All Christmas articles – Page 109
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News
Matalan outperforms at Christmas
Discount retailer Matalan has bucked the gloom to post a 5.9 per cent like-for-like increase in sales over Christmas.
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Selfridges' profits to climb after Christmas sales rise
Department store business Selfridges notched up like-for-like growth of 5 per cent in December.
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Asos sales soar
Fashion e-tailer Asos has enjoyed another bumper Christmas with sales in the nine weeks to January 16 up 118 per cent year on year.
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Retail stocks languish as dismal Christmas fails to lift confidence
Hard-pressed retailers outperformed the All Share index as the first week of trading updates brought few nasty surprises.
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NewsOriginal Factory Shop and TJ Hughes cash in on festive trading down
Discount retailers Original Factory Shop and TJ Hughes have delivered stellar Christmas results amid a challenging economic climate.
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Opinion
Pre-pack abuse needs to end
Retailers face many injustices, some real, others perceived. But they don’t come much bigger than this. One of your biggest rivals – which has been in administration and then bought out – has a store on a major high street. And you’re paying their rent.
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Clinton Cards reveals dismal Christmas trading
Greetings cards group Clinton Cards has revealed it had a poor Christmas with like-for-like sales dropping 4.1 per cent in the five weeks to January 4.
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N Brown reports sales up but bad debt takes margin toll
Home shopping group N Brown notched up like-for-like growth of 8.8 per cent over Christmas, but bad debt dragged down gross margin.
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NewsPrimark first-quarter sales up 18%
Primark has revealed that total sales grew in its first quarter, as it continued to open new space across Europe.
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QS like-for-likes climb
Value fashion retailer QS has revealed that like-for-like sales climbed 5.4 per cent in the quarter to the end of 2008.
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JJB Sports heads for £10m loss
JJB Sports has warned it will make a loss this year of between 5m and 10m after tough trading conditions hit sales and gross margin.
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DSGi restructures executive team
Electricals retailer DSGi has dramatically overhauled its executive team ahead of revealing what is expected to be its poorest Christmas trading performance since the last recession.
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Tesco market share falls as grocery market grows
The grocery market grew by 6 per cent in the 12 weeks to December 28 but Tesco's market share has fallen 0.6 percentage points compared with a year ago, according to figures from TNS.
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Ideal Shopping beats Christmas expectations
Ideal Shopping Direct enjoyed a better than expected Christmas with like-for-like sales ahead of management expectations.
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M and M Direct festive sales surge 31%
M and M Direct has become the latest online retailer to report a strong Christmas, with sales up 31 per cent in the 10 weeks to January 4.
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Analysis
Video: The week in retail, January 9
TGi Friday: As the January trading statements come thick and fast, Retail Week editor Tim Danaher and deputy editor George MacDonald discuss the trends so far and winners and losers.
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News
Retailers' worst fears not realised as multiples show resilience at Christmas
Retailers were able to muster some new year cheer after notching up robust Christmas performances despite the bloodbath on the high street.
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Signet suffers poor Christmas
US jeweller Signet has said it expects profits to be within market forecasts despite revealing that like-for-like sales slumped over the Christmas period.
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Findel pulls off 'satisfactory' Christmas
Home shopping group Findel has revealed a 4 per cent fall in group sales for the 39 weeks to January 2 – a performance it labelled “satisfactory in the current market”.
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Peacocks posts steady Christmas results
Fast fashion retailer Peacocks has reported a solid Christmas and secured a 20 mililon equity injection from its backers to fund expansion in 2009.