All General merchandise articles – Page 226
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Card Factory snaps up Celebrations stores
Card Factory has bought 76 stores from greetings card retailer Celebrations, which fell into administration in October.
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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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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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Theo Paphitis joins Woolworths’ fray
Woolworths’ potential saviours are to meet administrators today for a second round of talks to try to save the retailer, with a deal hoped to be sealed by the end of the week.
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Opinion
Comment: The Woolworths inquest begins
As the dust settles after the dramatic events of this week, the big talking point is what pushed Woolies under, and whether it could - and should - have been saved.
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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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Analysis
Video: The week in retail
TGi Friday: Tim Danaher and George MacDonald discuss Woolworths' fall into administration and the implications for the wider retail industry.
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NewsWoolworths circled by potential buyers
Potential buyers have come flooding in for both Woolworths’ stores and for the business as a whole.
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Zavvi confident stocks will be maintained after EUK collapse
Entertainment retailer Zavvi is understood to be confident it can maintain levels of stock in the run-up to Christmas, despite the collapse of Woolworths subsidiary EUK, which supplied it with almost all its product.
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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.
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Gordon Brown promises help for Woolworths staff
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has vowed to provide support for Woolworths staff threatened with redundancy.
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Analysis
Christmas TV ads: Will christmas ads woo the shoppers?
Retailers are spending huge amounts on Christmas advertising this year, but is it money down the drain? Charlotte Hardie and Saatchi & Saatchi’s Richard Huntington tune in to this year’s festive campaigns.
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Analysis
Pre-Christmas discounting: Can you cut it?
High street retailers are slashing prices in the Christmas run-up, but is it the answer to their problems, asks Charlotte Hardie
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General retail stocks cling on as more turmoil rocks the sector
General retail stocks bounced back this week despite a tumultuous week for the sector.
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Clinton Cards pins hopes on Christmas after sales tumble
Greetings card group Clinton Cards is relying on the crucial Christmas season for some relief after suffering dire trading.
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Hamleys lays the foundation for international expansion in 2009
Iconic toy retailer Hamleys is ramping up international plans with dates set for launches in China and Russia and plans to go into Singapore, Poland and the Czech Republic.
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Retailers to go VAT-free in twist on discounting frenzy
Retailers are staging VAT-free promotions to kick-start trade in the key Christmas period.
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Employment minister relaxed about retail job losses despite Woolworths' collapse
Employment minister Tony McNulty has adopted an indifferent stance on the prospect of hundreds of thousands of retail job losses as the downturn bites.
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Home Retail Group purchases two electricals brands
Home Retail Group, owner of Argos and Homebase, has acquired specified rights to the electricals brands Alba and Bush.
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Woolworths administration confirmed
The appointment of Deloitte as Woolworths' administrator was confirmed this morning.