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Opinion
Are discount grocers the new black?
Aldi and Lidl are no longer dirty words for the majority of consumers. In the same way that Primark was once sneered at, discount grocers are becoming fashionable. The question is, how long can it be sustained?
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Debenhams winter fashion sales rocket
Debenhams has revealed that sales of winter clothes are booming as the wet summer continues and shoppers prepare for high winter fuel bills.
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Gap profits revive but sales fall again
Fashion giant Gap has reported a surge in second quarter profits despite a fall in sales.
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Mamas & Papas bucks gloom with soaring sales
Mamas & Papas is to open four stores after bucking the high street downturn with a 46 per cent year on year uplift in fashion sales for the spring/summer period.
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John Lewis sales slide
John Lewis blamed the summer exam results and the Olympics as a distraction for its customers as it suffered a 4.2 per cent drop in sales for the week to August 16.
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Baugur still in frame for Saks
Baugur has put itself firmly back in the frame to buy US department store chain Saks.
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A-Wear to open first UK store
Young Irish fashion brand A-Wear will open its first standalone store in the UK on September 4 at Leicester’s new Highcross centre.
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OpinionWoolies needs to do an Iceland
Downturns seem to suit Malcolm Walker. While most retailers are struggling to get to grips with tougher trading, Walker has steered Iceland to its best performance in a decade and managed to find time to make a bid for Woolworths’ retail business too.
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Rosebys enters talks with banks as insurers pull suppliers’ cover
Textiles retailer Rosebys is in talks with its banks after Euler Hermes pulled its credit insurance from its suppliers.
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HoF breathes new life into own-brand offer
House of Fraser has revamped its own-brands as it unveils robust first half trading results.
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Lidl pushes into convenience with Express format
German discount grocer Lidl has entered the fiercely competitive convenience store arena with the launch of a new format, Lidl Express.
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Walker’s back to basics vision for Woolworths
Retail entrepreneur Malcolm Walker will take Woolworths back to basics and restore its appeal as a traditional variety store if he succeeds in buying it.
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General Trading Company plans spring relaunch
General Trading Company, the iconic Chelsea department store retailer, is to relaunch next spring.
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Potential buyers line up for crack at troubled Faith
Potential buyers of beleaguered shoe specialist Faith are expected to submit offers for the 85-store chain by the start of next week.
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Topshop rejigs sites ahead of US landing
Arcadia is to adapt its Topshop and Topman web sites to cash in on the US market ahead of its much anticipated New York store opening in October.
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Sharp fears over M&S branded foods trial
Marks & Spencer launched its high-profile trial of branded foods despite misgivings on the part of executive director Steven Sharp, it has been claimed.
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Morrisons plots self-service future
Morrisons is to roll out self-service checkouts to 95 per cent of its stores by the end of the year as it attempts to improve efficiencies.
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EBay to woo retailers with new fee system
EBay has outlined ambitious plans to attract more retailers to its site to sell fix-priced merchandise as it seeks to ditch its flea market image.
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Selfridges to reveal new men’s formalwear area
Selfridges will unveil a new-look men’s formalwear department at its Oxford Street flagship at the end of September.
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Floors-2-Go founders lay down revival plan
Floors-2-Go’s founders are poised to revive the retailer’s fortunes after axing the existing senior management as they make a return to the business.