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Littlewoods is forming a joint venture with Burton to enable it to offer high street brands in its catalogues and to give Burton greater access to home shopping. 13-Dec-1997 Burton is planning to sell 150 of its 1,500 high street stores, including Top Shop and Dorothy Perkins outlets. 31-Oct-1997 Burton Group is to be renamed Arcadia Group next spring after the demerger of its Debenhams department stores, but the Burtons brand will still be used for its high street stores. 13-Oct-1997 Burton Group is to spin off its Debenhams department stores business, which is valued at over £1.5bn, in order to generate value for investors. 09-Jul-1997 Burton Group is testing a new "one-stop shop" format in its high street stores in an attempt to remove the reluctance of males to shop for clothes. 16-May-1997 Hamleys has reached agreement with Burton Group to sell its toys through Debenhams outlets, and will pull out of an arrangement with House of Fraser. 26-Mar-1997 Burton, the clothing retailer, has acquired Racing Group, the mail-order concern, for £19m. 22-Oct-1996 Burton, the clothes retailer, is buying Innovations, the direct mail order concern, for £45m, a move which will give Burton a new channel to sell its brands. 20-Jul-1996
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