All Retail Week articles in October 15, 2010
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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NewsMalcolm Walker offers £1bn to buy back Iceland
Iceland boss Malcolm Walker has offered £1bn to buy back the frozen food supermarket that he founded.
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NewsHouse of Fraser asks Lloyds to up its stake
House of Fraser has asked Lloyds Banking Group to increase its share in the department store as part of a property deal.
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NewsProfits climb at Kurt Geiger
Towering heels, celebrity endorsements and midnight shopping helped footwear retailer Kurt Geiger to grow operating profits 21% to £11.5m in the year to January 31, but the footwear retailer has played down sale rumours.
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NewsAmerican Apparel appeases lender with key management hiring
Beleaguered US fashion chain American Apparel has hired Blockbuster executive Tom Casey as acting president, in line with a pledge to lender Lion Capital to secure key management talent.
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OpinionRetailers show their true colours
Full marks to Waterstones for the advert it ran in a national newspaper on Saturday. The bookseller may have had its fair share of troubles, but its marketing department knows a good thing when it sees one and in this instance, this appears to have been Waitrose.
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NewsRalph Lauren to open first Rugby store in UK
Ralph Lauren will open its first Rugby store in the UK in Covent Garden.
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NewsAsda rolls out pre-owned games offer
Asda is launching a computer games exchange in 235 stores after successfully trialling the scheme in five branches.
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NewsWickes like-for-likes rise 0.6% in third quarter
DIY chain Wickes like-for-likes grew 0.6% in the 13 weeks to October 2.
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Green light for Silverburn shopping centre extension
Silverburn, the Glasgow shopping centre, is to be extended by 7,728 sq m after owner Hammerson won planning permission for the development from the city council.
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Opinion
Welcome to Retail Bytes
Introducing Retail Bytes, the new e-commerce and technology blog from Retail Week.
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Opinion
What we’re reading: Monday
Retail technology stories we found worth reading on the web today
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Opinion
John Lewis launches mobile site
John Lewis has launched the mobile-optimised version of its website.
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NewsNet-a-Porter snaps up Koodos.com
Luxury etailer Net-a-Porter has acquired the assets of discount fashion etailer Koodos.com which has been put in to administration.
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NewsRetail administrations slow
The rate of businesses going into administration has slowed to levels not seen since before the economic downturn, with the retail sector showing the “most pronounced drop”.
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NewsSales growth slows in September
UK retail like-for-likes grew just 0.5% in September, marking the sixth month of low growth according to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor.
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NewsOcado confirms plans for second warehouse
Ocado has confirmed plans to open a second distribution centre, signing a deal for a 350,000 sq ft warehouse in the Midlands.
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NewsN Brown first half profits up 5.5%
Home shopping retailer N Brown has revealed that its adjusted pre tax profit grew 5.5% to £44.1m in the six months to August 28.
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NewsGap apologises and scraps new logo after uproar
Gap has done a rapid about face and said that it would revert to its traditional blue box logo after a disastrous reaction to a new logo unveiled in America last week.
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NewsSainsbury's avoids courts with packaging pledge
Sainsbury’s has avoided being taken to court for using excessive packaging after voluntary reducing the amount of waste.