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Retail rent drop offers high street a lifeline 7-Jan-2009
Rents fall for first time in 15 years in 2008 with predictions that they will not return to growth for several years...more

M&S plans job cuts and store closures following Q3 results 7-Jan-2009
Marks and Spencer could cut more than 1000 jobs and close 27 stores after revealing terrible trading conditions in the run up to Christmas..more

Steady performance for Debenhams despite ‘difficult’ conditions 6-Jan-2009
Department store reports a 1% increase in gross transaction value on last year with online sales up 37.4%..more

Next sees sales slip 6-Jan-2009
High street retailer Next has reported a 7% decline in like-for-like sales for the half year to December 24 2008 - at the bottom end of its guidance range of between -4% and -7% given back in September...more

Best December ever for Home Hardware (Scotland) 6-Jan-2009
Home Hardware (Scotland) has reported a sales increase of 9.7% for the month of December 2008 - the best December trading since Home Hardware began trading in 1983...more

Big names for Business Meeting 5-Jan-2009
The speaker line up for the GIMA Business Meeting at the end of this month has been finalised and includes names from some of the UK's most respected and largest retailers and suppliers...more

A service that delivers 5-Jan-2009
A new delivery system, from kitchen and bathroom distributors Mark Two, allows consumers to arrange their own delivery and check or change their order themselves, despite having bought through national retailers such as Wickes, Next and Tesco...more

Redundancies should be ‘last resort’ in downturn 5-Jan-2009
As UK unemployment looks set to peak at 3.1m in 2009, The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) warns companies of the hidden cost of redundancies...more

Waterford Wedgwood starts the New Year in administration 5-Jan-2009
Waterford Wedgwood has called in the administrators this morning after failing to prove it has enough cash to secure further loans. ..more

Retail traffic up 3.2% for Christmas 2-Jan-2009
Sales encourage non-food shopping trips during Christmas week, resulting in the first increase on 2007 in nine weeks...more


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