All General merchandise articles – Page 218
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Retail like-for-likes up 1.1% in January
Like-for-like retail sales figures rose 1.1 per cent in January, the biggest increase since May, although the outlook remains 'challenging'.
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Glitnir makes demands on Baugur; buyers circle Hamley's
Nationalised Icelandic bank Glitnir has demanded repayments from beleaguered Icelandic investor Baugur, as tensions between it and its lenders intensify.
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Baugurs house of cards collapses
A chill fell on the high street in more ways than one this week. As the big freeze bit, Icelandic investor Baugur filed for its home country’s equivalent of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
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Baugur: Retailers' hopes high for high street future
The retail industry has reacted with a degree of optimism that the demise of Baugur could signal the end of months of uncertainty for its brands and ring in positive changes to the high street.
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Baugur's interests hang in the balance
Uncertainty hung over the future of Baugur’s interests in quoted companies after the investor was placed in the Icelandic equivalent of Chapter 11.
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AnalysisPoundland: Sound as a Pound
As the downturn bites, discount retailers like Poundland are stealing a march. John Ryan talks to chief executive Jim McCarthy about its no-frills approach and evolving store design
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AnalysisConsumer behaviour: All in the mind
Research shows that women are more demanding when they shop and influence up to 80 per cent of purchases. Charlotte Hardie finds out how retailers can cash in by tapping into the female psyche.
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Clinton Cards enters talks to refinance
Clinton Cards is in informal discussions with its lenders as it seeks to renew its revolving credit facilities.
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OpinionIt's time to regain your margin
I joked in a previous column that some of us might visit our shops in December, hear Wham’s Last Christmas and genuinely wonder whether it might be. I rather wish I hadn’t now.
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Ailing Irish retailers call on government for protection
Irish retailers have urged their government to take action to ease the mounting pressures on beleaguered companies suffering in the recession.
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Baugur stakes in retailers seized
Baugur stakes in retailers including House of Fraser, Hamleys, and Iceland have been placed under the control of nominated receivers to prevent any asset sale.
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Signet sales fall prompts cash and costs focus
Anglo-American jeweller Signet is to slash costs and concentrate on cash generation after suffering a fourth-quarter sales slump.
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Baugur-backed Aurum confirms business review
Aurum Holdings, the jewellery group backed by beleaguered Icelandic investor Baugur, has confirmed that it has appointed Ernst & Young to review the business and has distanced itself from the investor, which is on the brink of administration.
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Baugur boss Johannesson lambasts Landsbanki
Baugur boss Jón sgeir Jóhannesson has hit out at creditors after the Icelandic investor was forced to seek protection from administration yesterday.
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Halfords rolls out signage system to Poland
Car accessories retailer Halfords has extended its use of Episys’ Retail Enterprise Suite to its first store in Poland.
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Baugur files for bankruptcy protection
Baugur has confirmed that it has filed for protection from its creditors in the Icelandic equivalent of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as exclusively revealed by Retail Week this morning.
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Woolworths directors to be scrutinised by Deloitte
The actions of Woolworths’ directors will be reviewed by its administrator Deloitte after creditors questioned whether the retailer should have stopped trading earlier.
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Tunbridge Wells and Ealing schemes given green light
Plans have been given the go-ahead for two developments in the Southeast.
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Westfield retailers unite in outrage at service charges
The dispute over service charges at Westfield London has escalated as more retailers join the fight against the landlords’ demands.
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BRC produces US product safety standard
Some of world’s biggest retailers will have to adhere to the British Retail Consortium's product safety standard following an agreement with North America's leading retail trade association.