All 99p Stores articles – Page 7
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News99p Stores launches new Woolworths-style fascia
99p Stores founders broaden offer with out-of-town variety chain Family Bargains
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News99p Stores lays out plans to become ‘one-stop’ shop
99p Stores has revealed another bumper year of sales and profits as it lays out plans to become a “one-stop” convenience shop by ramping up its food offering.
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NewsDiscounters fear rise in VAT
Discount retailers have warned that a rise in VAT would smash their margins and result in some products being pulled off the shelves.
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News99p Stores takes on greeting cards market
Single price-point retailer 99p Stores is expanding its greeting cards range as it seeks to take share from value players such as Card Factory.
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News99p Stores to build stores empire as it targets turnover of £1bn
99p Stores is gunning to open more than 200 stores by 2014, taking its store count to 350, and is targeting turnover of £1bn by 2016.
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AnalysisWhere did it all go right?
With the fate of many UK high streets hanging in the balance, Mark Faithfull looks at five very different towns that are striving to prove there is still a place for local shopping — Derby, Rotherham, Morpeth, Plymouth and Ludlow
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NewsRetailers compete for share of £1.6bn Valentine’s sales bonanza
Retailers are gunning for a £1.6bn pay day from Valentine’s Day sales this weekend, with grocers hoping cash-strapped lovers eat at home rather than go out to a restaurant.
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Analysis
Woolworths’ property portfolio: Well worth it?
Woolworths’ collapse left a scar on hundreds of high streets as 807 stores shut. One year on, Sara McCorquodale investigates what has been re-let and who has benefited
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News99p Stores rolls out EPoS in two months
99p Stores has rolled out an EPoS system to 116 stores in just two months.
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News99p Stores signs ex-Wilkinson boss Gordon Brown as chairman
Value retailer 99p Stores has appointed former Wilkinson boss Gordon Brown as its new chairman.
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News99p Stores builds offer with lower price-point line
99p Stores has begun to sell lower price-point products to widen its appeal to customers.
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NewsDiscount store numbers climb by 60%
The number of discount shops such as Poundland and 99p Stores has surged by 60% during the downturn.
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News99p Stores considers sale or float as it maps out rapid expansion
Value specialist 99p Stores is to review its ownership structure, potentially resulting in a sale as early as next summer or a flotation in the next three years.
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NewsWoolies Watch: What happened to your local Woolworths?
Updated: New research shows that 60% of former Woolworths stores have been let. Retail Week is monitoring local reports of the impact these new store openings are having in communities across Britain.
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NewsDiscounters lead way as 60% of Woolworths stores snapped up
Nearly 60% of the 800 former Woolworths stores have been let or are under offer, assuaging fears that the variety store group’s demise is turning town centres into ghost towns.
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News99p Stores celebrates its 99th opening
Value retailer 99p Stores is commemorating the opening of its 99th store in Ashford, Kent, today with free giveaways and special offers.
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News70% of old Woolworths stores still lie vacant
Most of the former 800 Woolworths stores that closed when the retailer collapsed in January still lie vacant, as landlords struggle to find tenants in the harsh trading conditions.
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News99p Stores guns for growth as profits soar
Value retailer 99p Stores is gunning to break the £200m turnover barrier and operate 120 stores by the end its financial year.
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News99p Stores launches 99p bikini
Single price point retailer 99p Stores is to sell bikinis for 99p.