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12 further Life & Style shops shut

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The administrator to fashion and homewares chain Life & Style are to shut a further 12 shops making another 181 staff redundant.

Allders goes national again with website

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Department store Allders launched a transactional website this week, which chief executive Andrew MacKenzie said could turn over more than its high street store in the next three years.

Perfume Shop launches loyalty card scheme

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The Perfume Shop is to go live with its loyalty scheme in September and hopes at least half of its 5 million existing customers will have signed up within four years.

Asos drives global sales with further overseas site launches

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Asos will launch its next tranche of international websites in September as it seeks to further drive overseas sales.

WorldStores to create umbrella brand

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WorldStores, operator of niche websites such as PatioHeatersWorld.co.uk and MattressesWorld.co.uk, is to develop an umbrella brand following an Â£8.5m venture capital cash injection.

Musgrave saves Irish grocer Superquinn

admin — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Musgrave Group will be catapulted into top spot in the Irish grocery market following its acquisition of Superquinn this week.

IT investment hits Evans bottom line

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Evans Cycles pre-tax profit slumped from Â£4m to Â£941,000 in the year to October 30.

Zara unveils new store design

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Fast fashion chain Zara is to unveil an â€œexciting and experientialâ€ new store design in Westfield Stratford City in September.

June sales rise despite drop in food spending

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Retail sales values in June rose by 4% compared with the previous year and volume sales showed a marginal increase as food sales had its largest fall on record.

Superquinn boss exits days after Musgrave take over

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The chief executive of Superquinn, the Irish grocer that was bought out of receivership by rival Musgrave on Tuesday, has left the business.