Department Stores
Department Stores focuses on the strategies, performance, and transformation of leading UK department store groups. This section examines trading updates, leadership changes, store formats, and digital innovation among major retail players. Retail Sector’s Department Stores coverage provides insight into how these multi-category retailers are adapting to evolving consumer expectations, online competition, and market pressures — offering retail professionals valuable intelligence on business models, partnerships, and growth strategies shaping the sector’s future.
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Jan- 2018 -12 January
GAME reveals first sales growth in two years
Video game retail store Game has posted its first positive sales growth in over two years. The retail group provided a trading update ahead of its annual general meeting, revealing that gross transaction value (GTV) was up 5.2% over the Christmas trading period and up overall by 3.8% for the…
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11 January
John Lewis issues profit warning despite ‘most successful trading day ever’
The John Lewis Partnership has reported an increase in sales for the six-week period ending December 30, but a competitive Christmas season characterised by heavy discounting across the retail industry will hit profits, it said today. Group sales were (which include John Lewis and Waitrose) were up 2.5% year-on-year, totalling…
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