All Department stores articles – Page 211
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News
John Lewis sales gather momentum
Sales at John Lewis have continued to gain momentum as shoppers flock to buy gifts, beauty and clothing.
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Opinion
House of Fraser: to Sale or not to Sale?
When is a Sale not a Sale? When it is a pre-Christmas Sale, according to House of Fraser. Confused? You are not alone.
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News
House of Fraser launches pre-Christmas Sale
House of Fraser has launched a pre-Christmas Sale with up to 50 per cent off throughout its stores and online.
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GalleryOberpollinger – Munich
Munich’s biggest department store has emerged from a four-year revamp at a cost of a cool £75m.
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Analysis
Video: John Lewis says trade 'absolutely morale boosting'
John Lewis has described its last week of trading as “absolutely morale boosting” and said this week has continued the growing sales momentum in the run up to Christmas.
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News
Debenhams to launch third three-day Sale
Debenhams is to launch another three-day Christmas Sale, just three days after its last 20 per cent-off promotion and its third in four weeks.
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News
Verdict: Retail profits to dive in 2009
Retailers should brace themselves for one of the worst years on record in 2009, as high street spending goes into reverse and retail profits nosedive.
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News
Like-for-like retail sales slide 2.6 per cent
Retail Sales Monitor: UK like-for-like retail sales slipped 2.6 per cent in November, and total sales fell for a second consecutive month for the first time since records began in 1995.
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News
Oxford Street festival draws 2 million shoppers
More than 2 million shoppers flooded London's West End this weekend taking advantage of big retail discounts and a traffic-free Regent Street and Oxford Street in the run-up to Christmas, it was claimed today.
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News
John Lewis online sales set to break daily record
John Lewis expects today (December 8) to be its biggest to date for online sales after notching up a record week at Johnlewis.com.
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News
John Lewis lifted by early VAT cut
John Lewis has reported strong trading on last Friday and Saturday, when it reduced prices early to reflect this Monday's VAT reduction.
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Opinion
Deep discounting comes at a price for fashion retailers
The unprecedented wave of Sales and promotions on the high street seems to be doing little to lift shoppers' spirits or open their purse strings. Are the likes of Debenhams and Marks & Spencer going about attracting shoppers in the right way? Or is recession depression all-pervasive?
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News
Interest rate slashed to 2%
The Bank of England has cut the interest rate by 1 percentage point to 2 per cent in a move that will bring some respite to retailers.
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News
Retailers ramp up pre-Christmas Sales
Retailers have stepped up their discounting dramatically in recent weeks, with three quarters of the UK's leading chains offering discounts in the run-up to Christmas.
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News
M&S confirms second one-day Sale
Marks & Spencer has confirmed it will hold a second one-day Sale on Thursday.
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News
Debenhams confirms three-day Sale
Debenhams has confirmed it will tomorrow launch a three-day Sale, which is expected to be extended to cover the whole weekend.
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News
John Lewis sales fail to sparkle
Sales at retail bellwether John Lewis have continued to decline as confidence on the high street wanes.
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News
Retail failures up 17 per cent
More than a thousand retail businesses have hit the buffers in the past year, with more failures expected due to poor Christmas trading.
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News
CBI survey: Retailers fear dire Christmas
Retailers are expecting a lacklustre Christmas after reporting a decline in high street sales in November, according to the CBI's Distributive Trades Survey.
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News
John Lewis slashes prices to match House of Fraser Sale
John Lewis has become the latest retailer to slash its prices, offering 25 per cent off branded goods to match prices at House of Fraser’s two-day Sale which began on Thursday.