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• AREA NEWS: New department store Days opens in bid to defy trend of closu...

  The group behind The Edinburgh Woollen Mill has opened a new department store in Carmarthen in Wales, in an effort to revitalise the traditional high street fixture

• AREA NEWS: Sports Direct makes shock bid for Austin Reed

  Although Mike Ashley, owner of sportswear group Sports Direct, reportedly has his sights set on taking over British Home Stores (BHS), it seems as if the billionaire has also tossed his hat in the ring...

• AREA NEWS: Majority of Austin Reed stores to close as buyer takes on bra...

  The majority of the Austin Reed estate will be wound down with around 120 stores anticipated to close by the end of June, after Edinburgh Woollen Mill agreed a deal to buy the brand but...

• AREA NEWS: BHS to be wound down

  More than 8,000 BHS jobs are to be lost and 163 stores closed after administrators failed to find a buyer for the famous high street chain, which started life in Brixton 91 years ago.

• AREA NEWS: Altari buys Austin Reed

  An American hedge fund has seized control of Austin Reed, the struggling 116-year-old tailor whose customers have included Winston Churchill.

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