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Laura Ashley is to continue to expand its chain of 228 home furnishing stores, but at a slower rate than the 29 new stores opened last year. 01-Apr-2009 Laura Ashley is in negotiations to set up a clothing and home furnishings distribution centre at the 310,000 sq ft Celestia site in Milton Keynes, which could also involve the relocation of its head office from Fulham. 16-Jun-2008 Laura Ashley is planning to open about 33 fashion and homewares stores this year. 29-May-2008 Laura Ashley is planning to expand its chain of 178 clothing and homewares stores with up to 20 new sites over the next year. 25-Sep-2006 Laura Ashley is to shed up to 43 of the 230 jobs at its Texplan factory in Newtown, Powys, in order to transfer the printing and dyeing of textiles overseas. 29-Jun-2006 Laura Ashley is to close its flagship store on London's Regent Street with the loss of up to 70 jobs. 21-Jun-2005 Laura Ashley is to close its fabrics factory at Carno in mid Wales, in order to transfer 220 jobs to its site in nearby Newtown. 26-Oct-2004 Laura Ashley, the clothing and furnishings retailer, has announced plans to shed up to 130 jobs at factories in Newtown and Carno in mid Wales and at its London head office. 15-Sep-2004 Laura Ashley is planning to relocate 30 of its 200 stores from high street location to out-of-town sites over the next two years. 26-Apr-2004 Laura Ashley has sold its 11 Benelux stores to Laben Holdings of the Netherlands for a nominal sum. 02-Sep-2003 Laura Ashley is to sell its furniture and clothing stores in Switzerland, Italy and Austria to EDMI Holdings for a nominal sum. 30-Jun-2003 Laura Ashley is to raise £9m in a rights issue to fund the closure of 35 clothing and home furnishing stores in continental Europe. 24-Jan-2003 Laura Ashley is to close five clothing and home furnishing stores in France and six in Germany, and its UK expansion will slow down. 08-Nov-2002 Laura Ashley is seeking franchise partners to operate some of its 67 stores in continental Europe. 26-Sep-2002 Laura Ashley is looking to open a further 50 out-of-town home furnishings stores to add to the existing 20. 02-May-2002 Laura Ashley is to set up a furniture distribution centre at Bardon in Leicestershire, with the creation of 200 jobs. 10-Jan-2002 Laura Ashley is planning to open a further 30 home furnishing concessions in Homebase stores. 24-Sep-2001 Laura Ashley is planning to create 120 jobs at its Texplan Manufacturing factories in Powys over the next four years, in order to expand the output of clothing, wallpaper and textiles. 29-Jun-2001 Laura Ashley is planning to open seven home furnishings stores this year, and believes there is potential for up to 100. 21-Sep-2000 Laura Ashley is to launch an online shopping service this autumn, and has dropped plans to close two Welsh factories, saving 321 jobs. 23-Jun-2000 Laura Ashley is planning to refurbish its 217 stores in the UK and 63 stores in continental Europe. 12-Apr-2000 Laura Ashley is to close its remaining clothing factory in Wales with the loss of 150 jobs, and negotiations are taking place to sell its two remaining home furnishing plants. 23-Sep-1999 Laura Ashley is to sell its US business to management for a nominal sum as part of a deal with bankers to stave off insolvency. 29-Apr-1999 Laura Ashley is to close a fabric plant in Oswestry and a Dutch curtain factory, but has decided to keep three larger Welsh factories having failed to find a buyer. 27-Nov-1998 Laura Ashley is to close 10 of its large-format clothes and furniture stores in North America this year, a greater number than previously announced. 02-Oct-1998 Laura Ashley is planning to introduce a range of perfumes into its stores from next year. 17-Aug-1998 Laura Ashley, the troubled fashion retailer, is to be saved by Malaysian United Industries who have promised to inject £44m of new equity and take a 40% stake. 18-Apr-1998 Laura Ashley is expected to announce the closure of some of its large US stores later this month, as part of a restructuring of its lossmaking US business. 11-Apr-1998 Laura Ashley, the fashion retailer, has sold a 13% stake in Laura Ashley Japan to Jusco, its joint venture partner, for £8m, leaving it with a 26.7% stake. 06-Mar-1998 Laura Ashley is to sell its four factories in Wales and one in the Netherlands in order to completely withdraw from manufacturing and focus on fashion retailing. 16-Jan-1998 Laura Ashley has sold a clothing factory in Dyfed to Merchants Design and Manufacturing. 10-Sep-1997 Laura Ashley is to open seven franchised clothing and home furnishings stores in Chile and ten in Argentina, in its first move into South America. 04-Sep-1997 Laura Ashley, the clothing and furnishings retailer, is to take back control of its distribution from Federal Express at a cost of about £1m. 09-Oct-1996 Laura Ashley, the fashion and furnishings retailer, is planning to restructure by changing its products and distribution chain and shaking up its manufacturing activities. 19-Apr-1996 Laura Ashley Holdings is stopping a profit-related pay scheme which will cut the net pay of UK staff. 11-Jan-1996
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