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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

Taylor Wimpey on the rise despite hint at a cash call

24.04.09
What is going on at Taylor Wimpey, the UK’s largest housebuilder? Little more than two weeks ago, chief executive Pete Redfearn dropped a heavy hint that he would be putting together a £350 million rights issue... 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

Russian duel as Gazprom launches rival bid for Sibir

23.04.09
Shares of Sibir Energy remained suspended at 176¾p, where they have been since February... more

Sales up as shoppers flock to Debenhams

23.04.09
If the bosses of Marks & Spencer, TopShop and Next want to know where their customers have gone they should ask Debenhams and its chief executive Rob Templeman... more

Punters withdraw from the banks after BoA blow

21.04.09
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Broker says it's time for a sale of the supermarkets

01.04.09
The UK's well-run supermarket chains have also often been admired for their defensive qualities in times of trouble. But perhaps not for much longer.... more

Beleaguered Baugur sells its stake in Debenhams

31.03.09
Collapsed Icelandic banks Baugur and Kaupthing were dumping stock in some of the UK's best-known retailers in a dash for cash... 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

Tough times but we'll weather storm say Debenhams and Next

06.01.09
Two of Britain's biggest high-street names revealed just how rocky Christmas has been, with sales slumping as the recession bit hard... more

Next warns of damage from plunging pound

06.01.09
Retail: Next warn of another looming threat to the already battered retailing sector — the plunge in the value of the pound ... more

Debenhams seeks cash to cut £1bn debt mountain

30.12.08
Retail: The crisis on Britain's High Streets deepened as it emerged that department stores group Debenhams is looking to raise cash and that the biggest studio photography business has collapsed... more

Superdrug leads discount war with sale cuts of 90 per cent

19.12.08
Extreme sale discounts look set to sweep stores as Superdrug announced it will slash prices by up to 90 per cent from Boxing Day... more

Oxford St carols banned as nuisance to shoppers

19.11.08
An Oxford Street department store has been banned from playing Christmas carols because they create "noise pollution"... more

Did Westfield pass the opening day challenge?

31.10.08
As Europe’s biggest shopping mall is opened by the Mayor in west London, we send five of our specialist writers to join the masses to discover what kind of retail experience it has to offer... more

Debenhams slashes divi as profits dive

21.10.08
Retail: Debenhams slashes its dividend and its store opening programme in a desperate attempt to hoard cash and pay off its £1 billion debt mountain... more

Market report: High Street retailers ‘in for a grim Christmas’

20.10.08
There will be little festive cheer on the High Street this Christmas as shoppers turn Scrooge and keep a tight grip on their cash... more

New designers lift Debenhams

16.09.08
Retail: Debenhams shows signs of tentative recovery, with sales in the year to the end of August holding up fairly well... more

Market report: Spending chill relegates Carphone, pubs and ITV

10.09.08
The dramatic drop-off in consumer spending, brought about by soaring inflation and economic slowdown, is clearly apparent in the latest Footsie 100 index quarterly review, which will be finalised at the close of business tonight... more

Angry Debenhams hits back at 'going bust' talk

24.06.08
Debenhams has moved to reassure investors it is not going bust, angrily rejecting what chief executive Rob Templeman called "recent inaccurate market rumours and speculation".... more

Nothing gets between WAG Alex Curran and her shopping

23.06.08
Alex Curran surpasses herself on her latest trip to the shops which requires the help of three shopping assistants to load her car.... more

Debenhams drops 12% and woe continues

15.04.08
Department stores chain Debenhams sees 12% fall in first-half profits... more

High street hit by rising costs, falling spending

15.04.08
Fears of a high street meltdown grew today as figures showed stores caught in a deadly squeeze between rising costs and weak consumer spending... more

Milanese magic

10.01.07
Brera is a welcome showcase for buttery, meaty, cheesy Milanese food, says Fay Maschler. It could do with canning the piped music, however.... more

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