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99p perfume for Valentines Day
Published on 01/02/2012

CASH-strapped blokes can buy their other halves a Valentine’s Day present that makes ‘scents’ this year – a 99p bottle of perfume... ...


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Croydon is 99p Store capital of the UK, says chain
Published on 25/01/2012

The opening of Croydon's third 99p Stores at the end of this month means the town now has more of the bargain basement shops than anywhere e...


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Going for gold at 99p Stores
Published on 20/01/2012

It’s now Olympic year! And just look at the great games range on offer at 99p Stores for just 99p each: GOLD!: Gold medals – literal...


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Croydon's new 99p Store to offer dash to one lucky shopper
Published on 18/01/2012

A new 99p Store opening in Croydon is seeking a VIP for a 99-second trolley dash... ...


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Coventry Store Sees Sales of 99p cleavage boosting bra's soar by 600% in Wake of Breast Implant Saga
Published on 14/01/2012

THE boss of a budget stores chain claims the breast implant saga has seen its sales of 99p cleavage-boosting bras and chest enhancing produc...


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The only way isn't Essex: Sales of 99p vajazzle are soaring in the Cotswolds and West Midlands
Published on 13/12/2011

But sales of a 99p vajazzle - inspired by the reality TV show The Only Way Is Essex - have revealed that the craze for intimate body art has...


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The '99p' store will open in the town’s Kennet Shopping centre
Published on 29/11/2011

THOSE trying to fight the recession will be delighted with the news that a branch of 99p Stores is to open in Newbury this morning... ...


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99p store to bring 35 new jobs to Southampton
Published on 17/11/2011

THIRTY-five new jobs are to be created when cut-price retailer 99p Stores opens a brand new outlet in Southampton next week...


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99p Bra Won't Bust the Bank
Published on 03/11/2011

THRIFTY women will soon be able to snap up this recession BUST-ing bra for less than a POUND. Discount retailer 99p Stores will start stoc...


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Family Bargains shop to open in Clifton Moor, York
Published on 02/11/2011

A NEW bargain shop will create up to 35 new jobs in York, and give residents the chance to buy their weekly shopping for less. ...


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Search on for Bargain Hunter
Published on 31/10/2011

A BARGAIN hunter is being sought to open a new 99p Store in Kettering. The store is to open in the Newlands Shopping Centre at 9am on F...


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Discount store to open in Telford
Published on 18/10/2011

A discount store will open in Telford next week, creating about 35 jobs. Bosses at the 99p Stores shop today announced plans to open in Telf...


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Frightfully good Halloween prize
Published on 13/10/2011

VALUE retailer 99p Stores has come up with some scary products this Halloween at its Wisbech branch. Just 99p each a product, its impre...


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99p Stores to sell frozen food in stores
Published on 13/10/2011

Value retail chain 99p Stores yesterday announced that it is to introduce freezers to its stores as it aims to become a ‘one-stop-shop’ for ...


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Bargain chain sets up shop in leafy Cheshire
Published on 12/10/2011

BARGAIN retailer 99p Stores is opening an up-market branch of its shop in Congleton – because the people living there are more affluent and ...


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Ireland's Newest Discount Retailer Announces 210 New Jobs for the South East
Published on 21/09/2011

The retail chain - discount retailer Euro 50 Stores – is part of the 99p Stores Group, which has 150 branches in its portfolio and today al...


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99p Stores launches €uro 50 concept in Ireland
Published on 07/09/2011

Value retail chain 99p Stores has today opened its initial shop in the Republic of Ireland under the €uro 50 fascia, as it ventures outside ...


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99p Stores Booming Despite Depression
Published on 26/08/2011

DISCOUNT chain 99p Stores is to open 150 new shops ­despite the downturn. The move comes as millions of skint Brits, grappling with soa...


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99p Stores unveils new fascia for Irish entrance
Published on 24/08/2011

99p Stores will beat Poundland to the punch by making its debut in Ireland next month – under the new banner of €uro 50 Stores. The first...


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99p Stores to launch in Ireland with €uro 50 Stores format
Published on 24/08/2011

The retailer will launch in Dublin’s Ilac Shopping Centre on Moor Street on September 7 and plans a further 150 stores across the UK and bey...


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Stortford 99p Stores' trolley dash is child's play
Published on 06/08/2011

THE search is on for a junior bargain-hunter to officially open Bishop’s Stortford’s new 99p Stores branch... ...


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Stortford 99p shop set to open this month
Published on 03/08/2011

BISHOP’S Stortford’s first 99p store is set to open on Tuesday, August Around 7,000 different products will be on the shelves of the South...


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New Jobs Created at latest 99p Cannock Shop
Published on 29/07/2011

A new shop will come to Cannock town centre next month, creating around 35 new jobs, it was revealed today. The 99p Stores, will take o...


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New Sovereign Shopping Centre Store Announced
Published on 15/07/2011

“We’re delighted to secure a national retailer such as 99p Stores.......


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99p Store Opens in Yeovil
Published on 07/07/2011

SNAKING queues greeted the opening earlier this week of a brand new 99p Stores in the centre of Yeovil... ...


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99p stores succeed without high-budget advertising power of their rivals
Published on 30/06/2011

A chain of stores offering a huge range of goods for under a pound have swept the nation and have seen success without huge advertising budg...


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How to Beat the Tennis Racket
Published on 21/06/2011

It's 99p from 99P STORES, who also have four balls for, you guessed it, 99p. Plus a further 99p will buy you two kids' toy rackets and...


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99p Stores profits treble as it conquers Middle England
Published on 10/06/2011

99p Stores' profits more than tripled last year as cash-strapped Middle England flocked there to stock up on milk, sandwiches, biscuits, swe...


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'Grow Your Own' Bumper Prize
Published on 07/06/2011

Game set and match to UK recession busters 99p Stores. With Wimbledon just around the corner, starting on June 20, why BUY expensive st...


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The Price is Right: The 99p Stores Chain has Emerged as a Recession Winner
Published on 04/06/2011

Christmas came early in 2008 for Nadir Lalani and his sons, Hussein and Faisal. Which was strange, because it was the UK's first austerity C...


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99p Stores Rated in Top 100 Stores
Published on 21/05/2011

99p Stores has been rated 44th out of 100 top British stores in a recent Which? customer survey. Beating out Poundland(who came 58th) the s...


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Mad Dash for New Store
Published on 28/04/2011

A MATCHBOROUGH woman with a Royal Wedding connection got the chance to open the latest addition to the town's Kingfisher Shopping Centre. ...


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99p Stores Creates 1,000th Job
Published on 26/04/2011

Budget retailer 99p Stores is preparing to launch its 142nd outlet next week. The Northampton-based company said the opening marks the 1,000...


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Trolley good show at new Burnley shop
Published on 01/04/2011

A BURNLEY schoolgirl bagged a trolley-load of goodies for charity as she helped open a new town centre store... ...


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It’s Royal Wedding Fun for Just 99p!
Published on 18/03/2011

The Northamptonshire-based 99p Stores chain will role out its Prince William and Kate Middleton stock across the country tomorrow... ...


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New Burnley discount store to open at former Woolworths site
Published on 16/03/2011

Bosses of 99p Stores say they will open the 140th branch of their chain at the St James Street premises later this month... ...


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Tell Us Why Your Mum Is So Special
Published on 15/03/2011

TO celebrate Mother’s Day, the Citizen has teamed up with 99p Store in Wisbech to make three mums’ day a bit more special... ...


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99p Stores targets more affluent areas
Published on 22/02/2011

Value retailer 99p Stores is claiming to have “conquered” Middle England following the opening of a new store in the affluent Hertfordshire ...


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Shoppers flock to new bargain store in St Albans
Published on 17/02/2011

HUNDREDS of eager bargain hunters stood patiently in line this morning before bursting through the doors of a new 99p shop in St Albans city...


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New '99p Stores' opening in St Peters Street, St Albans
Published on 07/02/2011

SHOPPERS in St Albans will be able to grab a bargain at a new 99p shop opening next week. The chain '99p Stores' is to create 35 new job...


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New Mall shop to create 40 jobs in Norwich
Published on 20/01/2011

Value retailer Family Bargains, owned by the 99p Stores Group, will open its doors in Norwich on Tuesday, February 1... ...


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99p Stores set for massive expansion
Published on 19/01/2011

The single price retailer 99p Stores has revealed huge expansion plans to more than quadruple in size and hit 600 stores over the next decad...


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Empire Built on 99p Bargains
Published on 18/01/2011

THE 99p Stores chain of discount shops celebrates 10 years in business this week and it has been a story of non-stop expansion. The bu...


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Family Bargains in Norwich
Published on 12/01/2011

Shoppers will see value store Family Bargains open its doors in The Mall Norwich. The store will occupy the corner unit formerly used by ...


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Single-Price Chains Squeeze Suppliers as VAT Hike Looms
Published on 13/12/2010

In fmcg and food virtually every supplier is offering us better pricing to compensate for the increase in VAT," said buying director Faisal ...


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WIN a Month’s Supply of Pick ‘n’ Mix Sweets
Published on 16/11/2010

Recession-busters 99p Stores, which has re-opened 55 former Woolies stores across the UK under its bargain brand name, is now permanently se...


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99p Stores Plans South East Expansion
Published on 02/11/2010

Discount chain 99p Stores is actively looking for suitable properties in the South East as part of expansion plans for both the 99p Store co...


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290 Jobs in Store in Brighton and Eastbourne
Published on 28/10/2010

Hussein Lalani, the store’s co-founder and commercial director said: “We have recently launched the Family Bargain brand following the succe...


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Clacton on Sea:Sweet Sales Through the Roof
Published on 20/10/2010

Hussein Lalani, managing director of 99p Stores, said: “Halloween is now easily the most popular spending time of the year after Christmas. ...


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The Clever Way to Cut Your Food Bill
Published on 19/10/2010

99p Stores sell grow-your-own starter kits for next to nothing, like this easy-to-grow mint kit or this four packets of seeds for 99p offer....


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Saint Ed Survival Kit
Published on 02/10/2010

Boss of 99p Stores, Hussein Lalani, said: “We have offered this kit to all MP s – including the sinners – but there have been no takers”... ...


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99p Stores- Hussein Lalani
Published on 01/10/2010

Retail is in the blood, explains Hussein Lalani, who co-founded 99p Stores with his father Nadir and brother Faisal. Brothers and father ali...


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Aisle-Master articulated forklifts chosen by 99p stores for new National Distribution Centre
Published on 08/09/2010

99p Stores has chosen a fleet of 11 Aisle-Master articulated forklifts to work at its new National Distribution Centre in Northampton.......


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Families Bag a Bargain at Shop's Launch
Published on 18/08/2010

Family Bargains is run by the Lalani family, who also own the chain of 99p stores. This will be their fourth and biggest store to date and t...


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New National Distribution Centre for 99p
Published on 10/08/2010

99p Stores has opened its new national distribution centre in Northampton, which is two and a half times the size of its previous Daventry s...


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What to Know: RETAIL NOW!
Published on 09.07.2010

An interview with John Lewis chief Andy Street Features correspondent Christine Eade’s video grilling of John Lewis managing director And...


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Organic wine, factory wine, machines, 99p wine - sipped & spit
Published on 25/06/2010

The British chain 99p Stores has announced a wine for 99p a bottle. Given the excise taxes on wine in the UK is now £1.69 and VAT is 17.5 20...


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Opinion- Diane Cooke
Published on 22/06/2010

With today’s Budget about to decimate our lives, I should be happy that one of Britain’s fastest-growing supermarket chains is planning to s...


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Budget 2010: VAT rise to hit spending and hold back recovery
Published on 22/06/2010

Hussein Lalani, commercial director for 99p Stores, said the budget chain would not change its prices but would stop selling goods that did ...


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Company Behind 99p Stores launches discount retail chain Family Bargains
Published on 17/06/2010

By James Thompson The single price specialist 99p Stores has launched a new retail chain to capitalise on the flight to value among consumer...


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Thursday newpaper round-up: BP, Mansion House speach, Banks
Published on 17/06/2010

The single price specialist 99p Stores has launched a new retail chain to capitalise on the flight to value among consumers and soft out-of-...


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Shopkeeper Stops 17 year Old
Published on 14/05/2010

Hussain Lalani, of 99p Stores, said staff were acting within the rules... ...


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General Election 2010: Asian business leaders back Tory tax plan
Published on 21/04/2010

Among the Asian business leaders signing the letter are Zameer Choudrey, the chief executive of Bestway Cash & Carry; Nadir Lalani, chief ex...


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New NDC at heart of 99p’s expansion
Published on 12/04/2010

“We are now working with ProLogis on our mid-term plan of opening another NDC within four years in the north of England to build our chain t...


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99p Stores Rolls out Greetings Card Offering
Published on 08/04/2010

Booming budget retailer 99p Stores is setting its sights on a bigger slice of the greetings market by significantly expanding its card range...


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Pineham for Retailer
Published on 01/04/2010

Budget retailer 99p Stores has secured ProLogis' DC372 warehouse at ProLogis Park Pineham in Northamptonshire, as its new headquarters and n...


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Enterprise Award for Lalani Brothers
Published on 29/03/2010

The brothers have helped turn their high street value retailer from one-man band to national brand in less than a decade. With their father ...


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99p Stores to take over Winton Woolworths Premises
Published on 25/03/2010

A HIGH Street shop which has been empty since the demise of Woolworths is to re-open as part of the 99p Stores chain... ...


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Talking About a Retail Revolution
Published on 19/03/2010

Poundland, 99p Stores and Home Bargains all have plans for quite significant expansion in the coming months, creating hundreds of retail job...


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Positive Oulook for Long-Term Jobs Market
Published on 17/03/2010

For example, in the retail industry there are companies at each end of the market - such as big grocers Asda and Morrisons, and bargain reta...


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Leighton High Street's Biggest Store Bans School Children
Published on 16/03/2010

One of Leighton's most popular shops has banned thousands of the town's school-children from its High Street store after suffering some of t...


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Discount Retailer Leaves Town to Expand
Published on 12/03/2010

A DISCOUNT retailer with its national headquarters in Daventry is set to move out of town... ...


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99p Stores Looks to Cash in Further as Shoppers Seek Bargains
Published on 09/03/2010

BUDGET brand 99p Stores yesterday unveiled plans for an explosion in shop numbers as it continues to attract bargain-hungry consumers during...


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The Bargain Chain Store That Bought Up Britain
Published on 08/03/2010

99p Stores has announced plans to quintuple its presence on the high street over the next four years, to run to more than 600 branches, part...


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Budget Retailer in Expansion Plans
Published on 07/03/2010

Budget brand 99p Stores revealed plans for an explosion in shop numbers as it continues to attract bargain-hungry consumers in the economic ...


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ProLogis Lets 372,571 sq ft to 99p Stores
Published on 05/03/2010

The discount retailer will more than double its existing distribution warehousing space in the move from its current location at ProLogis Pa...


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99p Stores to build Stores Empire as it Targets Turnover of £1bn
Published on 05/03/2010

99p Stores is gunning to open more than 200 stores by 2014, taking its store count to 350, and is targeting turnover of £1bn by 2016... ...


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99p Store Sign is Posh Enough for Lymington!
Published on 04/03/2010

The company held a design competition for a replacement, which was won by Jack Lawrence, a Brockenhurst College graphic design student... ...


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More Retail Jobs Created by 99p Stores
Published on 23/02/2010

In order to celebrate the opening of the Fareham shop, 99p Stores wants to reward the south of England’s "most prolific shopper" and it is r...


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Woolies Stores All Full Up
Published on 17/02/2010

Templars Square manager Aaron Bayliss said: “We are delighted to welcome 99p Stores. They, and we, have already seen a healthy increase in t...


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Mind the gap - How to Fill the UK’s Empty Shops
Published on 11/02/2010

To ensure the UK’s high streets become bustling retail hubs again, it is necessary for them to be planned, managed and nurtured in the corre...


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Bargain Retailer Targets 200-Store Landmark
Published on 04/02/2010

It may have increased its number of stores by 61 during the course of 2009, but bargain retailer 99p Stores is eying further growth this yea...


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The Strength of the Pound Shop
Published on 26/01/2010

For the likes of Poundland and 99p Stores the recession and the collapse of Woolworths has added a turbo-charger to their growth plans......


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Competition in Eastleigh
Published on 25/01/2010

Hussein Lalani, 99p Stores’ commercial director, said he would not be giving up his customers without a fight. He said: “I would say we ...


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Pound Stores Rise Towards a Ceiling
Published on 22/01/2010

99p Stores, which has grown from three outlets in 2001 to 126 today... ...


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99p Store Moves in at Old Woolies
Published on 16/01/2010

Northamptonshire-based firm 99p Stores Ltd will be moving into the High Street unit in mid-February on a permanent lease......


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Christmas tills jingle all the way in High Street
Published on 15/01/2010

Traders in the town reported an increase in sales in the two weeks leading up to Christmas as figures were released showing shoppers nationa...


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99p Store opening early for festive rush
Published on 09/12/2009

A DISCOUNT store is to open two days earlier than planned because of popular demand......


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99p Stores Opens Its Doors
Published on 01/12/2009

BARGAIN hunters braved the bitter cold to grab discount goods at the town’s new budget store. The 99p Stores was officially unveiled to the...


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99p Stores takes Woolworths site in Wickford
Published on 27/11/2009

ANOTHER former Woolworths store in south Essex is set to become a discount shop. The 99p Stores chain has confirmed it plans to move into...


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Bargain shop opens in former Woolies
Published on 21/11/2009

A NATIONAL chain store is taking over one of Paignton’s prime town centre sites, investing £250,000 in the building. The 99p Stores compa...


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Cheeky girls will open their second 99p store on Friday
Published on 21/11/2009

THE CHEEKY girls are due to open a new 99p Store in Enfield Town tomorrow. According to the media machine behind the 99p stores, Monica a...


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Woolies’ collapse leads to rise of pound shops on high street
Published on 13/11/2009

Woolies’ collapse leads to rise of pound shops on high street The void on the UK’s high streets left by the collapse of Woolworths has been...


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Bargain hunters set to flock to new 99p shop
Published on 10/11/2009

HUNDREDS of bargain-hunters are expected to flock to Stroud town centre this month as a new branch of 99p Stores opens its doors in King Str...


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Family-run retailers
Published on 09/11/2009

Some of the best performing retailers in this tough economic climate are family-run. Joanna Perry asks what gives their businesses the extra...


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Help us choose a charity to benefit from Huntingdon’s new 99p Store
Published on 03/11/2009

Help us choose a charity to benefit from Huntingdon’s new 99p Store.. ...


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Croydon’s Woolies targeted by 99p budget chain
Published on 02/11/2009

The borough’s empty Woolworths could be transformed into discount shops after the opening of a 99p Store in New Addington was hailed a succe...


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Woolies old site becomes 99p Store
Published on 29/10/2009

HUNTINGDON’S old Woolworths has reopened as a 99p Stores shop. About 30 new jobs were created, with most of the staff coming straight fro...


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Discount store numbers climb by 60%
Published on 29/10/2009

The number of discount shops such as Poundland and 99p Stores has surged by 60% during the downturn... ...


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Teenager told he’s too young to buy wine gums is VIP at 99p Stores launch tomorrow
Published on 26/10/2009

THE teenager who was told he was too young to buy wine gums from the 99p Store in Wisbech is the company’s VIP at its latest store launch......


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Irene’s charity haul as new Halesowen store opens
Published on 28/09/2009

A HALESOWEN charity fundraiser performed a trolley dash at the opening of the town’s new 99p stores. Irene Layton, chairwoman of the Hale...


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Barry Woolies to be replaced by 99p Store
Published on 24/09/2009

A RECESSION-BUSTING store will create around 30 jobs, ahead of its opening in the former Barry Woolworth’s store on Holton Road next month. ...


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Hundreds queue up for a bargain as 99p Store opens
Published on 23/09/2009

Hundreds queue up for a bargain as 99p Store opens 5:41pm Wednesday 23rd September 2009 comment Comments (12) Have your say » By An...


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Discount retailer takes over Woolworths warehouse
Published on 22/09/2009

Discount retailer 99p Stores has taken the former Woolworths warehouse in Rugby, which is being marketed by GVA Grimley. The 334,172 sq f...


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99p Stores to double number of shops
Published on 22/09/2009

The 99p Stores company, based in Northamptonshire, has announced it will create 3,500 new shops as it doubles its stores......


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Police to help control crowds as 99p store opens
Published on 18/09/2009

Police to help control crowds as 99p store opens POLICE are to be drafted in to control the crowds of bargain hungry shoppers expected to...


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99p Stores signs ex-Wilkinson boss Gordon Brown as chairman
Published on 16/09/2009

Value retailer 99p Stores has appointed former Wilkinson boss Gordon Brown as its new chairman....


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99p Stores in Chinese News Clip
Published on 10/09/2009

99p Stores makes the international news......


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Help us choose a charity to benefit from Huntingdon’s new 99p Store
Published on 03/09/2009

HUNTS Post readers are being urged to nominate a charity to benefit from a free shopping spree at a new Huntingdon store. The town’s new ...


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GALLERY: 99p Store now open in Wisbech
Published on 03/09/2009

THE weather put some people off but there was still a good turnout for the opening of Wisbech’s new 99p Store on Thursday. Customers braved...


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Wisbech Standard winner scoops his prize at the new 99p Store
Published on 03/09/2009

SCORES of people gathered for the opening of the 99p Stores in Wisbech this morning.... ...


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99p Stores: a sign of the times
Published on 03/09/2009

As discount stores move into affluent areas such as Lymington, Oxford and Tunbridge Wells, their clientele is changing, says Iain Hollingshe...


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’Too posh’ Lymington rejects 99p shop’s "gaudy" sign
Published on 03/09/2009

The owners of a 99p shop in Lymington, the affluent Hampshire town once said to be “too posh” for an Argos store, have been ordered to remov...


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Stock for 99p Store sits in Wisbech market place ready for tomorrow’s opening
Published on 02/09/2009

Shoppers have watched the transformation of the former Woolworth’s with excitement - and hundreds of keen customers could queue outside from...


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99p Stores considers sale or float as it maps out rapid expansion
Published on 28/08/2009

Value specialist 99p Stores is to review its ownership structure, potentially resulting in a sale as early as next summer or a flotation in ...


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Bushey youngster completed trolley dash at opening of 99p Store in Harrow
Published on 28/08/2009

Bushey youngster completed trolley dash at opening of 99p Store in Harrow... ...


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New town centre store set to open in Barry
Published on 01/08/2009

BOSSES at a new Barry town centre store have requested a friendly police presence for "crowd control" purposes, when the shop opens next Tue...


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