All Retail Week articles in 9 November 2007
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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News
Athlone Towncentre scheme opens to 15,000 shoppers
Ireland’s Athlone Towncentre scheme opened last weekend with more than 15,000 shoppers converging on the 500 million ( 348.3 million) mixed-use development.
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News
Developers pick town centre jobs over out-of-town
Three quarters of developers would prefer to develop a town centre scheme rather than an out-of-town equivalent, according to research from Hartnell Taylor Cook.
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News
PMA launches shopping mall benchmark scheme
The Property Managers Association (PMA) has created an audit programme designed to help retailers see exactly what they’re paying for at shopping centres.
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Analysis
Where next for Kingfisher?
Kingfisher boss Gerry Murphy’s decision to stand down represents a crossroads for the DIY giant. George MacDonald assesses his legacy
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News
Tesco Direct on course to smash sales forecast
Tesco’s non-food catalogue and web business is likely to deliver sales a third higher than expected in its first full year of trading.
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Opinion
Independents stare into the grocery abyss
It’s been a tumultuous week for three of the four big grocers. Tesco opened the doors on its Fresh & Easy stores in the US, Delta Two’s bid for Sainsbury’s collapsed and Asda posted disappointing profits in its 2006 accounts at Companies House.
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News
Supermarkets to face Turkey shortage
Bernard Matthews’ trade union members voted yesterday to hold their first one-day strike over pay on November 15 at the firm’s site in East Anglia .
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News
Oddbins suffers further losses
Wine retailer Oddbins suffered a pre-tax loss of 8.6 million in the year to December 31.
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News
John Lewis posts disappointing sales
Department store John Lewis posted lacklustre sales in the week to November 3, in a further sign of a slowdown on the high street.
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News
Department stores set for growth
Department stores have a bright future, with the sector’s growth rate forecast to double in the next five years, according to a report by Verdict.
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News
Windows to watch: Gap, Oxford Street
Gap is well known for its minimalist windows, where moods, seasons and themes are reduced to symbols with mannequins in front of them. It comes as no surprise then, that Gap’s store halfway along Oxford Street features white, abstract Christmas trees that have been internally illuminated.
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Analysis
The sky's the limit
Occupying a space the size of 50 football pitches and with high expectations to meet, Heathrow’s £4 billion Terminal 5 is pulling out all the stops. John Ryan checks out the nearly completed site
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News
Debenhams to give its home department a makeover
Department store group Debenhams is to develop a new format for its home department.
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News
Oxford Street lights are enchanted picture
The switch was flicked on the Oxford Street Christmas lights on Wednesday, signalling the start of the festive selling season.
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News
Uniqlo parent to bring Theory and Princesse Tam.Tam to UK
Fast Retailing, the Japanese fashion retailer and Uniqlo parent, plans to open standalone stores in the UK for its Theory and Princesse Tam.Tam brands.
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News
Pressure on King after Qatar bid collapses
Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King will have to raise employee morale if the grocer is to continue its strong sales momentum of the past three years, following the collapse of Delta Two’s bid for the grocer this week.
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News
Mothercare lands in Germany with pilot opening
Mothercare has entered Europe’s biggest retail market with the launch of a pilot store in Germany.
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News
Leases shorten as challenging market conditions take effect
Average lease lengths were cut this year as retailers struggled to maintain flexibility in a tough market.
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News
Piasecki mulls venture with Gerald Ratner
Jurek Piasecki, former chairman of jewellery giant Goldsmiths, is understood to be mulling a business venture with jewellery tycoon Gerald Ratner.
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Analysis
Next: interim management statement
October’s tough trading conditions flattened Next’s sales, which struggled into positive territory by just 0.4 per cent in the 14 weeks to November 3.