Department Stores

- A set of false teeth, half a sofa uncovered in Edinburgh and a cabinet in Liverpool were all part of the debris cleaned up over the weekend in the latest venture by retailer Marks & Spencer.The Big Beach Clean, part of the company’s ongoing Foreve...

- High street retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) is set to scale back its ambitions plans for sales growth next week due to the depressed state of UK consumer spending, reports have suggested.Just 18 months ago CEO of M&S Marc Bolland claimed that the b...

- Department store chain John Lewis has continued its impressive recent trading performance with its total sales up 18.3 per cent on the same period last year, results released today show.While news in recent days of administration for Clinton Cards...

- Department store chain John Lewis produced another strong sales performance last week, with trading up 32.4 per cent against the same period last year.Year-on-year comparisons for the seven days ending April 28th 2012 were helped by the later date...

- Department store John Lewis continued to profit from the digital switchover occurring in London & the south east of England last week, as sales grew in double digits.Despite wet & windy weather dampening fashion sales, total trading in the seven d...

- For the second successive week department store group John Lewis has posted double digit sales increases, with all product categories achieving growth.Results released today show that in the seven days to April 14th 2012 total sales for the retail...

- Department store group Debenhams has today reported that its half-year profits have grown ahead of market expectations thanks to robust trading.In spite of difficult trading conditions like-for-like sales during the 26 weeks to March 3rd 2012 grew...

- Department store group John Lewis saw double digit sales increases at most of its stores last week as shoppers splashed out before the Easter break, figures released today reveal.Overall trading grew 27 per cent year-on-year in the seven days to A...

- Department store chain John Lewis has today opened dedicated London 2012 Olympics shops in all of its full line stores, as the beginning of the international sporting extravaganza edges closer.John Lewis is one of the main sponsors of this summers...