All General merchandise articles – Page 215
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NewsJohn Lewis profits plunge after tough year
John Lewis Partnership has revealed a steep fall in annual profits after a “tough year”.
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Former Woolworths manager set to open Wellworths store
A former manager with the defunct Woolworths chain will reopen her store as Wellworths on Wednesday.
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Retail like-for-likes fall 1.8 per cent in February
Retail sales slid 1.8 per cent on a like-for-like basis in February, according to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor.
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BRC urges the Government to delay VAT increase
The British Retail Consortium has urged the Government to delay plans to increase VAT to 17.5 per cent on December 31.
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Drag queen jailed for WHSmith bomb hoax
A 19-year-old drag queen who made a hoax bomb threat to WHSmith’s head office has been jailed for 14 months.
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UK non-food like-for-likes fall in February
UK non-food retail like-for-like sales slumped 8.1 per cent in February, according to BDO Stoy Hayward's Like 4 Like Club figures, which revealed fashion sales were down on homewares.
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New directors appointed as M&S squares up for food fight
Marks & Spencer has shaken up its senior food team as it battles to revitalise the flagging division.
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Ex-Woolworths trio gets ball rolling for family variety chain launch
Three former Woolworths directors have laid out their plans for the launch of a retail chain, borne out of the now-defunct high street variety store business.
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OpinionSir Stuart Rose and Tony Shiret: the dream team?
Tony Shiret caused a stir on Monday with a damning note on Marks & Spencer.
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Build-A-Bear lowers its entry price point
Toy specialist Build-A-Bear Workshop has lowered its entry price point to draw in customers in the downturn, as it revealed a robust full-year performance.
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Home Retail cuts 300 jobs at head office
Home Retail Group has made 300 redundancies across all functions at its Milton Keynes head office.
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Store of the week: Recipease, Battersea, London
It may seem, from time to time, that Sainsbury’s front man, school dinner saviour and Volkswagen campervan driver Jamie Oliver is in almost every place you might care to think of, but the opening of his foodie shop Recipease last week added to this extensive list.
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Interest rate cut to 0.5%
The Bank of England has cut the interest rate to a record low of 0.5 per cent.
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M&S adopts tagging as theft levels swell
After dismissing the need for electronic article surveillance (EAS) tagging for decades, Marks & Spencer has finally relented and is electronically protecting products in 50 of its branches across the south of England.
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Mothercare brings PoS printing in-store
Mothercare is rolling out net.tickIT, a browser-based sign and ticketing solution from marketing management specialist Pierhouse, to its entire estate of more than 230 stores.
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Analyst lambasts Sir Stuart Rose for making 'no financial progress' at M&S
Marks & Spencer must change its strategy in a “fundamental way”, close its Simply Food stores and open a new chain to attract young consumers if it is to thrive, a leading retail analyst has said.
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BRC urges EU to cut VAT on more green products
UK retailers are urging the European Commission to lower VAT on energy-efficient household products on the day the Retailers’ Environmental Action Plan (REAP) is launched.
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HobbyCraft appoints retail operations director
Arts and crafts retailer HobbyCraft has appointed Rob Farnworth as retail operations director.
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Sales fall at John Lewis but show week-on-week improvement
Sales at John Lewis department stores fell 1.5 per cent in the week to February 21, while turnover at grocery stablemate Waitrose dropped 1 per cent.
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Toy retailers lap up Woolworths' market share
Specialist toy retailers’ sales have surged since the demise of Woolworths enabled them to seize market share.