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Jan 8 2009
Almost 180 staff at troubled music retailer Zavvi have lost their jobs after administrators closed 22 stores....
Jan 7 2009
Birmingham has been rocked by another jobs blow as Marks & Spencer announced the closure of its Simply Food store at Colmore Row in the city centre....
Jan 7 2009
Dressed head to toe in designer clothes, hair and make-up immaculate, Christine Timms is the perfect advert for her Birmingham shop, which sells some of the world’s most exclusive labels to the city’s most savvy fashionistas....
Jan 5 2009
Around 850 staff were made redundant at failed childrenswear chain Adams today after administrators announced the closure of 111 stores. ...
Jan 5 2009
Department store chain John Lewis reported a rise in takings during Christmas week when sales attracted a late surge in bargain hunters, but the firm’s Solihull branch failed to join in the festive cheer....
Jan 2 2009
Recently-knighted former Next boss Sir David Jones has been appointed as chairman of troubled retailer JJB Sports, it was announced. ...
Jan 2 2009
More than 100 traders in a once-thriving Birmingham high street face closure in the next three months, according to a senior member of the business community....
Jan 2 2009
As Kings Heath High Street battles for survival, Paul Suart talks to some traders about their future. ...
Dec 31 2008
I remember this time last year. Some things never change – the post-Christmas party regrets, the turkey-enhanced bulging waistline, and the soon-to-be-ignored new year’s resolutions (mainly to do with the waistline and the party antics)....
Dec 31 2008
The Bullring shopping centre said record figures for last week’s sales showed the retail sector was back on track – despite signs the high street crisis is only set to get worse....
