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Spain retail sales rise 1.5% y/y in April
Spanish retail sales rose 1.5% in April from a year earlier on a seasonally and calendar-adjusted basis, after falling 4.1% in March, the National Statistics Institute (INE) said on Friday.
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Clearpay extends in-store payments offer to smaller businesses
Clearpay, the BNPL specialist, has made its in-store payment functionality available to small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across UK high streets.
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Missguided 'lines up administrators' after winding-up petition - report
Fashion e-tailer Missguided is believed to be teetering on the brink with administrators lined up after creditors issued a winding-up petition.
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Asda sales fall, clothing plummets as lockdown boost ends
Asda’s sales went into reverse in Q1 as the privately held supermarkets giant that owns the George clothing label suffered against tough comparisons with the year ago period and also from inflation hitting hard.
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Moda and Pure London owner reports faster-than-expected recovery
Faster and better than expected. That’s the recovery story from events specialist Hyve Group in its 2022 interim update on Tuesday. The events firm also said future focus will be “on sectors, rather than geographies”.
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Denim Première Vision makes German debut in Berlin
With a delay of almost one-and-a-half years, Denim Première Vision launched its first Berlin edition on May 17 at the Arena Berlin, generating great dynamism among the 80 exhibitors present.
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Pure London announces theme, unveils speakers
The latest edition of UK trade fashion show Pure London will be all about ‘Empowering Change’ as the event returns to the post-pandemic schedule across 17-19 July at Olympia London.
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Pitti Uomo heralds “exciting” come-back June edition over 4 days
Ann Demeulemeester, Grace Wales Bonner and Soulland are the special guests of the Florence show's 102nd edition, which will return to its usual format on June 14-17. Over 650 exhibitors and 15,000 visitors are expected.
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