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• Mothercare sales up 7.9%

  BNET - 2009-11-18

  You are here: City and Corporate / Mothercare sales up 7.9% Group sales increased to ?387.3m for the 28 weeks to 10 October 2009 from ?359m the same time a year before. In the UK the group saw positive like-for-likes up 4.0% with the second quarter being the 17th consecutive quarter...

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• Mothercare reshapes portfolio as profits rise

  BNET - 2009-11-18

  18 November, 2009 | By George MacDonald Maternity specialist Mothercare has disclosed strong interim results and unveiled plans to take advantage of property market conditions to reshape key parts of its estate. The retailer reported underlying group profit before tax up 11.1% to £10m on sales up 7.9% to £387.3m....

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• Mothercare Profit Up 11 Percent

  ReutersUK - 2009-11-18

  LONDON (Reuters UK) - Mother and baby products retailer Mothercare posted a 11.1 percent increase in first-half profit and said it was confident for the balance of the year. "We are well placed as we enter the important second half," said Chief Executive Ben Gordon.Mothercare, which trades from over 1,000...

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• Mothercare reports UK like-for-likes up 4.1%

  BNET - 2009-10-15

  15 October, 2009 | By Jennifer Creevy Mothercare has reported UK like-for-like sales up 4.1% in its first half and remains "confident" for the rest of the year. For the first half ending October 10, Mothercare reported group sales up 8.2%, and total UK sales up 2.6%. International like-for-likes were...

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• The weekend newspaper round-up: October 10 to 11, 2009

  BNET - 2009-10-12

  The best of the fashion business headlines from the weekend papers… Burberry is benefitting from strong retail sales and the falling pound, with analysts forecasting a retail sales rise of up to 13% on an underlying basis for its second quarter when it updates on Wednesday, according to the Sunday...

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• Toy with this frog idea

  - 2008-11-23

  Q WHAT'S the best way to store my grandchildren's bath toys? I've seen net bags to stick on the wall but I'm worried they would get smelly and mouldy. - Mary Francis, Norwich A ZENA SAYS: A net bag fixed to a tiled wall with suckers, is...

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• Mothercare bucks trend with UK growth

  - 2008-10-17

  Business in brief RETAILING Mothercare's UK business has seen like-for-like sales up by 0.5 per cent in the past 13 weeks - weaker than the 1 per cent growth seen in the previous quarter, but it still meant Mothercare's UK arm grew by 0.8 per cent in...

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• The City Diary

  - 2008-09-14

  It's official: September is a good month to announce you're leaving the Treasury ANOTHER NAIL IN THE COFFIN of the beleaguered government of Gordon Brown was announced last week. Sir James Sassoon, right, the man charged by the hapless Alistair Darling to do the Treasury's bidding in the...

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• 10% OFF AT mothercare

  - 2008-09-07

  WE'VE got another cracking credit crunch offer to help you save money. We're giving you 10 PER CENT off at Mothercare, and with everything you need for babies and young children under one roof, you'd be mad to miss out on this brilliant deal. ...

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• Dairy Crest is creme de la creme of defensive picks

  - 2008-07-18

  THE INVESTMENT COLUMN Our view: Buy Share price: 391p (+35.25p) When things start to get a little painful, there is a lot to be said for getting back to basics. Assuming that investors have to put their money somewhere, they should ideally be looking...

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