All Value articles – Page 39
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OpinionComment: Occa aims to emulate Asos
While big retailers that are likely to attract big valuations rush to market, there’s action at the other end of the scale too.
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News99p Stores considers property restructure to address loss-making stores
99p Stores aims to restructure parts of its property portfolio after facing difficulties in its Family Bargains business.
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NewsConvenience store giant McColl's eyes float
Convenience store giant McColl’s is the latest retailer to eye a float on the stock market, Retail Week has learned.
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OpinionNick Bubb’s verdict: Poundland - will investors in the IPO be quids in?
Five years on from the demise of Woolworths, fund managers will soon have a new discount retailer to invest in.
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AnalysisWoolworths collapse 5th Anniversary: Former Woolworths stores in pictures and what they are now
The news that Woolworths was collapsing broke five years ago today. Retail Week takes a look at its old stores and how the high street has changed.
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NewsPoundland steps up plans to float next year
Poundland’s plans to float on the stock market have gathered pace as the value retailer targets an IPO in early 2014.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Poundland, Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Arnotts
Retail news round-up November 25, 2013: Poundland begins stock market flotation process, Edinburgh Woollen Mill eyes expansion, Arnotts loan bidding enters final round and Musgrave mulls banking move.
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AnalysisWoolworths collapse 5th Anniversary: How has the high street changed?
The news that Woolworths was collapsing broke half a decade ago. Five years on, what have retailers learned from Woolworths’ demise?
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OpinionComment: Will 2014 see the return of the retail IPO?
The past few months have seen a string of retailers hint at the possibility of an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in 2014.
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NewsPoundland teams up with actress Jane Asher to launch bakeware range
Poundland has entered into its first ever celebrity tie-up as it prepares to launch a bakeware range with actress Jane Asher next year.
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NewsBHS attracts more interest as billionaire Wiese steps up pursuit
Potential suitors are circling Sir Philip Green’s BHS as billionaire Christo Wiese is set to step up his interest in the firm.
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OpinionComment: Will Jim McCarthy stay at Poundland after an IPO?
Corporate action is on the cards at single-price retailer Poundland. An IPO is widely expected by City observers.
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NewsPoundland drafts in former analyst Philip Dorgan as it eyes IPO
Seasoned retail analyst Philip Dorgan has joined Poundland to help the value specialist assess options, including an IPO.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Selfridges, Poundland and Mountain Warehouse
Retail news round-up November 4, 2013: Selfridges to invest £100m in stores revamp as sales rise; Poundland edges closer to IPO as it hires Rothschild; Mountain Warehouse management buy out Lloyds Banking Group in £85m deal
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NewsPoundland cuts prices to 93p in Ipswich value price war
A Poundland store in Ipswich has cut its prices to 93p in a bid to compete with a new 99p Stores branch that has opened nearby.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on M&S, Morrisons, Phones 4U and Poundland
Retail news round-up November 1, 2013: Dunelm founder increases M&S stake, George Dymond to join Morrisons, Phones 4U hires new chief executive, Asda plans London push, Poundland store lowers prices to 93p
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NewsGovernment back-to-work scheme ruled as legally flawed
The Government’s ‘back-to-work’ schemes, which came under fire last year when an undergraduate was made to work for Poundland for free, are legally flawed, the Supreme Court has ruled.
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OpinionComment: Does Leahy still have the clout needed to float B&M Bargains?
Sir Terry Leahy is poised to return to the public market as chairman of rapidly growing value retailer B&M Bargains, but a cloud may hang over the Liverpudlian’s head.
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NewsB&M Bargains mulls stock market flotation
Value retailer B&M is mulling a float on the stock market next year as the fast-growing business targets further growth.
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AnalysisAnalysis: 99p Stores - how will a transactional website work?
99p Stores is planning to launch a transactional website but how might it work? Retail Week takes a look at how other value players have fared.