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Profits rise offers hope for Debenhams shareholders

20.10.11
There is some relief for long-suffering investors in Debenhams, as the department store chain unveils annual results that show the company is moving in the right direction... more

Fancy dress shop devastated by arsonists rises from the ashes

06.10.11
A fancy dress shop destroyed by fire in the riots is due to start trading again this Saturday... more

Debenhams' new chief says sales picture is bright

20.09.11
Debenhams' new chief executive Michael Sharp makes his first presentation to the City, offering good news about how the department store chain has traded over the summer... more

Debenhams and Thomas Cook in deals on debt

18.07.11
In signs that the corporate credit crunch is easing, two major consumer groups say they have refinanced large chunks of their debt at better interest rates than they are currently paying... more

Debenhams numbers shed some cheer on retail gloom

30.06.11
Debenhams offers hope that talk of apocalypse on the High Street is overblown as it posts decent sales figures that suggest shoppers have not been made entirely extinct... more

Debenhams leaps on talk Harvey Nichols tycoon is on the prowl

27.05.11
Speculation that Debenhams could be taken private once again sent the department store surging today... more

That's great value in any language: Debenhams' signs to lure in tourists

17.05.11
Debenhams' flagship London store has started signposting their wares in several languages to reflect the capital's 'rainbow' population... more

'Encouraging signs' of cotton price fall, says Debenhams

14.04.11
Debenhams becomes the first major retailer to suggest that cotton prices could be about to fall having risen sharply for the last two years... more

Shares portfolio: Debenhams sale on as boss Rob Templeman stays

08.11.10
The Standard's City team rates which stocks to buy and sell, with analysis on the top traders' deals and top tips on spread betting... more

Debenhams dividends back as store hopes for better times

21.10.10
Debenhams offers hope that a rocky few years are firmly in the past, committing itself to restarting dividend payments and expanding its clothes range... more

Dividends possible after Debenhams rejigs debt

19.07.10
Debenhams moves a step closer to resuming the payment of dividends to its shareholders with a £650 million refinancing that will cut its interest payments... more

Judge us on profits, says Debenhams boss

01.07.10
Debenhams chief executive Rob Templeman says the company should be judged on profits, which are heading in the right direction after a few years of uncertainty at the department store... more

Debenhams reveals tricks of the trade and axes digitally enhanced models

17.06.10
Secrets of how high street models are airbrushed are revealed by a major retailer for the first time... more

Stockings sales soar as weather changes

11.06.10
Stockings and suspenders have become everyday wear as Londoners try to cope with the recent changeable weather, retailers said... more

RBS goes storming ahead as Merrill tips shares to double

16.04.10
Market Round-up: Royal Bank of Scotland storms to the top of the Footsie winners’ board as a heavyweight broker predicts it could be back in the black this year... more

Debenhams 'does all right things' with own-brand focus

13.04.10
Debenhams smashes through City profit forecasts with a 19% rise in first half headline earnings... more

Designer ranges do the trick for Debenhams clothes sales

16.03.10
Debenhams thanks designers including Ben de Lisi for helping it to win market share from rivals and putting it on a trajectory of “improving” sales... more

Disabled model to star in new Debenhams fashion campaign

26.02.10
Disabled model in wheelchair to feature in a new high street fashion campaign... more

Debenhams eases its £590m debt burden

12.01.10
City analysts are pleased with Debenhams' trading statement depsite it only showing a 0.1 per cent sales rise over Christmas... more

0 = 11 x C/L + 5 x Q: cracker-pulling formula to make you a winner

24.12.09
Scientists now say that who gets the present inside a cracker is down to mathematics... more

How going shopping gets your heart racing

11.12.09
The buzz shoppers feel as they buy items has been measured for the first time... more

Debenhams joins price war as High St heads for a £1bn discount frenzy

16.11.09
Britain is heading for a £1 billion pre-Christmas price war as Debenhams joined the big supermarkets in a discounting frenzy... more

Designer demand at Debenhams

15.09.09
Debenhams said it expects to beat last year's profits despite a drop in sales, thanks to shoppers trading down from luxury labels to its designer range... more

Knives are out as diners choose to eat with one hand

20.07.09
Salt and pepper, bread and butter, fish and chips - some things just sit naturally together. But no longer, it seems, the knife and fork... more

Debenhams puts two women on its board

07.07.09
Debenhams has heeded the call to get more women in the boardroom, today appointing two female non-executive directors ... more

Debenhams raises £323m to tackle its debt mountain

04.06.09
Debt-laden Debenhams today moved to pay off about a third of its £950 million borrowing mountain, raising £323 million from the City ... more

£60 designer dress sells out before it hits the shelves

24.04.09
Stocks of a £60 designer leopard-print Debenhams dress sold out before it had arrived on the shelves... more

Debenhams on the up, but dividend is sunk by debt

23.04.09
If Sir Stuart Rose’s Marks & Spencers, Sir Philip Green’s TopShop and Simon Wolfson’s Next want to know where their customers have gone they should ask Debenhams and its chief executive Rob Templeman... more

Debenhams upbeat over outlook but shares slide

17.03.09
Debenhams' shares slumped 12% despite a relatively upbeat trading statement and a promise that profits are rising... more

Hundreds of jobs under threat at Principles stores

06.03.09
Hundreds of London jobs at collapsed womenswear chain Principles were under threat as rival firm Debenhams was poised to buy its stock - but not its stores... more


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