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• John Lewis could move Waitrose Foodhall into Peter Jones store

  06-09-2020 13:47 via retailgazette.co.uk
  // John Lewis reported to be considering moving Waitrose into famous Peter Jones store
  // Discussions come as John Lewis undertakes strategic review of iconic Sloane Square propertyJohn Lewis may be considering moving a Waitrose supermarket into its iconic Peter Jones store.
  The Sloane Square shop could house a Waitrose-branded Foodhall in its lower ground floor, according to a report by The Mail on Sunday.READ MORE: John Lewis adds 30 new third-party brands to “modernise offering”Th
  
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• Harold Tillman hires new lawyers over Jaeger collapse

  06-09-2020 13:30 via retailgazette.co.uk
  // Harold Tillman escalates long-running battle against Jaeger buyers
  // Retail veteran and former British Fashion Council chair drafts in new lawyersFormer Jaeger owner and retail veteran Harold Tillman has hired new lawyers to help in his legal case over the collapse of the fashion business.
  Tillman told The Mail on Sunday he has “strengthened” his claim against Lloyds and Better Capital, the private equity firm set up by Jon Moulton, over the collapse of Jaeger.READ MORE: Jaeger p
  
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• New Look landlords reject CVA rescue plan

  06-09-2020 13:01 via retailgazette.co.uk
  // Rebel landlords rebuff New Look’s controversial CVA proposal
  // Creditors will vote on new CVA deal on September 15A group of New Look landlords have rejected the retailer’s controversial company voluntary arrangement rescue package which proposes moving the majority of its UK stores’ rent to a turnover basis.
  Around ten landlords, including several big shopping centre owners, were reported by The Mail on Sunday as rebuffing the plan, which will be voted on by creditors in n
  
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• Mike Ashley’s Frasers claims it is being blocked from Debenhams deal

  06-09-2020 12:28 via retailgazette.co.uk
  // Mike Ashley’s retail group accuses Debenhams’ advisers of blocking it from sale process
  // Debenhams says all interested parties are being asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement to protect “commercially sensitive information”Frasers Group has accused Debenhams’ advisers of stopping it from making a bid for the department store chain.
  Frasers chief financial officer Chris Wootton told the Times that his group was not formally involved in the sale process because
  
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• Unstaffed, digital supermarkets transform rural Sweden

  06-09-2020 08:43
  
  The Lifvs start-up has opened 19 stores across the country, choosing remote places that have lost their local shopsEmma Nilsson’s husband is harvesting hay in the hot summer sun and she has popped into the village shop to get him a bottle of water. But there’s no friendly face at the checkout, or opportunity to swap local gossip. Instead, she pulls out her phone, logs in with BankID, the national identification app operated by Sweden’s banks, and opens the locked glass door wit
  
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• The day for taxation will come. For now, Sunak must budget for growth

  06-09-2020 08:00
  
  No 11’s warnings of ‘bombshell’ tax rises may have been confected. But if they were true, they would be a mistakeCaught on the steps of Downing Street, Rishi Sunak had a message to send last week. Whether or not the lapse was deliberate, the capture of the chancellor’s notes by a press photographer played a useful role in laying the ground for his autumn budget.There would be no “horror show of tax rises with no end in sight”, read the note Sunak was taking wi
  
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• Amazon/drones: oops a daisy

  06-09-2020 06:00
  The answer to the logistical problems of aerial deliveries may be low-tech
  
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