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• Why companies blame their problems on the weather

  28-09-2018 18:45
  Chief executives duck difficult questions by complaining about snow, rain and heat
  
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• Mulberry: how to sell British heritage to a global market

  28-09-2018 18:01
  At a presentation as part of Paris fashion week, the brand best known for its leather Alexa handbags set out its international vision Mulberry may have been absent from the London fashion week schedule last week, but that is not to say it is not on full showman form. Fresh from its sojourn to Seoul earlier this month, where it showed off its latest see-now, buy-now collection, the brand popped up in Paris on Wednesday. It’s all a part of its push “to show the brand in different count
  
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• Poundworld founder to launch new discount venture

  28-09-2018 15:51
  Chris Edwards to invest up to £10m of personal fortune, saying £1 concept still viable
  
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• 'It's not like Trinny and Susannah' – John Lewis turns to personal stylists

  28-09-2018 12:08
  Store’s new army of stylists generate up to 20% of clothing sales as high street sells ‘experiences’ to beat the gloomIt’s one of this season’s biggest trends but it’s not animal print or cycling shorts: high street fashion retailers are hiring armies of personal stylists to give shoppers the VIP treatment as they battle the slump in clothing sales.“There is still a bit of a stigma [around personal styling] from back in the day when Trinny and Susannah a
  
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• Debenhams opens doors to new Watford store

  28-09-2018 10:02 via theretailbulletin.com
  Debenhams has opened a new department store in Watford that features its new Beauty Hall concept.
  
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• Consumer confidence falls in September as Brexit nears

  28-09-2018 10:02 via theretailbulletin.com
  New figures have shown that consumer confidence has fallen in September as people feel more uncertain about the economy in the run-up to Brexit.
  
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• Bonmarché issues profit warning after slower high street sales

  28-09-2018 10:02 via theretailbulletin.com
  Women’s fashion retailer Bonmarché has warned on profit after reporting that second quarter sales in its stores had been below expectations.
  
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• Homesense launches first UK above the line ad campaign

  28-09-2018 09:50 via theretailbulletin.com
  Homewares retailer Homesense has launched its first ever above the line UK and Irish advertising campaign.
  
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• Folli Follie: $1bn of fake sales, and what to learn from the debacle

  28-09-2018 06:00
  Or why tiny auditors and accounting oddities matter.
  
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• Ban fur? Proposal gets under skin of Los Angeles sellers

  28-09-2018 00:38
  Activists have praised the city’s plan, but local furriers say it will hurt small businesses and do little to help animalsLos Angeles’s move to restrict the sale and manufacturing of new fur products last week has cheered animal rights activists but has left local furriers feeling bullied.The issue is highly emotional for those on both sides, with graphic videos from China showing animal cruelty on the one hand, and concerns over the viability of family businesses on the other. Relat
  
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