All Peacocks articles – Page 6
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NewsPeacocks receives six bids from potential buyers
Peacocks administrator KPMG has received six bids to buy the business, or parts of it, out of administration, Retail Week has learned.
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Opinion
Primark is proving its value as others struggle
George MacDonald has written for Retail Week for more than 10 years, covering various sectors. He is a frequent TV and radio commentator on retail trends and issues.
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News
Deadline for Peacocks bids looms as other retailers target the stores
Private equity firms including Permira and Cinven are understood to have ruled out buying Peacocks, while other investment firms and retailers eye its stores.
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Analysis
Profile: Richard Kirk, former Peacocks group chief executive
The former Peacocks group chief executive fought to the bitter end to save the retailer and the people working for it.
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News
Bonmarché bought out of pre-pack by Sun European
Bonmarché has been bought by private equity firm Sun European Partners in a pre-pack administration deal.
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Private equity firms eye Peacocks
A host of private equity firms are circling collapsed fashion retailer Peacocks.
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Opinion
Peacocks or Primark?
John Ryan writes about store design, visual merchandising and what makes things sell in-store - across every area of retail.
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Opinion
Tesco has tripped up but it will fight back
George MacDonald has written for Retail Week for more than 10 years, covering various sectors. He is a frequent TV and radio commentator on retail trends and issues.
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News
Peacocks crisis could reshape value sector
Debt and market conditions have been blamed for bringing value fashion group Peacocks to the point of collapse yesterday (Wednesday).
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Half of Peacocks head office staff axed
Almost half of Peacocks’ head office staff have been made redundant after the value clothing retailer collapsed yesterday.
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News
Peacocks collapses into administration, 10,000 jobs at risk
Debt-laden value clothing retailer Peacocks has hit the buffers after a last ditch attempt by chief executive Richard Kirk to save the business failed.
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News
Bonmarche stores to close as part of rescue deal
Up to half of Bonmarché stores are likely to closed or be offloaded as part of a rescue deal to salvage the heart of the business.
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Richard Kirk in eleventh hour talks to save Peacocks
Peacocks chief executive Richard Kirk has been in crunch talks to thrash out a deal to save the value clothing chain with a mystery investor.
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Notices of intent filed for Peacock Group and Bonmarché
UPDATE: Notices of intent to appoint administrators have been filed for both Peacocks Group and Bonmarché, placing the clothing retailers into a 10-day moratorium until a solution to its difficulties is found.
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Analysis
Margins: What do retailers need to know?
Many retailers started their Sales early during the Christmas period. What are the implications of discounting on retailers’ margins?
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News
Peacocks poised to sell Bonmarché
Value fashion retailer Peacocks is poised to sell its Bonmarché womenswear chain in the coming weeks.
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News
Government urged to respond to Portas review
Labour MP Simon Danczuk has written to minister for housing Grant Shapps to ask him to speed up the Government’s response to Mary Portas’ high street review, which is due in the spring.
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Peacocks 'considering 200 store closures'
Value fashion group Peacocks is considering closing up to 200 stores as part of a restructuring plan.
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Analysis
Analysis: The out-of-town fashion set
Some fashion retailers are mixing things up and turning to retail parks for store growth. Is this a trend that will increase? Rebecca Thomson examines the shift and asks if it will last.
