All Hamleys articles – Page 8
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Store of the week: Hamleys, Dubai
How portable is a retail brand and when is it so linked to a particular location that it’s hard to see it working anywhere else?
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Mosaic has three months to refinance
Fashion group Mosaic has just three months left to refinance.
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Landsbanki keeps retailers at bay over Baugur pickings
Department store groups eager to cash in on the demise of Baugur may have a long wait, after Landsbanki reiterated its intention to retain the shares it now controls in Baugur-backed brands.
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Baugur's retail stakes stir interest
Retail investors including Sir Philip Green and Dragon’s Den star Theo Paphitis have been named as likely interested parties for Baugur assets, after its UK subsidiary was placed into administration at the close of last week.
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Baugur in administration
Updated: Baugur’s stakes in retailers House of Fraser, Hamleys, Aurum and Iceland have been placed in to administration.
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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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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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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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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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Retailers to press ahead with global plans despite downturn
Retailers are set to plough on with international expansion in 2009, despite being forced to curtail some plans in order to make short-term cost savings, according to retail experts.
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Tesco triggers toys price war
Tesco has sparked a price war after slashing the prices of hundreds of its toys by up to 60 per cent.
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Baugur boss becomes Iceland chairman
Baugur chairman Jon Asgeir Johannesson has joined the board of frozen food specialist Iceland as chairman.
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Baugur says assets sale 'impossible' before Christmas
Baugur has warned against a quick fire sale of its assets controlled by the Icelandic government, saying it would be “impossible” to achieve this close to Christmas.
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Baugur: end of an era
The end of an era loomed this week with the likely break-up of Icelandic investor Baugur’s portfolio and the end of its influence on the UK high street.
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House of Fraser and Hamleys speak out on Icelandic crisis
House of Fraser and Hamleys have distanced themselves from the fallout of the Icelandic economic meltdown and its impact on backer Baugur.
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Hamleys moves to distance itself from Icelandic woes
Baugur-backed toy retailer Hamleys has issued a statement distancing itself from the Icelandic investor and the Icelandic banking crisis.
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Baugur rejects claim that retail businesses are for sale
Baugur has denied comments by Alchemy Partners chief Jon Moulton that he was offered a number of the Icelandic investor’s UK retail companies in the aftermath of the collapse of Iceland’s banking industry.
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NewsHamleys unveils fresh look on Regent Street
World-famous toy retailer Hamleys unveiled the first part of the refurbishment of its flagship Regent Street store last week, with a mock-up of a London bus at its heart.
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Hamleys wows shoppers with its magic windows
World-famous toy retailer Hamleys thrilled its customers with live magic in the window of its Regent Street store last week.