All High Street articles – Page 60
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NewsCity snapshot: High street sees first Christmas footfall rise in five years
Continuing the surprisingly strong festive retail results of last week, the BRC – Springboard footfall numbers for December have found the first festive rise in high street footfall for five years. Plus a look at the week ahead and all the latest news from the City.
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NewsMarks & Spencer Christmas results: what the analysts say
M&S reported better-than-expected results over Christmas, with group sales up 5.9% in the 13 weeks to 31 December. But what did the analysts and retail watchers maker of it?
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NewsMajestic Wine celebrates best ever Christmas
Majestic Wine has reported a bumper Christmas for its retail stores, with like-for-like sales jumping 7.5% – its best ever festive performance.
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NewsB&M shares sparkle on bumper Christmas
Shares in B&M European Value Retail have soared 8.5% after the discount chain recorded its best ever Christmas
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NewsM&S plans to ramp up Lunch to You van sales operation
M&S is planning a rapid expansion of its little known Lunch to You van sales operation
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NewsBlackburn wins £10,000 in 'best town centre' competition
More than 500,000 votes were cast in the third Great British High Street Awards
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NewsCity snapshot: Black Friday fails to halt retail footfall decline
Retail footfall fell 1% during November despite the Black Friday sales event, with high street footfall dropping for its third consecutive month
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Analysis & FeaturesCan digital save the high street?
Instead of killing off the high street, digital marketing is now being proclaimed as its saviour
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NewsIndustry groups hit out over curbs on business rates appeals
A collection of retail and leisure business groups have called on the UK government to rethink proposals that limit firms appealing that their categorisation of business rates is too high.
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NewsM&S to cut its cloth, with food to make up half its offer
What do experts and suppliers think of M&S CEO Steve Rowe’s bold turnaround plan?
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NewsMajestic Wine launches next day delivery
The service will be executed through a new National Fulfilment Centre
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NewsWasabi wraps up £25m funding for store roll out
Wasabi is to roll out a further 20 of its sushi chains after securing a £25m bank funding package.
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NewsCosta Coffee's food expansion helps boost UK sales
Costa Coffee owner Whitbread has reported an 8.1% rise in first half revenues, partly driven by double-digit UK growth for Costa as it builds its food and artisan coffee credentials.
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NewsCity snapshot: UK high street sees largest shop decline since 2012
A rate of 15 stores a day closed on Great Britain’s high streets in the first six months of the year, according to PwC/the Local Data Company. Plus all the rest of the latest news from the City
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NewsDerby, Norwich and Bristol among 'best high street' finalists
This year’s competition saw a record 900 entries across 14 categories, including new categories for individuals and shops
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NewsRetailers in London face massive business rates increases
Outside the capital most retailers are expected to see reductions when the new rates kick in next April
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NewsBritish Council of Shopping Centres changes name to Revo
The new name for the BCSC combines the terms retail and evolution
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NewsMarks & Spencer to cut 525 HQ staff
The proposals to make significant changes to its UK HQ structure follows a detailed review of the organisation
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NewsHigh streets minister wants to track down Best Shop on Twitter
Winner of social media competition will scoop £1,000 in advertising credit and trip to Twitter office
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NewsHigh street footfall creeps up despite predictions of doom
BRC figures also show the national town centre vacancy rate rose to 10.1%