Petrol prices help inflation rise to 2.2 per cent
February 12, 2008 10:15 amFigures from the Office for National Statistics today show that consumer prices index (CPI) annual inflation was 2.2 per cent in January, up from 2.1 per... View Article
General Merchandise News
10% fewer repossessions than expected in 2007
February 11, 2008 8:10 amFewer than 1 in 400 mortgages led to repossession in 2007, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders. At 0.23%, the repossession rate was less than... View Article
US slide takes sparkle off Signet
February 7, 2008 4:32 pmSignet confirms problems in the US remain with no uplift in sales since Christmas. Sales in the period fell 6.7 per cent on a like-for-like basis... View Article
Morrisons market share grows
February 6, 2008 9:12 amMorrisons continues to grow its supermarket share according to figures from TNS The 11.5 per cent figure is up from 11 per cent a year ago,... View Article
Carpetright sees sales ‘harder to come by’
February 5, 2008 8:27 amCarpetright says it expects full year results to meet forecasts but sales growth will be harder to come by. Group sales increased by 4.8 per cent.... View Article
Debt- laden customers banned from using their Egg credit card
February 2, 2008 5:50 pmEgg is banning 160,000 debt-ridden customers from using their credit cards. Other credit card companies are expected to follow Eggs lead as the global credit crunch... View Article
MPs stop plans for London bag ban
February 2, 2008 11:34 amA bill to allow London councils to ban shops from giving out free plastic bags has been blocked by MPs. Three MPs opposed the second reading... View Article
Land of Leather sales plunge 15.4 per cent.
January 31, 2008 9:24 amNo improvement in trading outlook forecast. In the 13 weeks to 27 January, like for like sales orders collapsed by 21.8 per cent, with total sales... View Article
Sir Tom Hunter sells D2
January 28, 2008 6:41 pmClothing and footwear chain d2 has been sold by Sir Tom Hunter’s investment company WCC to management in a multi-million-pound deal. Hunter said the move was... View Article
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