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Waitrose reports buoyant new year trading
Grocer Waitrose reported a buoyant week of trading over the new year with like for like food sales up 4.7 per cent for the week ending 3 January.
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New Look reports sparkling Christmas
New Look has bucked the retail gloom to reveal a robust performance over the festive period.
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Opinion
Now is the time for landlords to get real
Landlords' rent concessions may be the difference between survival and demise for some retailers
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News
Ipswich in line for £50m centre
Ipswich Borough Council has given planning permission for a 50 million mixed-use scheme in the town centre.
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More retail for Canary Wharf in Crossrail plans
Plans for the development of 100,000 sq ft (9,290 sq m) of retail space at Canary Wharf have been given the go-ahead as part of the capital’s Crossrail project.
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Tesco hits back at rivals with £100 million of price cuts
Tesco has today hit back at rival Asda’s price cuts with an investment of 100 million this month on a combination of permanent price cuts and promotions on more than 3,000 products.
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EBTM issues profit warning and considers disposal of group
EBTM, the music-inspired online fashion retailer, has issued a profit warning for the year to April 2009, and is considering a disposal of all or part of the group as it suffers in the downturn.
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Dunelm gains market share while like-for-likes drop
Homewares retailer Dunelm has revealed its like-for-likes dropped 5.6 per cent in the 26 weeks to December 27, 2008, and said it is in “very robust shape” to weather the downturn.
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Marks and Spencer 'to cut 1,000 jobs'
Marks & Spencer is to shed nearly 1,000 employees in stores and several hundred at head office and support functions after disastrous Christmas trading, according to a national newspaper.
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Debenhams produces resilient Christmas showing
Debenhams has reported a solid Christmas performance, with like for likes down 3.3 per cent in the 12 weeks to 3 January. Total sales were up 1.1 per cent.
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Next sales fall
Next's like-for-like retail sales fell 7 per cent between July 29 and December 24, with total group sales down 1.9 per cent.
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Viyella in talks over future of business
The future of iconic womenswear retailer Viyella hung in the balance today amid speculation the company is facing financial difficulties.
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Negative trading statements soar in fourth quarter
Stores unveiled a record number of negative trading updates during the the fourth quarter of 2008 – a figure that has only ever been equalled in the first quarter of 2005.
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Adams to close 111 stores
Adams Childrenswear will close 111 stores today, creating 850 redundancies, following the collapse of the retail chain.
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John Lewis Christmas like-for-likes flat
John Lewis has revealed that total sales rose 2.4 per cent excluding VAT and like-for-likes remained flat in the five weeks to January 3.
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Passion for Perfume collapses into administration
Update: Perfume retailer Passion for Perfume has been placed into administration.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Southern Co-op, Southampton
It's not often that an outfit like a co-op would merit inclusion as a store where design is one of its central selling points, but this Southern Co-op outpost is at least as good as any food to go meets convenience store that's out there.
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Wedgwood falls into administration
Ceramics and crystal retailer and wholesaler Waterford Wedgwood has entered administration.
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Opinion
Wilkinson an example to all retailers
Just before Christmas, a trip to a store in Leicester revealed what is, in today's climate, a curiosity.
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News
Retail rents fall for first time in 15 years
Retail rents fell for the first time in 15 years in 2008 and are not expected to return to growth until 2013.