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M&S is one of the few remaining national treasures, which is why its new chief will find running it a high-wire actWhen Marc Bolland moves from Wm Morrison to take up the reins as new chief executive of M&S in February, he'd better be prepared for a level of exposure that he won't have experienced in Bradford. No disrespect (Read More)
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Once he joins, Marc Bolland's to-do list will have a familiar theme – find trendier clothes and younger customersYou would think that the soundtrack to the Sir Stuart Rose years at Marks & Spencer would be something by Frank Sinatra. After all, the record shows he took the blows and did it his way.But M&S's charismatic boss (Read More)
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Spokesman says trade commissioner has not yet decided whether to attend crucial World Trade Organisation meeting after her unexpected elevation to foreign policy roleTrade commissioner BaronessBaroness Ashton will take up her duties as Europe's new foreign policy chief on 1 December, halfway through a critical summit of wor (Read More)
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How did fur, once taboo, become so acceptable – desirable even – again? Elizabeth Day investigates an ethical dilemma that goes to the heart of the fashion industry – and meets the animal rights campaigner who refuses to be defeatedOn an otherwise unremarkable grey autumn day in London last month, a few hundred protesters t (Read More)
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Retail boss talks candidly to Kirsty Young and reveals he can't live without a power showerHe's worried you will think he's a wimp but this retail Robinson Crusoe couldn't live without a power shower and a set of white fluffy towels.Sir Stuart Rose's turn today as a Desert Island Discs castaway provides some insight into hi (Read More)
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Two robbers flee empty-handed after trying to raid a coffee shop on a Lincoln retail park. (Read More)
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SINCE the US retail giant opened its first Australian store shoppers have been "going berserk". (Read More)
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Getting a place on a graduate training programme can be like tackling an assault course. One determined student talks to Nic Paton about clearing the hurdles ... and winningYou may not (yet) have to stand up and sing in front of a baying audience, but landing yourself a place on a graduate training programme does appear to (Read More)
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Peter Thornton was ousted from the family business – Thorntons chocolates – by his brothers and cousin. He talks about the bitter rivalries that ended his careerPeter Thornton always knew he would inherit the family chocolate business, along with his two brothers and a cousin. Taken on when he was 20, after a polytechnic co (Read More)
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Charity has agreed to work with professional dealers in valuing rare stockOxfam has attempted to patch up its differences with secondhand booksellers after they accused the charity of driving them out of business in the Guardian this August.The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association, which represents 600 secondhand bookse (Read More)
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Administrators running company behind Threshers, Victoria Wine and Haddows announce closure of another 381 stores and loss of nearly 2,000 jobs after failing to find buyerFirst Quench, the off-licence group behind Threshers and Wine Rack, is to close a further 381 stores with the loss of nearly 2,000 jobs.Administrators ove (Read More)
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In a stormy week all round it has been pretty grim at Westminster where the winds of change are blowing."Gordon, your time is up and there won't be a replay!" concluded taxfree, following the Queen's speech. "This speech is from a Prime Minister and Government that helped to create most of this country's problems and now s (Read More)
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Chief executive of country's biggest building society warns rising unemployment will hit house prices and attacks regulatory changesNationwide Building Society today attacked regulatory changes which it warned could impede the mutual sector as it admitted profits in the first half had fallen more than 60%.Underlying pre-tax (Read More)
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Relax, chocolate lovers of Britian - your Cadbury's Dairy Milk and Creme Eggs will be safe in our grasping American handsAs a licensed Candyfreak, the author of an exceedingly silly book about the history of American sweets, I am often assailed by Brits who would like me to answer one nagging question: How can I (and my cou (Read More)
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The contenders who could take over from Marc Bolland as he moves to M&SRichard Pennycook Morrisons' no-nonsense finance director joined before Marc Bolland (below), when it was in freefall following the botched takeover of Safeway in 2004 and the company had admitted its finance department had lost control. Bolland adopted (Read More)
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