All City & finance articles – Page 233
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Agenda: Kingfisher, Bonmarché and Black Friday
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days with updates from Bonmarché, Kingfisher, AO.com and Mothercare preceding Black Friday.
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Tesco to sell 'air rights' above stores
The sky is the limit for Tesco as it aims to exploit “air rights” above stores to release value from its property portfolio.
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Analysis
Opinion: Walmart must give Asda's new Clarke a long leash
It’s rather difficult to think of Asda these days without blowing out your cheeks and asking why they thought it would be any different.
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Majestic to up prices as it predicts Black Friday decline
Majestic’s boss has warned of price rises for UK wine drinkers, saying that increases will be the case at all UK retailers.
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Asda like-for-likes tumble 5.8% in third quarter
Asda has posted a ninth consecutive quarter of falling like-for-likes as the Walmart-owned retailer reported a 5.8% slide in comparable sales.
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Majestic Wine swings to half-year loss, but Gormley confident
Majestic Wine has reported a first-half loss of £4.4m, but sales rose and boss Rowan Gormley insists the “plan is working”.
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Ted Baker sales stay strong despite "challenging" conditions
Ted Baker has posted a 14.8% jump in third-quarter group sales despite continued “challenging trading conditions”.
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Analysis
What Morrisons’ latest deal with Amazon means for food etail
Morrisons, once seen as an online slowcoach, is increasingly making up for its slow start.
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B&M half-year profits climb as new stores drive growth
B&M has recorded an increase in profits during its first half as new store openings across the UK and Germany drove sales growth.
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Card Factory sales jump as it targets store expansion
Card Factory has posted a jump in sales over the first three quarters of its financial year as it presses ahead with an aggressive store opening programme.
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Opinion
Opinion: Bonmarché boss Connolly has her work cut out
If only fashion retailers could recoup a pound for every time they used words like “challenging”, “difficult” and “turbulent” in their financial statements.
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Whistles losses spiralled before Foschini takeover
Whistles recorded full-year losses of £2.9m before its recent takeover by South African retail group Foschini, accounts at Companies House have revealed.
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American Apparel files for bankruptcy for a second time
American Apparel has filed for bankruptcy in the US, less than one week after its UK subsidiary appointed administrators.
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Opinion
Opinion: A subdued outlook for retail deals
Brexit uncertainty and a tough year mean that the focus for retailers will be on trading rather than IPOs and deals.
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Dominic Chappell arrested as part of HMRC investigation
Former BHS owner Dominic Chappell has been arrested over HMRC allegations that he failed to pay taxes on profits made from the collapsed retailer.
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SFO to conclude its probe into Tesco
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) will decide within weeks whether to pursue a plea arrangement with Tesco and bring further charges against three former Tesco bosses.
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Gap's UK losses spiral as like-for-likes fall
Gap’s UK losses increased in its last financial year, as like-for-likes fell across both Gap and Banana Republic.
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Video
The Retail Week: M&S, Sainsbury’s, Christmas and Asda
The team is joined by analyst Bryan Roberts to discuss M&S’s results, the state of the grocery market and Christmas adverts.
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Analysis
Infographic: Steve Rowe on M&S closures and BRC numbers
The week in words and numbers, November 11 2016: Steve Rowe on making sacrifices for the health of M&S, Kingfisher’s Véronqiue Laury on sticking to the plan and Dixons Carphone on owning Black Friday.
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Cartoon
Blower’s retail cartoon: M&S refocuses
Cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on the news that M&S will be devoting less store space to clothing and homewares in favour of food.