All General merchandise articles – Page 250
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Carphone Warehouse eyes Tiscali
Carphone Warehouse chief executive Charles Dunstone has confirmed that it is interested in acquiring Tiscali’s UK arm, in a move that could see it become the country’s largest broadband supplier.
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Borders UK replaces finance director
Borders UK & Ireland has hired Mark Little as finance director, with effect from April 28.
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Woolies to extend its kids’ brands overseas
Woolworths has struck two deals with overseas partners to bolster its Chad Valley and Ladybird brands internationally.
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Baugur hungry to increase portfolio of brands
Baugur plans to create additional holding companies for its portfolio of brands and seek out new global investments after amassing a 430 million war chest.
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Debenhams: the city view
The department store group, in which Merrill Lynch Private Equity recently sold its stake, issues interim figures on Tuesday.
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AnalysisWalking on air: retail at Heathrow Terminal 5
The opening of Heathrow Terminal 5 was a high-profile fiasco, but its retail offer will give passengers something to smile about. John Ryan takes a look at a new era of airport retailing
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Shop price inflation slows in March
UK shop price inflation fell 0.2 percentage points to 1.1 per cent in March, which was the same level as November, according to the BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index (SPI).
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Magsons buys Toyzone out of administration
Toy and stationery distributor JA Magson has acquired Toyzone, the retailer that went into administration at the beginning of this month.
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Woolies lands Jackie Chan to front TV ads
Woolworths has found an unlikely new star for its TV ads – film star Jackie Chan.
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Private equity group buys Evans Cycles
Private equity group Active has bought a majority stake in bike retail chain Evans Cycles.
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Park Group sales rise
The Park Group has finally shaken off the downturn that hit the home shopping group following the collapse of its rival Farepak in 2006.
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John Lewis like-for-likes swell at Easter
John Lewis department stores achieved bumper sales lifts this Easter compared with last year.
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JC Penney warns on profit as slowdown bites
Mid-market department store JC Penney issued a profit warning last week and warned of grim first-quarter trading as the US economy faces a rough ride.
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Tesco in-store chlamydia test to be launched
Tesco has joined forces with a London Primary Care Trust (PCT) to offer a free chlamydia-testing kit at a London store later this month.
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John Lewis springs back
John Lewis has launched its first spring ad campaign in two years, featuring its homewares collection.
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2028: A Retail Odyssey
Personalised products, refrigerated packaging and automatic grocery deliveries. These are just some of the retail trends forecast for the next 20 years. Charlotte Dennis-Jones reports
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Mothercare sales soar
Mothercare has revealed a robust performance in the year to March 29, led by strong performances in its online and international divisions.
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Halfords' sales motor ahead
Category-killing motor accessories retailer Halfords posted strong sales growth last year in its pre-close update.
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M&S seeks compromise in Rose row
Marks & Spencer has suggested measures to defuse the bitter corporate governance row that erupted over the proposal to elevate boss Sir Stuart Rose to executive chairman.
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Findel on course to deliver record sales
Home shopping group Findel is expected to achieve record sales of about 640 million, an increase of 17 per cent, it said in a trading update for the year ending March 31.