Marks and Spencer seals purchase of 'per una' clothing brand
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Marks and Spencer announced it had acquired the &quot;per una&quot; clothing brand for 125 million pounds (182 million euros, 223 million dollars), in a deal the group hopes will help to lift falling sales.
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Marks &amp; Spencer, whose sales have dropped for the fourth straight quarter, has priced a 2.3 billion pound share buyback offer in a 332-380 pence per share range.
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MARKS &amp; Spencer has lost its much-coveted crown as the UKâs largest clothing retailer, to the supermarket chain Asda. Industry figures for the 12 weeks to 25 July show that Asda now has a leading 9.4 per
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A company with a middle-brow reputation announced a deal today to buy the singularly trendy clothing chain.
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Business & money: Britain's best-known Indian food brand is being sold to Associated British Foods in a deal thought to be worth more than Â£100m.
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Marks &amp; Spencer reported after-tax profits of $260 million for the six month period ending October 2nd, compared to $436 million a year earlier.
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Privately-owned British fashion retailer  New Look may be sold for 2 billion pounds ($3.91 billion) after  private-equity firms Apax and Permira received at least three  bid approaches for the firm, The Sunday Times said.
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Nike agrees to buy UK sportswear firm Umbro in a deal that values the company at Â£285m.
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Philip Green is targeting Marks &amp; Spencer customers with the first TV advertising from his Bhs chain in more than 10 years. Details of a Â£3m, multimedia campaign were unveiled yesterday as part of a Â£23m
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Wal-Mart subsidiary Asda says it has overtaken Marks &amp; Spencer as Britain&#39;s biggest clothing retailer after sales jumped in the last three months.
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Marks and Spencer announced the sale of its historic central London headquarters for 115 million pounds.
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Marks &amp; Spencer is no longer the UKâs largest clothing retailer after losing its crown to supermarket chain Asda, it was reported today.
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US sportswear giant Nike ventured further into the British football market on Tuesday after agreeing to buy rival Umbro, maker of the England soccer strip, for 582 million dollars (408 million euros).
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LONDON - The British department store chain Marks & Spencer is offering men a chance to enjoy Christmas shopping: sofas, soccer and "boys' toys." The "Men's Creche" has been installed in six big-city stores around the country, including London.
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The supermarket chain Asda, a unit of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., has overtaken Marks &amp; Spencer as Britain&#39;s biggest clothing retailer, industry figures showed Sunday.
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Privately-owned British fashion retailer New Look may be sold for 2 billion pounds ($3.91 billion) after private-equity firms Apax and Permira received at least three bid approaches for the firm, The Sunday Times said.
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TEHRAN, Oct 22 (IPS) - When the pro-government âIranâ newpaper ran a  full-page advertisement for the United Colours of Benetton, it  indicated official approval for the famed Italian clothing  manufacturer.