All Next articles – Page 55
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Opinion
VAT reduction just doesn’t cut it
Oh the irony. Even if Alistair Darling’s 2.5 percentage point cut in VAT had prompted consumers to open their purses this week, they would have been snapped firmly shut again only days later when two household retail names went into administration.
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News
Next expected to make job cuts
Next is the latest in a long list of retailers expected to instigate job losses to cut costs.
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News
Next confident on profits despite like-for-like fall
Next has said it still expects its full-year profits to be in line with market expectations, despite continued difficult trading.
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Analysis
Sir Terence Conran: Design Icon
21 years after he was Retail Week’s first interviewee, Sir Terence Conran tells Tim Danaher why today’s retailers need to develop a passion for product
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News
New season of negative updates gives retail analysts little reassurance
Retail had regained favour in the run-up to the reporting season, but the first set of updates brought a slew of bad news.
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News
Next remains cautious as profits fall
Next has posted a fall of 12.4 per cent in pre-tax profits in its first half to July, down to 173.5 million for the period.
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Opinion
Slim pickings
London Fashion Week will begin in a fortnight and will be overshadowed, if not disgruntled, by the obligatory size zero debate.
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News
Next sales fall
Like-for-like sales at Next fell 6 per cent in the 26 weeks to July 26, with total sales across the group down 1.8 per cent.
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Opinion
What's Next?
Next could surprise the City when it updates on its second quarter performance next week.
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News
Next to ramp up sales with customer magazine launch
Next is to launch a customer magazine that it hopes will drive sales at its Directory business.
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News
Debenhams continues to gain market share
Debenhams has continued to increase its clothing market share, while Marks & Spencer has made gains and Next’s market share losses have slowed.
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News
The Rock set to be star of Bury town centre
Construction is underway on a 350 million regeneration scheme in Bury town centre.
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News
Next: The City View
The trading climate’s harshness was highlighted by the sigh of relief and share-price rise that greeted Next’s 8.9 per-cent like-for-like first-quarter sales fall.
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Opinion
The sun is out at last
The long-awaited sun may be starting to shine on fashion retailers if Next’s interim management statement is anything to go by.
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News
Next sales plummet
Fashion giant Next has revealed a slump in first-quarter sales this morning and blamed bad weather and the economic downturn.
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News
Next set for poor first quarter
The City fears fashion group Next may report a like-for-like sales slump of as much as 10 per cent tomorrow, when the retailer updates on first-quarter trading.
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News
Next takes Home Retail to court over copycat furniture claims
Fashion-to-homewares retailer Next has begun legal action against Argos over alleged design infringement of its children’s bedroom furniture range Storm.
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OpinionThe customer is always right…
Another week, another tale of fashion sector woe. More retailers took a battering in the headlines this week.
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NewsOn the critical list
Retail in the emergency room as it faces the harshest trading conditions since the 1990s, with the worst still to come