Year: 2019

Schuh pre-tax profits fall by £7m amid ‘extremely challenging year’

Schuh has reported a £7m fall in pre-tax profits to £6.1m attributed to a second consecutive year of “extremely challenging”…

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Treasury Committee urges MPs to reform ‘broken’ business rates

The government has been urged to fix the “broken” business rates system as it is continuing to affect high street…

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Shop prices decrease again in October

Shop price deflation decelerated to 0.4% in October from -0.6% in September, according to new figures from the British Retail…

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What retailers can learn from the success of Downton Abbey

The film adaptation of the award-winning period drama, Downton Abbey, made its highly anticipated debut in cinemas recently. The film,…

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Next Q3 sales affected by ‘unusually’ warm weather

Fashion retailer Next has reported a 6.3% decrease in retail sales for the three months to 26 October. The drop…

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Sports Direct: CMA published ‘inaccurate’ market data in Footasylum probe

Sports Direct has claimed the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published “inaccurate estimates” of its market share data during…

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Barbour appoints Nicola Brown as head of womenswear

British fashion retailer Barbour has appointed Hobb’s head of design, Nicola Brown, as its new head of womenswear. She will…

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Can intelligent retail improve the shopping experience?

You would be hard pressed to find a retailer who doesn’t want greater insight into what is happening within its…

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Boots Q4 sales slip amid ‘challenging’ retail market

Health and beauty retailer Boots has reported a 2.1% decrease in sales in its fourth-quarter results, ending 31 August 2019.…

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Sales and footfall up at Westfield’s UK centres

The owner of the Westfield shopping centres, Unibail-Rodamco (URM), has reported a 5.2% increase in tenant sales at its UK…

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