All General merchandise articles – Page 246
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Staples ups offer for Corporate Express
US office supplies retailer Staples has increased its offer for rival Dutch business Corporate Express by 14 per cent.
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Ideal Shopping Direct finance director makes exit
Ideal Shopping Direct finance director David Blake is to step down from his role.
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M&S shakes up stores
Rose ditches traditional structure to divide food and general stores management
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Mothercare reviews estate as results shine
Mothercare has smashed City forecasts by revealing stellar preliminary results and plans for a property overhaul.
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Opinion
Retail needs a woman’s touch
We are surrounded by examples of powerful women, so why are there so few in retailing?
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John Lewis sales fall again
John Lewis Partnership has suffered another drop in sales at its department stores.
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Opinion
The Retail Week – May 30, 2008
While the American economy might be heading towards recession, New York still remains the epicentre of the retail world.
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Flying Brands to miss targets
Home shopping group Flying Brands has continued to suffer from bad debts and warned that it will miss full-year profits by 1.1 million.
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Jessops sales plummet after stores close
Struggling camera chain Jessops sales slumped 24.7 per cent to 134.8 million in the six months to March 30.
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NewsClinton cards: the city view
Greetings card specialist Clinton Cards notched up a 1.2 per cent rise in third-quarter group like-for-likes, but is cautious about the outlook.
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Maxeda beats market with impressive year-end profits
Maxeda, the private equity-backed Dutch store group run by former Asda boss Tony DeNunzio, has posted a surge in profits and expects to weather more difficult trading conditions.
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AnalysisThe weirdest jobs in retail
From professional pet food tasters to the man who makes a living blowing up toasters, Charlotte Dennis-Jones talks to the people with the most unusual jobs in retail
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ONS retail sales growth slows
Sales volume growth has slowed over the past three months as the household sector reported the largest fall in sales volumes for three years.
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Private equity firms circle Paperchase
Private equity firms HgCapital, Isis Equity Partners and Change Capital are understood to be the frontrunners to buy stationery retailer Paperchase.
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M&S profits top £1 billion
Marks & Spencer’s pre-tax profit has topped 1 billion, but the retailer warned that the market would remain challenging for the forseeable future.
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Opinion
Coin a phrase and you’re a star
Every retailer should aim to get itself into the dictionary if it wants to be a household name
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M&S staff face bonus cuts
Marks & Spencer staff will see their annual bonuses slashed despite the retailer generating profits of more than 1 billion last year.
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Borders puts Paperchase on market following review
Paperchase has been put up for sale by its US owner Borders.
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Opinion
The Retail Week – May 16, 2008
The arrival of sunshine over the past couple of weeks was greeted by some as the panacea for all of retail’s woes.
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Analysis
Come together
Retailers are introducing greener supply chains, but they are still not thinking innovatively enough. They need to change how they work with suppliers, says Katie Kilgallen