All Blacks articles – Page 12
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Weak boardwear performance to hit Blacks Leisure profits
Blacks Leisure, the outdoor clothing and equipment specialist, has warned that operating profits will not meet market expectations because of its underperforming boardwear division.
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Mike Ashley to halt strategic stakebuilding
Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley has signalled that his penchant for snapping up stakes in rival retailers through Sports Direct may have run its course.
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Blacks transfers O'Neill wholesale operation
Blacks Leisure has transferred the operation of its O’Neill wholesale business in the UK to O’Neill Europe.
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Blacks Leisure losses widen in first half
Blacks Leisure has reported that its half-year losses have widened, but the group is making “good progress” with its turnaround plan.
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Blacks Leisure losses to widen
Outdoor clothing retailer Blacks Leisure expects to report its pre-tax loss has widened in its interim results to about 4.5 million as it reveals “difficult” trading in August.
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Blacks installs kiosks to offer travel advice
Outdoor specialist Blacks is testing an in-store kiosk that gives customers travel and healthcare advice, as well as product recommendations for foreign travel.
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Blacks sales pick up with camping season
Blacks Leisure, the outdoor equipment and boardwear retailer, has suffered a 5.4 per cent fall in group like-for-likes in the financial year so far.
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Blacks Leisure eyes market towns to spark a turnaround
Outdoor specialist retailer Blacks Leisure will target market towns for its eponymous, Millets and Freespirit stores as part of new chief executive Neil Gillis’s turnaround plan.
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Blacks full-year profits poor
Outdoor fashion retailer Blacks Leisure has reported full-year pre-tax profits of 300,000 after a “second difficult year”.
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Retailers’ stock rises as shorts buy and the weather improves
Retailers’ stock surged last week as shorts covered their positions and fine bank holiday weather was forecast.
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Blacks to shut Sandcity HQ
Blacks Leisure Group will close its Sandcity Washington, Tyne Wear head office and distribution centre and merge the business with its Freespirit operation in Northampton.
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Gillis ups ante for Blacks chiefs with £4m incentive bonanza
Outdoors specialist Blacks is to launch a 4 million incentive scheme for 25 top executives in an attempt to improve shareholder value and restore the retailer to its former glory.
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Naked ambition
Neil Gillis, who once stripped off to motivate staff, finds himself in the spotlight once again as chief executive of Blacks. He tells Jennifer Creevy about his vision for the outdoor retailer
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Blacks chief targets growth through acquisition of rivals
Blacks Leisure chief executive Neil Gillis has set his sights on acquiring rival outdoor retailers and expanding overseas once he has whipped the UK business into shape.
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Retail takes body blow as stocks plunge after Bear Stearns crisis
The whole market slumped as US investment bank Bear Stearns became the latest credit crunch victim and retailers were again hit hard as brokers fretted about the outlook for the consumer economy.
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Blacks suspends director after accounts probe
Blacks Leisure Group has suspended the head of its Sandcity subsidiary following the discovery of 2 million worth of accounting discrepancies.
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Blacks unveils new look in London as it chases slice of fashion scene
Outdoor specialist Blacks has unveiled its first new-format store in London, in an attempt to push its outdoor offer into the fashion arena.
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Blacks Leisure unveils turnaround plan
Blacks Leisure expects full-year profits to be below market estimates, although like-for-like sales over Christmas rose 2.8 per cent and total sales climbed 2 per cent.
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Retailers’ woes deepen as new year gloom tarnishes prospects
Analysts took their red pencils to the sector, as uncertainty about next year’s outlook continued to undermine sentiment.
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Blacks appoints chief executive
Blacks Leisure Group has appointed former Esporta boss Neil Gillis as its chief executive with immediate effect.