store of the future can be just that. John Ryan visits
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Mixed retail signals polarise City opinion for industry’s prospects
Food retailers and general merchandisers alike fell last week but still outperformed the market. The industry’s prospects continue to polarise City opinion, however.
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Thorntons: interim results
The chocolatier suffered a 39 per cent fall in interim profits to 7.3m on sales up 1.3 per cent to 128.4m, but trends have improved in the second half.
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Volatile economy hits Laura Ashley profits
Laura Ashley has issued a profit warning after suffering in the “volatile economic climate”.
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Analysis
Redevelopment: Keeping up appearances
Retailers are always on the lookout for new space but funding for developments is scarce. As Ben Cooper reports, developers will have to revamp the centres they already own if they are to keep drawing in the tenants
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Findel brands under review as home shopping slide continues
Home shopping group Findel has put two of its brands under review as sales at its home shopping division continued to slide, falling 6 per cent in the 44 weeks to February 6.
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Laura Ashley founder Bernard Ashley dies
Tributes have flooded in following the death of Sir Bernard Ashley, the colourful business mastermind who co-founded fashion-to-furnishings retailer Laura Ashley.
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Zavvi to cease trading as former chief executive snaps up stores
Zavvi’s former chief executive Simon Douglas has bought eight stores from administrator Ernst Young and plans to rebrand them under the fascia Head.
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Opinion
History can't prepare us for this recession
Retailers are almost all suffering from low sales, tightening gross margins, pressure on costs and difficulty in simply retaining existing borrowing facilities.
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Opinion
A public appeal to Alistair Darling
If the Chancellor really wants to tackle the crunch he needs to help with credit insurance
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AnalysisB&Q: Orange is the new green
New Malden is home to B&Q’s greenest store. John Ryan visits and tests out its eco-boasts
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Opinion
A whirlwind 21 years of Retail Week
Retailers campaigning against rises in business rates, worries about growing consumer debt, Sainsbury’s being praised for its advertising, Marks & Spencer boldly expanding abroad. They could all be this week’s news, but in fact all are stories from the very first issue of Retail Week, published 21 years and one ...
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Analysis
21 years of Tesco
When Retail Week was born, Tesco was not the grocery leader it is today. But it was well on its way to achieving that status. Having laid the foundations of its national store network, the retailer was expanding aggressively.
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Analysis
21 years of Kingfisher
The Kingfisher story sums up UK retail over the past 21 years: a tale of ambition, innovation, internationalisation and transformation.
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Analysis
21 years of Sainsbury's
It’s been a turbulent 21 years for Sainsbury’s. The grocer has had its crown as the UK’s largest retailer stolen, it has survived boardroom bust-ups, it has been the subject of endless bid speculation – and yet it has risen each time from the ashes.
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Analysis
21 years of Arcadia
Arcadia has come a long way in the past two decades, maturing from a clothing newcomer to the young fashion powerhouse it is today.