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Cat Deeley's new high street fashion collection is both practical and stylish - I can imagine wearing every single piece

From chic tailoring to smart crossbody bags, Cat's 100-piece edit is both practical and stylish

Woman & Home

Exclusive: Cat Deeley revealed as new face of FRASERS – her 100-piece edit is a reflection of her timeless style

Formerly House of Fraser, Cat Deeley talks about her eclectic fashion tastes and why this British department store is so nostalgic for her

Woman & Home

After entering administration last month, Frasers Group-owned UK retailer Game is officially closing the rest of its standalone stores

Long-running UK retailer Game is officially closing the last of its standalone stores, after entering administration last month. It's also confirmed that managing director Nick Arran is exiting the company after nine years.

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‘Tough market conditions’ hit UK half-year retail sales at Frasers Group

Owner of Sports Direct chain says consumer confidence ‘very subdued’ with sales at sports division down 5.8%

The Guardian - UK

Frasers to give glimpse into retail conditions after ‘challenging’ year

The retail group, which owns brands including Sports Direct and House of Fraser, will publish its half-year financial results on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Major UK PC retailer, Ebuyer, bought out of administration by notorious backer — PC component listings mostly nuked in favor of furniture, garish iPhone cases, and air fryers as Frasers Group takes the helm

Long-time PC and component retail website, Ebuyer, has been bought out by Frasers Group, which owns House of Fraser, Game, and Jack Wills, among other companies.

Tom’s Hardware

Frasers Group sales fall amid ‘challenging’ luxury market and retreat from gaming

Pre-tax profits fall 24% despite rise in Sports Direct sales, driven by closures of House of Fraser and Game stores

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Former BHS store on Oxford Street reborn as new office, retail and cultural complex

Scheme follows reinvention of former Debenhams and House of Fraser sites

Evening Standard

Is Oxford Street finally back in business?

Ikea’s opening, the candy stores are going and London’s most important shopping district is buzzing again, writes Jonathan Prynn

Evening Standard

Boohoo to rebrand as Debenhams despite Frasers Group’s vote to block it

Shareholder meeting turned into latest episode in battle between fashion retailer and Mike Ashley’s retail empire

The Guardian - UK

Which shops are closing on Oxford Street this year?

Discover why major retail brands including Microsoft and Zara are closing stores on Oxford Street as the shopping district enters a new era

Evening Standard

How town centres are recovering from the fall of Debenhams

Former Debenhams stores across the UK are being reinvented, with a dizzying array of new uses – but only a third of the sites are now occupied by retailers

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - The Standard View: Oxford Street 2.0 would be long overdue return to glory

Oxford Street has been through many changes during its long history — from its association with the Tyburn gallows to the transformation of Oxford Circus by John Nash — but has rarely seemed so dispiriting as it has in recent years. A street where the original department stores first flourished,…

Evening Standard

Oxford Street revival boosted by major transformation of empty House of Fraser flagship building

Shops, gym, pool and restaurants at art deco store as renaissance grows

Evening Standard

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‘Big mausoleums of stuff’: Cheltenham is latest town to mourn loss of beloved department store

In an age when we love bagging bargains online, locals and experts in one of the UK’s most affluent towns debate whether there’s any future in high-street retailing

Evening Standard

OPINION - Oxford Street is so bad now: we should fix it — and ban dangerous pedicabs to start

I’m not being funny but… do you remember when Oxford Street was one of the greatest in the world? That wasn’t even too long ago. Walking down it these days, you’re either blinded by the atrocious candy shops on every corner or being too cautious about getting run over by…

The Guardian - UK

Frasers Group warns of ‘softening’ in global luxury market as sales fall

Cost of living crisis partly responsible but total sales at Mike Ashley’s company rise

Evening Standard

London restaurants opening in November, from Ixchel to Mambow

Mexican and Malaysian, Uzbek and Italian: Ben McCormack has the flavours of the month

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The retail boss who wants to turn Westfield into 'the new Harley Street'

The Standard interviews Westfield UK COO Scott Parsons about his vision for the future of London's biggest shopping malls

The Guardian - UK

‘Millstone of debt’: how risky investments left Camberley struggling for funds

After bankruptcy of Birmingham, Surrey town’s Lib Dem leader says ‘We can see the iceberg coming’

Evening Standard

OPINION - John Lewis’s problems go far deeper than just Sharon White

John Lewis is a doughty symbol of London retail, but that does not guarantee it a bricks-and-mortar future. Gamages on Holborn traded in everything from toys to supplying the army with catapults during the First World War, but was an anachronism in swinging London by the Seventies, while Dickins &…

The Week

Mohamed Al Fayed: the ebullient entrepreneur who acquired Harrods

“If the novelists P.G. Wodehouse, Jackie Collins and Naguib Mahfouz had been asked to pool their creative talents, they would have struggled to invent a character as bold and controversial as Mohamed Al Fayed,” said Andrew Anthony in The Observer.

The Guardian - UK

Mohamed Al Fayed: perennial outsider, savvy businessman and grief-broken father

The larger-than-life ex-Harrods owner, who has died aged 94, was never far from the headlines or controversy but was an indomitably bold figure

The Guardian - UK

Mohamed Al Fayed obituary

Former owner of Harrods and Fulham FC whose stormy relationship with British institutions denied him citizenship

The Independent UK

Mohamed Al Fayed: Harrods tycoon at centre of ‘cash for questions’ scandal who clashed with royals

The controversial and often abrasive businessman Mohamed Al Fayed has died aged 94

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