A busy day for retail – M&S, Blacks, and giving GIVe a look
Graham Soult
September 30, 2009
Department Stores, Fashion Stores, Online, Property
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Tags: Beales, Blacks Leisure Group, Bluewater, Cribbs Causeway, Eldon Square, George, George Davies, GIVe, Glasgow, Harrogate, Kingston-upon-Thames, Liverpool One, London, M&S, Marks & Spencer, Meadowhall, Metrocentre, Millets, Newcastle, Next, Per Una, Regent Street
Millets store
Today’s retail news has arguably been dominated by Marks and Spencer revealing better than expected results, and Blacks Leisure (owner of Millets, as well as its eponymous chain) announcing plans to shut 89 stores that “have not traded profitably for many years” (in which case, you may wonder why the company has persevered with those branches as long as it has – Woolworths’ demise surely … Continue Reading
