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Clean up your act: Even waste-paper can look pretty sharp in these bins
Sunday 13 May 2012
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New videogame show Play Expo 2012 set to take place in Manchester
Friday 11 May 2012
A new videogame show which mixes retro with brand new titles is set to take place in Manchester later this year.
It's Dixons – for those with deep pockets and lots of wall space
Friday 11 May 2012
Check out the great offers, like a giant high-definition TV - yours for £600,000
HRG stops divi but keeps argos open
Thursday 03 May 2012
Home Retail Group, the owner of the Argos and Homebase chains, has ditched its final dividend for the first time in six years, after a slump in profits and sales at the general merchandise giant.
French fashion's entente cordiale
Monday 30 April 2012
Their labels have already conquered women's wardrobes. Now Sandro's range for men will turn the guys Gallic too, says Harriet Walker
Never knowingly undersold: Lord Hutton to chair coalition's first John Lewis-style spin-off
Sunday 29 April 2012
The former Cabinet minister Lord Hutton will this week be named as chairman of the first company to be spun out of Whitehall as part of the Government's vision to create a "John Lewis economy" of employee-owned businesses.
Opposition suggests government were behind Ukraine bomb attacks in Dnipropetrovsk
Friday 27 April 2012
A series of blasts rocked an eastern Ukrainian city today, injuring 27 people, including 9 teenagers, in what authorities believed was a terrorist attack.
Retail collapses hurt shopping malls giant
Thursday 26 April 2012
The woes of Game Group added to the headaches of the UK's biggest shopping centres owner yesterday as occupancy levels were hit by a wave of struggling retailers going to the wall.
Next boss Wolfson takes a 15 per cent pay cut
Wednesday 18 April 2012
Lord Wolfson, the chief executive of Next, saw his pay fall 15 per cent last year, despite the retailer posting record profits and returns for shareholders.
After a strong Easter, John Lewis looks to Olympics
Wednesday 11 April 2012
John Lewis yesterday started to roll out its London 2012 shop-in-shops to all its branches, as it revealed strong trading over Easter.
Steve Crawshaw: Two decades on, Bosnia's war crimes should haunt Europe
Friday 06 April 2012
The culture of denial was as disturbing then as it remains now. Painful truths need to be accepted
Debenhams outsources call centre
Thursday 05 April 2012
More than 200 jobs are at risk at the retailer Debenhams' call centre in Somerset, which it will outsource to keep up with growing call volumes from its online operation.
Growing up: The Vertical Garden
Tuesday 03 April 2012
It's common knowledge that plants grow upwards, following a path to the nearest sunlight.
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- 2 Notes from a small island: Is Sealand an independent 'micronation' or an illegal fortress?
- 3 You thought Ryanair's attendants had it bad? Wait 'til you hear about their pilots
- 4 'Swivel-gate': David Cameron goes to war with the press over 'swivel-eyed loons' slur
- 5 It’s official: thanks to Stephen Hawking's Israel boycott, anti-Semitism is no more
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