All Retail Week articles in 30 November 2007
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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News
N Brown offloads Zendor and snaps up Nightingales
Home shopping giant N Brown has sold its Zendor fulfilment division and bought women’s clothing business Nightingales out of administration.
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Opinion
Tesco's American dream
Tesco’s American adventure in many ways represents a return to the grocer’s roots.
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News
SRG sales drop
Sales and profits at Speciality Retail Group (SRG) have dropped in the first year following its management buy-out.
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News
Threshers brings back 40 per cent off deal
Threshers has launched a repeat of the 40 per cent discount offer that it ran in December last year, which sparked a stampede of customers to its web site to find the voucher.
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Opinion
The Retail Week – November 30, 2007
Retailers seeking reassurance about the prospects for Christmas trading probably didn’t want to be on Oxford Street yesterday afternoon.
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News
Rohan drops wholesale arm
Clothing brand Rohan is set to close its wholesale division next July, in an effort to concentrate more on its retail operations.
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News
Online sales to reach £5 billion in December
Online sales are on track to exceed 5 billion in December, according to UK payments association Apacs.
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Analysis
The age of the consumer
Charlotte Dennis-Jones and Katie Kilgallen look at the key characteristics of shoppers in four age groups and investigate how to earn brand loyalty
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Analysis
Gainsborough’s Marshall’s Yard: Birth of a renaissance
Gainsborough’s Marshall’s Yard feels more like a market square than a retail park. John Ryan visits a scheme that shows how retail development can revive a tired market town
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Opinion
The busiest times are the most rewarding ones
It has been a busy few weeks. We are now fully into the Christmas trading period and the early signs are very encouraging. Our sales on cards, crackers and wrapping paper are already impressive.
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Analysis
Here today, gone tomorrow
Now you’ve got your Christmas temps in place, it is crucial that you train them well for this key period – even if they are a transient workforce. Liz Morrell finds out how to get them fired up
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News
Irish scheme to host two UK fashion firsts
Fashion retailers Tom Tailor and Esprit Black are to open their first stores in the UK at Rushmere shopping centre in Craigavon, Northern Ireland.
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Analysis
Lost in translation?
Home Retail has opened its first Home Store & More shop at Aylesbury and it’s crammed to the rafters. John Ryan pays a visit and asks whether the Irish-born format will cut it in the UK
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News
Finnish home chain to enter UK with Regent Street deal
Finnish home chain to enter UK with Regent Street deal
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News
SCS Upholstery: The City View
Fears are growing that the springs have gone at upholstered furniture specialist ScS, which holds its AGM on Monday.
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News
Retailers' unease grows as shares continue to slump across the board
Punch-drunk retailers took more blows as both grocers and general merchandisers underperformed.
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News
HMV gears up for biggest ever Christmas drive
Entertainment giant HMV is to launch its biggest ever Christmas campaign next month, with its first entirely self-funded TV and magazine ad push.
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Analysis
Self-serve US
The US self-service kiosk market is booming, but kiosks have had a mixed reception in the UK. Joanna Perry assesses the benefits and how we can learn from successes across the pond
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Opinion
Time for DSGi to take a breath
DSG International finance director Kevin O’Byrne cut a lonely figure presenting the company’s interim results this week.
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News
Fopp founder opens Rise music store
Gordon Montgomery, founder of independent music chain Fopp, has opened a music store in Cheltenham.