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High Street
Mike Ashley’s business profits tumble
Profits at the holding company that contains Mike Ashley’s business empire plummeted in 2017, attributed to the fall in value…
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High Street
Dunelm profits and sales jump as it reveals Brexit stockpiling
Furniture and homewares retailer Dunelm has seen its profits and sales jump it its latest half-year results, as it also…
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Advice
Gender fluid fashion: Are your stores and colleagues ready to assist?
Fashion retailers are masters at riding the Zeitgeist. So with interest in gender fluidity mushrooming across the globe, it’s no…
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Luxury Goods
Gucci helps Kering ‘outperform’ sector
Kering has continued to “significantly outperform the sector” as its Gucci brand delivered revenues of £7.27bn. The luxury goods group…
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High Street
High street vacancies on the rise, retail data shows
The national town centre vacancy rate was 9.9% in January 2019, up from 8.9% a year earlier This is according…
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Advice
DTC ‘done right’ could reignite loyalty of fickle customers
Nowadays, more and more brands are bypassing stores or retail partners through direct-to-consumer strategies – or DTC – in an…
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Clothing & Shoes
Foot Locker invests $100m in online marketplace Goat.com
Foot Locker has announced it will make a $100m (£77.3m) strategic minority investment in Goat – a managed marketplace for…
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High Street
Superdry reports ‘subdued’ store and online sales
Superdry has reported that store and online sales over the 13 week period ending 26 January were “subdued”. The Japanese-inspired…
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Advice
The true impact of loyalty card fraud
As banks and credit card issuers invest more resources in making card fraud tougher, criminals are following the money and…
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High Street
Carpetright CFO to step down as sales fall
Carpetright has reported its like-for-like sales “remained negative” during the 13 week period ending 26 January and also revealed its…
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