Boots feels the pinch from price cuts
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Bad weather hit sales at Boots in the first half, while margins felt the pressure from price cuts made to combat stiffening competition, Britain&#39;s biggest health and beauty retailer says.
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Job cuts at European investment banks are set to accelerate, suggesting the sector is not too optimistic on revenues and is feeling the pressure to boost returns by clamping down on costs.
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Customers buying Timberland shoes now have something to think about other than style, comfort, and price - global warming.
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Home care provider will feel the pinch from lower Medicare reimbursement.
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UK manufacturers see a surprise fall in costs, figures show, indicating inflationary pressure may be easing.
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Online spending on clothes and footwear in the UK tops Â£1bn for the first time in 2006, analysts Mintel say.
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Consumers are feeling the pinch after five interest rate rises in less than a year, with a slowdown in the rampant housing market, ebbing consumer morale and a drop in retail sales, data show.
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Newly-merged Alliance Boots confirms it has received a potential takeover approach from an unnamed bidder.
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Nice fit, but too expensive, reckons City
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The company tightens its forecast on cost concerns.
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The retailer increases sales and comps, but its stock price slips.
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The retailer's disappointing August comps create a buying opportunity.
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The accessory line weighs down the company's overall margins.
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External cost pressures dragged on the company's first-quarter results.
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Holiday shoppers rushed the doors of  apparel retailers, including Aeropostale Inc. , over the  U.S. Thanksgiving weekend, anxious to snag some of the best  deals of the year, but the sharp discounts could hurt the  companies' bottom lines.
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NEW YORK -- Retailers opened earlier than ever on the day after Christmas on Wednesday and slashed prices with hopes of salvaging a holiday season that is falling short of already modest expectations.
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The nation's retailers slashed prices further Wednesday in hopes that a post-Christmas shopping rush will salvage holiday sales that, so far, have fallen below even modest expectations