All Hamleys articles – Page 6
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AnalysisCome buy with me at airports and rail concourses
Airports and rail concourses are being reinvented as retail destinations across the UK. Mark Faithfull looks at the retail opportunities as operators map out their new strategies
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NewsIn Focus: Hamleys versus The Entertainer
Hamleys is a British retailing enigma. The best-known name in toy retailing, its iconic Regent Street store is an international tourist destination to rival Harrods.
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NewsDebenhams opens first pop-up shop
Debenhams has opened its first pop-up shop, timed to coincide with London Fashion Week and featuring the department store’s newest designer collaboration, Edition.
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AnalysisGoing, going... gone
As Icelandic investors consider exiting high-profile retailers, George MacDonald asks whether the stores sector can look forward to a raft of deals in the year to come
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NewsQataris in talks to buy Hamleys
Talks are at an advanced stage between Landsbanki and the Qatari royal family over the sale of the collapsed Iceland bank’s majority stake in toy store Hamleys according to reports.
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NewsHamleys up for sale
Frozen food chain Iceland also up for sale as Landsbanki sells off assets as part of winding up process
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NewsHamleys blasted over penguin and reindeer show
Updated: Toy shop Hamleys has pulled its plans to have live penguins and reindeer in its famous Regent Street branch, after animal welfare experts and animal lovers reacted angrily to the news.
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NewsHamleys opens pop-up shops to maximise Christmas sales
Temporary stores in shopping centres will extend the retailer’s reach in key toy-selling period.
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AnalysisIn-store branded areas: In the zone
Branded areas have many benefits, introducing real theatre and increasing sales, but how can retailers make the most of them, asks Joanne Ellul
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NewsBaugur boss transfers assets after freezing order
Former Baugur boss Jon Asgeir Johannesson transferred more than half a million pounds out of his accounts after the High Court issued a worldwide freezing order on his assets, according to reports.
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NewsCost cutting and tourist numbers put Hamleys back in the black
Iconic toy store Hamleys has edged back into the black for the first time in six years as cost reduction measures last year paid off.
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NewsAge of austerity?
Hamleys has unveiled its predictions of what will be on kids’ Christmas wish lists this year.
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NewsWest End retailers call for longer Boxing Day trading hours
Retailers including Arcadia, Debenhams and Selfridges have backed a campaign to allow stores to open for a full trading day on Boxing Day, which this year falls on a Sunday.
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NewsHamleys kicks off overseas growth drive
Toy retailer Hamleys has kick-started its international expansion after signing a franchise agreement to open in the Balkans. Hamleys is targeting nine markets in the Balkans, and this month will open franchise shops in the Middle East and India.
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NewsGame to close 43 outlets
Video game retailer Game is to shut 18 stores and all its 25 Debenhams concessions as it reviews its property portfolio in the face of “tough market conditions in 2010”.
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NewsGunnar Sigurdsson defends Baugur
Former Baugur chief executive Gunnar Sigurdsson has defended the Icelandic investor’s strategy one year on from the group’s spectacular collapse.
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AnalysisLife after Baugur
One year on, Amy Shields assesses the impact of the Icelandic investment giant’s collapse on UK retail and the chains it owned
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NewsTraditional toys secure best ever sales for The Entertainer
Toys retailer The Entertainer is to steam ahead with expansion after recording its “strongest trading in the company’s history” in 2009.
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NewsHamleys toasts Christmas cheer
Toy retailer Hamleys has reported record Christmas trading, with like-for-like sales up 11.6% in the six week period to January 2, 2010 compared with the same period the previous year.
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NewsToy shortages predicted this Christmas
Toys shortages are likely this Christmas, according to a major toymaker and distributor.