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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

Promotion for Debenhams deputy fails to wow the City

05.09.11
Debenhams appoint obvious internal candidate as new chief executive, a move that leaves some in the City fearing it will mean business as usual... 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

Debenhams warns of a tough year and waning sales

15.03.11
Debenhams chief executive Rob Templeman offers a glum assessment of prospects for the High Street, even as he unveils a solid looking set of half-year trading figures... more

Debenhams profits up but the City can't be persuaded

15.03.11
"It's the usual story." So said long-time retail watcher Nick Bubb of Arden Partners in response to the latest figures from Debenhams, a fairly meaty half-year trading update. Profits and margins are up but sales are flat. And the shares? Don't ask about the shares... more

Debenhams beats snow as Christmas sales rise

10.01.11
Debenhams reports a small rise in underlying sales over Christmas and says it is continuing to win market share... 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

All change as Gala Coral gets new CEO and chairman

08.11.10
Roulette wheel at the top of Britain’s gambling industry spins again as Gala Coral unveils both a new chief executive and chairman... more

Moneysupermarket.com soars as private equity ‘goes shopping’

08.11.10
Market Round-up: Takeover chatter boosts Moneysupermarket.com, with investors hoping the price-comparison website might soon receive a bid from private equity... 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

Why some on High Street do not fear winter’s chill

16.09.10
Comment: Britain's High Street leaders are not all singing from the same hymn sheet... more

Designer recruits lift Debenhams from the doldrums

14.09.10
Bringing in big-name designers such as Henry Holland with his H! brand and Ben de Lisi under the Principles banner is starting to pay off at Debenhams... 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 '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

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

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

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

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

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

US bankers are celebrating –getting sacked

10.11.08
Out-of-work New York bankers who can’t face socialising with people who still have jobs are invited to the first-ever Wall Street Pink Slip Party... more

Gordon says one thing, the sums say another

23.10.08
The pretence that the public sector can somehow sail along without a care in the world continues... more

Young shoppers defy credit crunch and keep Sir Philip Green smiling

21.10.08
Topshop owner Sir Philip Green has defied the credit crunch and praised Kate Moss as a "fantastic ambassador"... 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

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

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

Debenhams drops 12% and woe continues

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

Tycoons ditch shares in rush to beat tax rise

02.04.08
Dozens of wealthy company bosses and tycoons have been rushing to sell shares to avoid millions of pounds of extra tax... more

Sales slip but Debenhams boss is upbeat

18.03.08
Some in the City say Debenhams is the walking dead of the retail sector, but chief executive Rob Templeman remains optimistic... more


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