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Retail
03:00, 23 AUG 2019
Sports Direct and USC store plans take step forward
Retail & High Street
When the plans were first mooted, Mike Ashley's business said it wanted to create a “Selfridges of sport”
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Adrian Mole author Sue Townsend features in scheme to brighten up rundown Leicester streets
Federation of Small Businesses
Sue Townsend and Loot playwright Joe Orton have been made larger than life on city shopfronts
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Kutchenhaus plans to open second store in Bristol as retailer defies high street crisis
Retail & High Street
The chain's branch at Clifton Down Shopping Centre has seen huge growth this year
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Flooring Superstore defies retail downturn by spending £100,000 on massive new Bristol outlet
Retail
The formerly online-only business is now opening physical stores
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Jack Wills to close eight stores after Sports Direct takeover
Retail & High Street
The stores are being closed after negotiations with landlords failed
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Business Breakfast RECAP: Ted Baker cancels relationship with Debenhams
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Black Country loses shops as Birmingham booms
West Midlands
Mixed picture for region as new data shows numbers of retail premises lost or gained across the West Midlands
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The student entrepreneur selling coffee from the back of his smart car
Retail
Luke Green has ambitious plans to see his business GoGo Coffee go Ƶ-wide
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Sports Direct at a loss as auditor Grant Thornton quits
North East
Other accountancy firms have shown a reluctance to work with the retail giant
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Fashion boss Fiona Lambert on the excitement of launching new womenswear label Harpenne
Retail & High Street
River Island spin-off range described “stylish and affordable womenswear.. inspired by a European flair and femininity”
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Business Breakfast RECAP: Poundland to launch product range for under £1 for the first time
Retail & High Street
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Ginsters & Soreen owner Samworth Brothers hopes factory closures will help stem losses
Food and Drink
Food-to-go giant Samworth Brothers will post losses when new accounts published next month, on a 2018 turnover of £1.1bn
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High street crisis: 'Action needs to be taken before it's too late'
Retail & High Street
Nearly one in 10 shops in the South West is now empty
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deVOL kitchen showroom in New York on track to generate sales of £4m-plus in first year
Retail & High Street
Kitchen shop in fashionable Manhattan district of No-Ho became an instant success when it opened in April
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Nine big stories from the high street last week that you should know about
Retail
It's been an eventful seven days on the high street with closures and job losses - but also expansions
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Shoe retailer Office to close half its stores, reports claim
Retail & High Street
Reports claim Office will close stores gradually as their leases expire
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D&D London strikes deal with Hammerson to open restaurant and events venue in Bristol
property news
It is set to open in early 2020
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Bristol Indian restaurant Spice Inn goes into voluntary liquidation
Retail
The founders of the eatery launched Bath's first Indian restaurant 50 years ago
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Business Breakfast RECAP: Food industry wants competition waiver to tackle Brexit food shortages
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Metro Bank continues assault on Midlands and The North with branch planned for Leicester
Retail & High Street
Store to be based in units occupied by Clarks and The Body Shop on a prominent corner of Haymarket shopping centre
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Arcadia Group closes Dorothy Perkins, Burton and Miss Selfridge at Cabot Circus in Bristol
Retail
The retail downturn continues to bite
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Business Breakfast RECAP: Boohoo makes offer to buy Karen Millen and Coast
Retail & High Street
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How Shearer Property Group is reviving St Martin's Square shopping area in Leicester
Retail & High Street
“The landlords want to get the right tenants in for the square so are being quite choosey, which I think is a good thing”
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Mike Ashley circles struggling Jack Wills to boost retail empire, reports claim
North East
Fashion retailer Jack Wills has been struggling and brought in KPMG to advise
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