All Retail Week articles in October 2, 2009
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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NewsNext launches branded sportswear departments
Next is introducing branded sportswear shop-in-shops into its stores.
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NewsTesco launches online fashion shop
Tesco has launched its standalone online fashion shop and hopes that sales will grow to account for 10% of total clothing turnover.
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News
Administrator sells Wine Cellar
Deloitte, the administrator of off licence and convenience store group Wine Cellar, has sold the majority of stores and stock to EFB Retail.
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NewsAurora appoints Mike Shearwood as chief executive
Aurora Fashions has appointed Mike Shearwood as chief executive.
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NewsAmazon launches standalone footwear site Javari
Amazon UK has launched its standalone footwear and handbag site, Javari.co.uk.
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NewsPets at Home assesses IPO potential
Specialist retailer Pets at Home has moved closer to a flotation with the appointment of JP Morgan Cazenove as joint sponsor, joint bookrunner and joint global coordinator.
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NewsNew John Lewis Cardiff store ‘huge success’
The “huge success” of the new John Lewis shop in Cardiff typified a week in which fashion items helped boost the department store chain’s sales to £51 million, up 4.7% compared with last year.
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NewsCompetition test to limit grocers’ local expansion
The Competition Commission has said it will press ahead with tougher planning hurdles to stop supermarkets dominating local markets.
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NewsOnline retailers welcome postcode system for Republic of Ireland
Retailers have welcomed the revival of plans to introduce a national postcode system in the Republic of Ireland and believe the move should help catalogue and online businesses operate efficiently there.
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NewsHalfords mobilises SMS text-and-reserve service
Halfords has launched a text-and-reserve service to add to its multichannel proposition.
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NewsBorders demands switch to monthly rent payment
Borders UK has written to landlords demanding an immediate switch from quarterly to monthly payments as September’s quarterly rent day hit.
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NewsSimon Bentley plots return to troubled Blacks Leisure
Former Blacks Leisure chairman and chief executive Simon Bentley is understood to be plotting a return to the outdoors specialist as it battles to secure its future.
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OpinionPurge the peripherals
Taking an axe to non-core marketing activity will clarify your key message, says Simon Burke
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O’Neill set to snap up Sandcity stores
Boardwear brand O’Neill is in talks to buy stores from the administrators of Sandcity as it aims to roll-out new-look shops in the UK.
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Analysis
Seasonal staff: Santa’s little helpers
Recruiting seasonal staff needn’t be a chore if retailers advertise vacancies early enough.Sara McCorquodale gets expert advice on how to hire workers for the festive period
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OpinionSecond time lucky for New Look flotation?
New Look is heading the pack of private equity backed retailers considering a return to the market next year.
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NewsIndigo scores for Marks & Spencer as sales hold firm
Marks & Spencer has hailed the launch of its Indigo casualwear range a success after selling 350,000 items since its debut at the start of September.
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AnalysisOn song for the festive peak
Getting the store operations timeline right for peak trading is crucial if you want Christmas to go off with a bang, says Liz Morrell
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NewsSchuh overhauls website as profits defy market woe
Fashion footwear retailer Schuh is to relaunch its website next month after outperforming the market with a 21% leap in EBITDA for the year to March.
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NewsGIVe debuts on Regent Street
Fashion entrepreneur George Davies opened his first GIVe store on London’s Regent Street on Wednesday.