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- India's Reliance in tie-up with famed toystore Hamleys
- MUMBAI AFP — Indian corporate giant Reliance announced on Tuesday a tie-up with famed British toy retailer Hamleys, promising to bring India's children "world-class toy stores." Reliance Retail, part of the Reliance Group conglomerate, plans to open two Hamleys stores in Mumbai and New Delhi in 2009 with a...
- Research articles 2008-08-12
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- World–famous Hamleys toys sell out after Internet mistake
- LONDON AFP — Prestigious British toy store Hamleys had a run on its stocks of numerous toys after a loophole on its website was exploited by consumers who bought goods for as little as 40 percent of their original price, The Guardian reported. "We can confirm that this weekend our...
- Research articles 2006-12-18
- /C O R R E C T I O N -- Hamleys/.
- LONDON, December 21 /PRNewswire/ -- In the news release, "Not Just a Sale, But a Twelfth Night Treat From Hamleys" issued on 21 Dec 2004 10:29, by Hamleys over PR Newswire, we are advised by a representative of the company that in the...
- Research articles 2004-12-21
- British toy seller Hamleys pulls products in lead scare
- LONDON AFP — World famous British toy seller Hamleys has confirmed that it had pulled two products containing potentially fatal levels of lead from its stores and launched an inquiry, a report said Sunday. The products, imported from China, included a five-pound (7.35-euro, 9.90-dollar) bracelet made of 93 percent...
- Research articles 2007-08-19
- Crunch time arrives for Forte
- Hamleys is a name to conjure with, and not only if you are a child gazing in awe at the toys on display at the famous Regent Street store. Placed at 185p in May 1994, the shares have outperformed the rest of the market by over 60 per cent,...
- Research articles 1996-01-19
- What Baugur's Fall Means for British Retail
- This week the rout of the UK retail sector continues with the demise of Icelandic retail investor Baugur. According to reports, the investment company went into a form of Chapter 11 after Icelandic bank Landsbanki pulled funding. The bank has also petitioned the High Court in London...
- Blog posts 2009-02-09
- Burke group takes over Superquinn
- SIMON BURKE, the former chairman of Hamleys, who fronted Permira's abortive bid for WH Smith last year, has emerged at the head of a consortium of investors who have taken control of Superquinn. Mr Burke and his fellow Irish investors have bought 80 per cent of the supermarket chain, which...
- Research articles 2005-01-10
- NO-HEADLINE
- Hamleys, owner of the famous London toy shop, has shrugged aside terrorist attacks in the capital and is seeing sales run ahead of last year. But chairman Howard Dyer warned that the impact of the return of terrorism was difficult to predict as he unveiled a 13 per cent rise...
- Research articles 1996-03-27
- Shoppers trapped in Laa-Laa-land
- Hamleys has been doing it for weeks. Now Mothercare has started doing it too. The childrenswear and toy retailer said yesterday that it is having to ration Teletubbies, this year's hottest toy item, in order to prevent irate parents from handbagging each other in Christmas queues up and down...
- Research articles 1997-11-21
- Around the World's Markets: London
- A ROUND of profits warnings and cautious trading statements unsettled the stock market. Imperial Chemical Industries led the retreat with a 131p fall to 780p. A late rally in financial shares helped to slow Footsie's closing fall: the index ended 13.4 points down at 5,976.2 after earlier falling...
- Research articles 1998-07-24
- Reykjavik power struggles put Baugur bids on ice: BUSINESS ANALYSIS
- For Baugur, the Icelandic investment group that owns large swathes of Britain's high street, yesterday was damage-limitation day. Advisers to the owner of Hamleys and the Iceland supermarket chain spent their waking hours frantically trying to play down the implications of more than 40 fraud charges brought against Jon Asgeir...
- Research articles 2005-07-05
- With Legal Battles Settled, Icelandic Retailer Baugur Looks to Expand.
- Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 5--Icelandic retailer Baugur is trying to raise funds for new acquisitions after settling an embarrassing array of legal disputes. The firm, which recently bought Hamleys toy store, has a UKpound 100 million...
- Research articles 2003-09-05
- Green waits as high street put up for sale
- Retail tycoon eyes bargains as Icelandic company behind top brands collapses A LARGE section of the British high street was in effect put up for sale yesterday as the Icelandic retail group Baugur filed for protection from its creditors. The company, which has investments in...
- Research articles 2009-02-05
- M&S jumps to top of retail website top 20
- Marks & Spencer and WHSmith have the most user-friendly websites among high street retailers, according to the latest annual study by web consultancy Webcredible. Relaunched Woolworths, which is now an online-only store, also did well in the study, and Boots saw the biggest jump in its ranking. Retailers have invested...
- News items 2009-10-21
- Need to know: Nokia new phone ... UK Coal loss ... Boeing delivery date ...
- View video and Need to Know interactive heatmap Economics House prices: The latest monthly index from Nationwide showed that house prices rose by 1.6 per cent in August, their fourth consecutive monthly increase, and are rising at their fastest rate for two and a half years. The year-on-year decline in...
- News items 2009-08-27
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