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To celebrate the Olivier Awards with MasterCard, stars of the stage and screen will take to the shop floor of Fenwick of Bond Street today, to raise funds and awareness for the charity Acting for Others.Stars including Sheila Hancock, Kara Tointon, Natalie Gumede, Maria Friedman, Emilia Fox, Jim Carter and...
Female entrepreneurs following in the footsteps of Jo Malone MBE, Hilary Devey CBE, Kelly Hoppen MBE and Cath Kidston MBE are being sought as the 2014 NatWest everywoman Awards open for entry.The UK’s leading programme for female entrepreneurship has attracted thousands of entries and recognised the achievements of dozens of...
Branding consultancy Interbrand has released its Best Retail Brands 2014 report, with giants such as Walmart and Target losing ground in the US to competitors such as Amazon.In Europe, the number one brand was H&M, followed by Ikea, Zara and Carrefour.UK grocery group Tesco was fifth, despite a turbulent year...
High end Australian department store David Jones has agreed to a takeover by South African retail group Woolworths, which puts an end to a proposed merger between David Jones and its rival Meyer.The $3 billion offer from Meyer came out in January but was turned down in favour of the...
A City analyst has said that the board of Tesco needs “more fundamental change” to include better succession planning after the resignation of the company’s finance director left chief executive Philip Clarke as the only permanent executive in the senior management team.Clive Black, analyst at Shore Capital, said: “We see...
Electronics giant Samsung has said that profits for its first quarter are likely to be lower as smartphone prices fall.The group said that it expects operating profit to come in at 8.4 trillion won ($7.9bn; £4.8bn) for the January-to-March quarter, down 4% from the same period last year and the...
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has warned that the UK’s economic recovery could still stall if growth continues to rely on consumer spending with personal debt levels that are “too high”.The BCC’s most recent economic survey said that UK export orders and sales in services were at all-time highs,...
Supermarket Asda has said that it will create up to 12,000 jobs over the next five years as part of owner Walmart’s strategy in the UK.Asda has already announced that over the course of the five-year plan it will open 40 new conventional superstores, 100 new supermarkets, 150 forecourt shops,...
Retailers including Asda, Morrisons and Selfridges are backing a move by MPs to extend Sunday trading hours in England and Wales.The All Party Parliamentary Retail Group want to change the Sunday Trading act of 1994, which states that retailers with over 300,000 sq ft of trading space can only open...
Pub operator Punch Taverns has asked shareholders for more time to decide on its debt restructuring plans in order to avoid defaulting.The group has repeatedly warned bond holders and other creditors that failure to agree a restructuring plan could lead to years of uncertainty for the group. However, different classes...
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