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Aug- 2018 -10 August
Arcadia terminates contract with Chinese partner Shangpin
Philip Green, owner of the Arcadia retail empire, has scrapped an expansion deal with Chinese franchise partner, Shangpin, that would…
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10 August
Superdrug brings HIV tests to the high street in UK first
HIV tests are available to purchase on the UK high street for the first time as health and beauty retailer…
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10 August
Sports Direct saves House of Fraser in £90m eleventh-hour deal
Sports Direct has agreed to acquire House of Fraser for £90m in a deal that came just minutes after the…
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10 August
Irish retail family in talks to save Poundworld
Poundworld could be saved in a last minute rescue as an Irish retail family is in talks with its administrators…
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10 August
House of Fraser site offline as administration threatens 17,500 jobs
House of Fraser has appointed administrators after talks with investors and creditors were “not concluded in a solvent solution”. The…
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9 August
ScS growth edges up in ‘encouraging’ results
ScS has announced it is trading “in line with its expectations for the year” despite concerns it may have been…
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9 August
Pandora CEO steps down following profit warning
Pandora has announced Anders Colding Friis is stepping down as president and CEO of the company effective 31 August 2018.…
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9 August
Card Factory sales up 3.2% despite ‘extreme weather’
Card Factory has reported 3.2% growth in total group sales for the six months ending 31 July, despite the impact…
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8 August
BTA urges retailers to open their toilets to the public
The British Toilet Association (BTA) has urged retailers to open their toilets to the public after the number of public…
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8 August
New charity shop count shows over 11,000
New research into charity shop volume on UK high streets has found there are currently 11,249 charity outlets across the…
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