All City & finance articles – Page 218
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Next boss Wolfson's pay slashed after fall in profits
Next boss Lord Wolfson’s pay package was more than halved after the fashion giant suffered declining profits for the first time in eight years.
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Jaeger swings axe on stores and head office jobs
Jaeger’s administrators have swung the axe on the collapsed retailer’s “financially unviable” stores in a move that will result in more than 200 job losses.
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Opinion
Opinion: A real brand is more than a name on a label
What makes a brand really worthy of the name?
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B&Q boss Michael Loeve to leave after two years in role
B&Q chief executive Michael Loeve is to step down after almost two years at the helm of the DIY chain, Retail Week can reveal.
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House of Fraser to reveal new boss by end of the month
House of Fraser will reveal its new chief executive by the end of this month, following the resignation of Nigel Oddy last October.
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House of Fraser reports full-year profits rise
House of Fraser more than doubled its pre-tax profits last year to £3.4m from £1.3m.
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Sports Direct snaps up two US outdoor goods retailers
Sports Direct has bagged two US outdoor chains after making a debt purchase and loan.
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Analysis
BHS one year on: Repercussions of the retailer’s demise
The collapse of BHS had a far-reaching impact across retail and has influenced attitudes on everything from corporate governance to the future of department stores.
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Quiz eyes £200m float as founding family seeks payday
Fashion retailer Quiz is considering a £200m stock market listing.
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Analysis
BHS one year on: Where are the key players now?
A large cast of characters featured in the bleak plot of BHS’s high-street demise. One year on, what’s happened to them all?
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Opinion
Tesco is on the up, even if its share price isn't
Sometimes the market moves in mysterious ways. If its reaction to Tesco’s prelims were anything to go by, you would have thought profits had nosedived.
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Analysis
Data: Can Dave Lewis overcome Tesco’s margin challenge?
Tesco’s recovery is in full swing, but much work remains to reach its ambitious margin target
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Opinion
What to expect from Debenhams' strategic update
When Debenhams’ new chief executive Sergio Bucher unveils his strategy next Thursday, expect to hear about what might be described as social shopping.
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Analysis
Agenda: Debenhams, Primark, Burberry and Zalando
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with financial updates from Primark, Debenhams, Burberry and Zalando all on the agenda.
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Today in retail: Tesco and WHSmith celebrate progress
Today has brought a raft of financial results and Tesco’s prelims, inevitably, grabbed most of the attention.
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Analysis
Analysis: Seven things we learned from Tesco’s results
Tesco’s turnaround gathered further momentum today as it unveiled a spike in operating profit. Here are seven things we learned from its full-year results.
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Opinion
Clive Black: Tesco under pressure to deliver good news
Tesco’s preliminary results reveal more good progress with the recovery that has been engineered and delivered through Dave Lewis.
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Tesco's Lewis: Booker deal won't spark overseas disposals
Tesco boss Dave Lewis has categorically ruled out any further disposals of international businesses, despite the grocer’s planned takeover of Booker.
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Dunelm like-for-likes slip in ‘volatile’ environment
Homewares retailer Dunelm suffered a drop in same-store sales as, it said, the homewares market continues to decline.
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WHSmith travel arm takes off but high street sales fall
WHSmith’s travel division was once again the star performer for the retailer in its half-year, but sales fell at its high street business.