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News
Sports Direct ups French Connection stake to 27%
Sports Direct has increased its stake in French Connection to 27% after snapping up shares from two of the fashion chain’s activist investors.
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News
Today in retail: Jobs slashed as retailers feel squeeze
Few will have been shocked by the news from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) that the number of retail jobs has waned in recent months.
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Data
Data: What factors are driving retail job cuts?
The British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) latest employment figures expose another quarterly decline in retail jobs – and imply the downward trend is set to continue.
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Video
Christmas in July: The festive forecast
As retailers unveil their winter ranges, the Retail Week team highlights key trends that will excite shoppers and get them spending over Christmas.
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News
Arcadia poaches Mothercare retail boss to lead Outfit
Arcadia has engaged former Mothercare director of retail operations James Graham to head up its Outfit business.
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Move of the week: Jo Whitfield made Co-op Food boss
Having taken on the role of interim chief executive of Co-op Food six months ago, Jo Whitfield now has been appointed on a permanent basis.
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Bonmarché sales advance as turnaround bears fruit
Bonmarché unveiled an increase in both online and store sales in its first quarter as the fashion retailer’s new strategy began to pay off.
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Retail jobs decline as change sweeps through industry
The number of full-time retail jobs has fallen as the sector is squeezed by mounting cost pressures and transformed by technology.
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Dixons Carphone fires starting gun on services roll-out
Dixons Carphone is taking its services up a gear with the launch of new brand – Team Knowhow – to be rolled out across the UK from today.
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Gallery
Christmas in July: The best-selling toy in 2017?
The golden quarter is hotly anticipated in the retail industry but for toy retailers, the Christmas period is make or break.
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Gallery
In pictures: Frankfurt leads the way in convenience
From food retail design desert to a country that is in the vanguard, Germany’s grocery sector demands respect.
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News
Today in retail: American Eagle flies away home
Merely three years after hatching its UK business, American Eagle is spreading its wings and flying away home.
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Opinion
Opinion: Why Jimmy Choo is a good fit for Michael Kors
The news that Michael Kors is to buy Jimmy Choo for £896m should come as no surprise.
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News
Dunelm to open up to 50 Kiddicare shop-in-shops
Dunelm is planning to install large Kiddicare shop-in-shops in as many as 50 of its stores, Retail Week can reveal.
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News
Made.com makes first venture into fashion accessories
Furniture pureplay Made.com is dipping its toe into two new categories with the launch of wearable accessories and gifts.
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Shop vacancy rate rises for first time in two years
The proportion of vacant retail and leisure units in the UK has risen for the first time in two years, new data suggests.
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Analysis
Analysis: Five reasons Joules is beating the market
Fashion retailer Joules posted market-beating results this morning, with sales and profits soaring in the year following its IPO.
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Wilko full-year profits plunge as Brexit bites
Wilko has posted plummeting profits as both the pound’s fall and the “unilateral imposition” of the national living wage battered the business.
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Cartoon
Blower’s cartoon: Burberry man checks into Topshop
Cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on Arcadia’s appointment of ex-Burberry executive Paul Price as new Topshop boss.
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Mike Ashley wins £15m pub deal court case
Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley has won a high court battle with an investment banker over a £15m payout promise made in a pub.