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AS Watson: Gunning for the Chinese lion’s share

Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 18:00

And with its unique heritage, it appears well-placed to make the most of the development of this new global superpower. Shanghai Surprises It was the store that supposedly had a curse on it. When ...

Another raft of First Quench outlets offloaded

Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 18:00

The administrator of First Quench Retailing has sold a further parcel of shops to off-licence chain Rhythm & Booze and is in negotiations with individual franchisees about transferring leaseholds. ...

Co-op and Somerfield launch £200m price war

Submitted by admin on Sun, 11/29/2009 - 18:00

The Co-operative and Somerfield have waded into the supermarket Christmas price war with the launch of a £200m promotional assault. The offers include a first-ever triple dividend, available at around ...

Threshers pension fund assessed for protection

Submitted by admin on Thu, 11/26/2009 - 18:00

The First Quench Retailing pension scheme could be passed to emergency agency the Pension Protection Fund in the wake of its administration. It is understood employees of Threshers owner First Quench ...

First Quench to close a further 391 shops and sells off two small groups of the business

Submitted by admin on Thu, 11/26/2009 - 18:00

First Quench Retailing administrator KPMG has announced the closure of a further 391 shops, while selling off two small chunks of the business. The 391 shops ...

Wine Rack brand sold to wholesaler

Submitted by admin on Thu, 11/26/2009 - 18:00

First Quench Retailing administrator KPMG has sold the Wine Rack brand and 13 shops to wholesaler Venus Wine & Spirit Merchants. First Quench Retailing administrator KPMG has sold the Wine Rack brand and 13 shops ...

Retail round-up: What the weekend papers said November 21-22

Submitted by admin on Sun, 11/22/2009 - 18:00

The weekend papers were full of discussion about Marc Bolland’s appointment as the next chief executive of Marks & Spencer. Elsewhere the number of buyers circling First Quench Retailing ...

381 further First Quench shops to close, making 1,908 redundancies

Submitted by admin on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 18:00

Wine Rack Ashtead Ashtead, Surrey Wine Rack New Haw Addlestone, Surrey Wine Rack Hinchley Wood Esher, Surrey Wine Rack New Malden New Malden, Surrey Wine Rack Godalming Godalming, ...

The lessons to be learnt from online

Submitted by admin on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 18:00

Properly used, customer data gleaned online can help not only web sales but the top line across all channels, says Joanna Perry Exclusive whitepapers for Retail Week readers Smart customer centricity: The ...

Sainsbury’s gears up for promotional weekend

Submitted by admin on Tue, 11/17/2009 - 18:00

Sainsbury’s has today launched its first-ever “Buy now free next time” promotional offer alongside further Christmas in-store activity. The “Buy now free next time” offer will be on two ...

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