Debenhams said it will hit City expectations for this year, despite yesterday posting its weakest sales for more than two years and reporting "volatile" high street trading in its third quarter.
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Thursday 27 June 2013
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Thursday 27 June 2013
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Selfridges robbery: Two men charged over an armed raid
Friday 21 June 2013
Two men being held in custody and charged over an armed raid at Selfridges department store will appear in court today.
Police braced for second wave of G8 protests in London
Wednesday 12 June 2013
'We continue to ask protesters to contact us and work with us... as yet no one has chosen to work with us'
‘I am no hero’, says waiter who tackled Selfridges raider
Friday 07 June 2013
Two of six suspects in smash-and-grab robbery are captured as getaway moped crashes nearby
Jonnie Peacock suits being a street racer
Sunday 26 May 2013
Paralympian makes winning return after London by sprinting down Deansgate at the Great CityGames
I would have stood shoulder to shoulder with the Suffragettes
Sunday 26 May 2013
A century on, the battle for equality still rages, says the writer of a new sitcom
Lord Sugar turns a £50m profit on West End block
Friday 24 May 2013
The Apprentice star Lord Sugar has sold a Mayfair office block for almost £50 million more than he bought it for just five years ago.
Dragons' Den star Peter Jones all set to breathe new life into Jessops
Thursday 28 March 2013
Peter Jones, the star of the BBC's Dragons' Den series, is to relaunch the camera specialist Jessops on the high street today after buying its brand and assets out of administration in January.
Booming profits are all the fashion for Zara
Thursday 14 March 2013
The Spanish group behind the fashion chain Zara showed yesterday it is possible to make money on the UK high street even as rivals flounder.
Bonuses up at John Lewis after bumper year
Wednesday 27 February 2013
John Lewis Partnership is expected to reward staff with an increased bonus of up to 16 per cent of their salary next week after a strong rebound in its annual profits.
Soaring Primark sales lift profits at ABF
Tuesday 26 February 2013
Another storming performance from the value fashion chain Primark saw Associated British Food tell investors that profits for the half year that ends on Saturday will be "substantially ahead of last year".
Hardly bog standard: the half-million pound public loo (and other converted washroom hits)
Monday 11 February 2013
West London toilet-turned-cafe is the latest in a trend for converted conveniences
Man cleared of Boxing Day Oxford Street teen's murder
Thursday 22 November 2012
A man wept today after being cleared of murdering a teenager who was stabbed in the middle of Britain's busiest shopping street during the Boxing Day sales.
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