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Morrisons to hire 5,000 extra staff in 2009
Morrisons is to create more than 5,000 jobs this year as part of its ongoing store expansion plans.
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Pawnbroker H&T's sales climb
Pawnbroker H&T has revealed its like-for-likes climbed 3 per cent over December and believes profits for the year will exceed expectations.
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Tesco appoints former Unilever boss as non-exec
Tesco has appointed Patrick Cescau as a non-executive director.
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Waterstone's to axe 200 jobs
Books retailer Waterstone’s is to axe 200 jobs as part of a cost-cutting initiative.
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Poundland sales soar over Christmas
Poundland enjoyed a strong Christmas, revealing its like-for-like sales climbed 3.9 per cent in the five weeks to January 4, 2009.
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Office faces loss of supplier credit insurance despite strong trading
Footwear chain Office may become the latest retailer to have supplier credit insurance pulled following the collapse of its stablemate USC.
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Primark launches investigation into supplier
Primark is conducting an investigation into one of its key suppliers after an undercover probe found illegal immigrants were being employed at just over half the minimum wage.
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BRC slams Government over rates burden
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has published a report this morning criticising the Government for adding to retailers' business rates burdens.
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OpinionEngine room of Britain’s economy
Retailers generate jobs and property, so why isn’t that recognised by the media or Government?
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Mosaic issues profit warning
Fashion group Mosaic has revealed total sales fell 1.2 per cent over the 23 weeks to January 3 and said that it expects full-year profits to be below last year.
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M and M Direct festive sales surge 31%
M and M Direct has become the latest online retailer to report a strong Christmas, with sales up 31 per cent in the 10 weeks to January 4.
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Indian retailer takes stake in East
Indian retailer Fabindia has snapped up 25 per cent of womenswear retailer East.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Sony Style, Paris
One of the complaints often levelled against technology retailers is that however slick their products, the shops themselves are cold, impersonal spaces. Sony has attempted to overcome this in the French capital with its Sony Style flagship store.
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Japan’s Seven & I ups discounts to beat gloom
Japanese conglomerate Seven & I, which operates more than 33,000 retail outlets across the world, has unveiled a strategy to help it counter the economic downturn in 2009.
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Opinion
Grocers are bucking the jobs gloom
As Retail Week launches its Backing UK Retail campaign, grocers including Sainsbury's, Asda, Tesco and Morrisons are likely to play a huge part in staff recruitment.
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Retailers to press ahead with global plans despite downturn
Retailers are set to plough on with international expansion in 2009, despite being forced to curtail some plans in order to make short-term cost savings, according to retail experts.
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Celebrations makes 1,400 staff redundant
Greetings cards retailer Celebrations has made 1,400 staff redundant after its administrator was unable to find buyers for its 214 remaining stores.
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Shop Direct Group online sales soar
Shop Direct Group sales climbed 9 per cent in the six weeks to January 2 as more shoppers took advantage of later online delivery deadlines in the run-up to Christmas.
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Analysis
Video: The week in retail, January 9
TGi Friday: As the January trading statements come thick and fast, Retail Week editor Tim Danaher and deputy editor George MacDonald discuss the trends so far and winners and losers.
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Gap sales fall as shoppers delay Christmas purchases
A challenging December in the US hit fashion giant Gap, with like-for-like sales falling 14 per cent over the month.