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Freemans is axing the night shift at its mail order call centre in Sheffield with the loss of an unspecified number of jobs, while its Orpington-based centre will close. 04-Mar-2002 Sears is to sell its Freemans mail order business to Otto Versand of Germany for undisclosed terms, leaving it focus on its retail operations which include Miss Selfridge, Richards, Warehouse, Adams, Wallis and Outfit. 08-Apr-1999 Woolworths has awarded a five-year contract to Freemans for the supply of telesales, marketing and distribution services for its new home shopping operation. 20-Feb-1999 Freemans is linking up with Debenhams to produce a home shopping catalogue called Debenhams Direct, and it will be launched in 2000. 10-Dec-1998 Sears is postponing the demerger of its Freemans home shopping business due to trading problems and stock market turmoil. 14-Oct-1998 N Brown is said to be considering a second approach to acquire Freemans, the catalogue retailer. 07-May-1998 Sears is to bring forward the demerger of its Freemans home shopping business to later this year, and it is also said to be discussing the sale of its Cable & Co shoe business to Nine West of the US. 16-Jan-1998 The government has blocked Littlewoods' plan to acquire the Freemans home-shopping business for £367m, saying it would have been anti-competitive. 19-Nov-1997 Freemans, the mail-order company, is to offer a £1 lottery ticket voucher for every £10 spent by customers, having become an official National Lottery partner. 11-Dec-1996 Littlewoods of the UK and Otto Versand of Germany have both expressed interest in launching a takeover bid for Freemans, Sears' mail order business which is estimated to be worth about £350m. 02-Dec-1996
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