All House of Fraser articles – Page 43

  • News

    Baugur stakes in retailers seized

    2009-02-05T17:34:40Z

    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.

  • Opinion

    Baugur's loss is retailers' gain

    2009-02-05T11:58:33Z

    The final death throes of Baugur’s retail empire are being very publicly played out, but the brands in which it has stakes should breathe a quick sigh of relief and move on with the business of retailing.

  • News

    Baugur boss Johannesson lambasts Landsbanki

    2009-02-05T09:34:32Z

    Baugur boss Jón sgeir Jóhannesson has hit out at creditors after the Icelandic investor was forced to seek protection from administration yesterday.

  • News

    Baugur files for bankruptcy protection

    2009-02-04T09:25:32Z

    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.

  • News

    Westfield retailers unite in outrage at service charges

    2009-02-03T12:35:46Z

    The dispute over service charges at Westfield London has escalated as more retailers join the fight against the landlords’ demands.

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    Opinion

    Marks & Spencer: margins & errors

    2009-01-08T12:57:00Z

    Marks & Spencer boss Sir Stuart Rose appeared irked yesterday by journalists’ questions about the retailer’s lacklustre Christmas trading figures. Why, he complained, hadn’t the results from Debenhams and Next come under such scrutiny?

  • News

    House of Fraser reports resilient Christmas

    2009-01-08T08:35:58Z

    House of Fraser has reported that like-for-like sales fell 1.5 per cent over the Christmas period and has reassured on its financial position after paying back its bank loans ahead of schedule.

  • News

    Retail rents fall for first time in 15 years

    2009-01-05T10:03:32Z

    Retail rents fell for the first time in 15 years in 2008 and are not expected to return to growth until 2013.

  • News

    Don McCarthy steps down from Moss Bros

    2008-12-18T08:32:46Z

    Baugur shareholder Don McCarthy has stepped down from his role as non-executive director of Moss Bros.

  • Opinion

    Is House of Fraser's rent coup really such a triumph?

    2008-12-16T12:26:13Z

    As usual, the issue of monthly rents has its way of making it into the Sunday papers. The latest “bombshell” to land over the weekend was that House of Fraser had triumphed over the landlords and achieved that most elusive of prizes – the monthly rent deal.

  • News

    Kingfisher demands monthly rents for all retailers

    2008-12-15T10:00:27Z

    Kingfisher, owner of the B&Q DIY chain, will this week ask landlords to offer monthly rental deals to all retailers - not just those in trouble.

  • Opinion

    House of Fraser: to Sale or not to Sale?

    2008-12-11T11:27:20Z

    When is a Sale not a Sale? When it is a pre-Christmas Sale, according to House of Fraser. Confused? You are not alone.

  • News

    House of Fraser launches pre-Christmas Sale

    2008-12-11T09:15:17Z

    House of Fraser has launched a pre-Christmas Sale with up to 50 per cent off throughout its stores and online.

  • News

    John Lewis slashes prices to match House of Fraser Sale

    2008-11-27T17:06:00Z

    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.

  • Opinion

    Sir Philip Green should suit Moss Bros

    2008-11-13T11:48:29Z

    Sir Philip Green burst back in to the limelight yesterday, snapping up Baugur’s 28.5 per cent stake in battle-weary Moss Bros. The swoop has left the retail sector wondering whether this rare dabble on the stock market for Green will presage an offer for the entire menswear business.

  • News

    Baugur boss becomes Iceland chairman

    2008-11-04T11:45:49Z

    Baugur chairman Jon Asgeir Johannesson has joined the board of frozen food specialist Iceland as chairman.

  • News

    Baugur says assets sale 'impossible' before Christmas

    2008-11-03T10:19:20Z

    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.

  • Opinion

    Hats off to Baugur's retail leaders

    2008-10-16T11:53:42Z

    The tangled web that surrounds Baugur’s future is unravelling by the minute.

  • News

    Baugur-backed retailers plan buy-outs

    2008-10-16T09:14:07Z

    The management of a number of Baugur-backed retailers are putting plans in place to buy back equity and debt now controlled by the Icelandic government.

  • News

    Baugur: end of an era

    2008-10-15T18:40:13Z

    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.