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 Belstaff to open London flagship storeLuxury clothing brand Belstaff is to open a flagship store in London's Mayfair. |  Research shows online specialist electronic retailers are failing to convert browsersNew research has shown that specialist electronics retailers are failing to convert browsers to buyers as 52% of shoppers buy from mass merchants like amazon.co.uk. |
 Huge interest for Peacocks from trade and private equityKPMG have said they have received a huge level of interest for the collapsed Peacocks clothing chain from both trade and private equity buyers. |  Morrisons acquires former Best Buy stores for KiddicareMorrisons has acquired the leases of ten former Best Buy stores for its online Kiddicare brand. |
 Retail employment rose 0.5% in fourth quarter of 2011Figures from the BRC-Bond Pearce retail employment monitor have shown that retail employment rose by 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared with the same quarter a year earlier. During the same period the number of retail outlets by... |  Superdrug to recruit 800 new apprenticesSuperdrug, the health and beauty products retailer has announced that it is supporting National Apprenticeship Week by recruiting 800 new apprentices in 2012. |
 The Entertainer customers raise £100,000 via electronic charity box schemeCustomers at toy retailer The Entertainer have raised over £100,000 for charity in six months by donating their electronic ‘spare change’. The donations, made through the Pennies electronic charity box, reached their peak in the pre-Christmas week when they nearly... |  Karl Lagerfeld launches collection with Net-a-PorterDesigner Karl Lagerfeld has launched an online fashion collection. Launched initially through Net-a-Porter, the Karl women’s clothing line is being marketed as “accessible” with items priced between £20 and £980. |
 GameStop closes stores in Northern IrelandGameStop, the computer games retailer, has shut all four of its branches in Northern Ireland. The retailer's Belfast, Bangor, Newry and Londonderry stores closed last Sunday. |  CSC set to expand Braehead shopping centreCapital Shopping Centres Group is looking to expand its Braehaed Shopping Centre in Glasgow following its agreement to purchase a 31 acre site adjacent to the centre. |
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