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Go Outdoors buys Fishing Republic out of administration
Go Outdoors has acquired fishing retailer Fishing Republic out of administration today, saving the jobs of over 100 employees across its 14 stores.
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Analysis
Analysis: Why recipe box retail is whetting investor appetite
Recipe box specialists Mindful Chef and Gousto won investments of £6m and £18m respectively this week, showing that the market for meal kits is on the rise.
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Video
Watch: What next for Debenhams after AGM coup?
Debenhams chair Sir Ian Cheshire and boss Sergio Bucher were both ousted from the retailer’s board following a dramatic AGM yesterday.
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Arcadia drafts in Andy Harding as digital director
Arcadia has hired former House of Fraser and Mothercare executive Andy Harding as its interim digital director, Retail Week can reveal.
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Fortnum & Mason hails 'record-breaking' Christmas
Fortnum & Mason has hailed a “record-breaking” Christmas after posting double-digit growth across all its channels
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Agenda: Retailers update on Christmas trading
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days with Christmas updates from JD Sports, Boohoo, Primark, The Works and N Brown all on the agenda.
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BrightHouse boss Paton to step down
BrightHouse chief executive Hamish Paton is to leave the retailer after 12 years including two at the helm.
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Lidl woos shoppers with premium lines as festive sales jump
Lidl has recorded a spike in sales during the crucial Christmas trading period as its premium ranges wooed shoppers from mainstream grocery rivals.
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AO.com cashes in on Black Friday with record November
AO.com has registered an increase in third-quarter sales, fuelled by its “highest sales month ever” in November.
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Moss Bros hails sales progress in ‘challenging’ market
Moss Bros has toasted improvements in sales during the second half of its financial year, against what it called a “challenging consumer backdrop”.
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Quiz warns on profits as festive discounting hits margins
Quiz has issued a fresh profit warning after sales during the crucial Christmas trading period fell “below expectations”.
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Opinion
Bryan Roberts: What's in next year's grocery trolley?
Super Thursday has come to pass and we therefore have a bit more clarity on supermarket performance over the key Yuletide period.
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Opinion
Move of the Week: Best foot forward for Cresswell
The jobs merry-go-round rarely takes long to swing back into action in January and this year is no exception.
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Analysis
Analysis: Unwrapping retail's Christmas trading trends
Today brought trading updates from some of retail’s biggest names, helping to paint a picture of how the golden quarter panned out. We look at some of the key themes.
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Debenhams top brass Bucher and Cheshire ousted from board
Debenhams chair Sir Ian Cheshire and chief executive Sergio Bucher have been forced from the retailer’s board by Sports Direct mogul Mike Ashley.
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Analysis
BRC KPMG sales: Worst Christmas since 2008 – sector by sector
It was the worst Christmas since the depths of the recession with just a handful of categories growing, according to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor.
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Analysis
Analysis: Were grocers hit by Christmas ‘downtrading’?
As the countdown to Christmas ticked into December – and political uncertainty continued to swirl – two schools of thought appeared to emerge among grocery retailers.
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Video
The Retail Week: Making sense of Super Thursday
This week, the team discuss the key themes emerging from the blizzard of updates announced on Super Thursday.
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Amazon reveals annual business rates payment
Amazon has disclosed how much it pays in business rates in the UK and defended the contribution it makes to the country more generally.