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Sir Philip Green to head government spending review
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- 13 August 2010 09:44
David Cameron has recruited billionaire Topshop owner Sir Philip Green to lead a review of Government spending, it was announced today.Sir Philip, owner of clothing retailer Arcadia Group, will scrutinise expenditure from the past three years to try to identify where savings can be made.The conclusions from the external review ...read more
West End retailers endorse proposals to relax Xmas Sunday trading laws
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- 09 April 2010 09:35
The New West End Company, which represents over 600 retailers on Regent Street, Oxford Street and Bond Street, has launched a "Save Boxing Day Sales" campaign. For the first time in six years, Boxing Day this year falls on a Sunday and the current limited trading hours will result in ...read more
ABF sees profits grow
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- 22 February 2010 09:38
Associated British Foods, owners of fashion chain Primark, has seen profits jump in the first half and predicted further growth in the year ahead.In a statement ahead of its interim results, the company said that strong results had been achieved in revenue across all of its businesses and that operating ...read more
Phil Wrigley to join Majestic Wine
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- 28 January 2010 09:21
Retail heavyweight Phil Wrigley is to join Majestic Wine as chairman-designate, replacing Simon Burke, who has been at the firm for five years. Mr Wrigley was until recently chairman of New Look and has also held senior management positions at Debenhams, Arcadia and Bhs.Majestic chief executive Steve Lewis said: "I ...read more
Arcadia profits back in the black
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- 23 October 2009 09:21
Sir Philip Green's Arcadia returned to annual profits yesterday, despite "one of the most challenging retail landscapes that I have seen" according to the retail entrepreneur. The retail empire owns Miss Selfridge, Wallis, Burton, Topshop and Dorothy Perkins as well as Sir Philip's department store brand Bhs, which was integrated into ...read more
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