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Next has appointed CB Richard Ellis to advise on the opening of six new stores over the next six months for its recently-acquired Lipsy fashion brand. 27-Oct-2008 Next has acquired Lipsy, the fashion brand with annual turnover of £20m, for an initial £17m. 03-Oct-2008 Next is to create 40 jobs at a new homewares store at Middlebrook in Bolton early next year, as part of an ongoing expansion programme for the Next Home chain. 11-Dec-2007 Next is to refurbish a further 20% of its 480 fashion stores by January 2008, including a new logo, stone flooring and chrome fittings. 26-Mar-2007 Next is considering plans to step up the rate of expansion of its Next Home homeware stores, with its second site opening at the Lakeside Retail Park in Thurrock. 02-Oct-2006 Next is to open trial standalone stores in Derby and Newbury for its Lime discount clothing range. 04-Sep-2006 Next is to spend about £16m modernising the top 10% of its clothing and home furnishings stores. 27-Mar-2006 Next is to set up a major new clothing warehouse at the Brookfields Park site near Rotherham next year, with the creation of hundreds of new jobs. 13-Feb-2006 Next is planning to expand its chain of fashion stores with an additional 800,000 sq ft of selling space this year. 29-Mar-2005 Next is to create 150 new jobs with the opening of a new larger fashion store in Birstall at the end of November. 27-Oct-2003 Next has announced plans to extend many of its existing clothing stores and open at least four stores of more than 20,000 sq ft over the next six months. 19-Sep-2003 Next has announced plans to create more than 150 jobs at a new large-format fashion store at the Retail World shopping development on Tyneside in July. 30-Apr-2003 Next has announced plans to create 200 jobs at a new enlarged fashion store at the Merry Hill shopping centre in Brierley Hill in May 2003. 07-Nov-2002 Next, the fashion retailer, is seeking 600,000 sq ft of warehouse space in the Midlands and 250,000 sq ft in Leeds. 27-May-2002 Next, the fashion retailer, is to set up a £20m sourcing operation in Turkey over the next three years, in order to co-ordinate the manufacturing process. 22-Mar-2002 Next is creating up to 150 new jobs at its customer services call centre in Enderby, Leicestershire. 29-Jan-2002 Next has agreed to end two consumer finance joint ventures with Bank of Scotland, as part of a strategy to focus its Ventura division on the supply of call centre and customer management services. 02-Feb-2001 Next has sold Clydesdale Financial Services, its consumer credit business, to a management buy-in backed by Barclays Private Equity for £108m. 29-Jan-2001 Next is to create 220 jobs at its Ventura call centre in the Dearne Valley, having won a contract from Woolwich to manage a new integrated personal finance plan. 18-Aug-2000 Next is planning to set up a second Ventura customer service call centre at Wath-upon-Dearne, with the creation of at least 1,000 jobs. 12-Jun-2000 C&A is to close its store at the Bluewater retail park in Kent later this month, and Next is expected to take the 32,000 sq ft site. 09-Jun-2000 Next and Superdrug have both announced plans to set up flagship stores on London's Oxford Street. 07-Feb-2000 Next has announced plans to open a 35,000 sq ft store at Birmingham's new Bull Ring. 07-Jan-2000 Next is looking to sell its Clydesdale consumer credit business, which could be worth up to £100m, but will keep its Ventura call centre operation. 26-Nov-1999 Next is planning to expand its chain of clothing stores by opening an additional 120,000 sq ft by the end of January, but is only interested in buying individual stores. 17-Sep-1999 Next has announced plans to create an additional 2,000 jobs at the Ventura call centre that is being built in the Dearne Valley in South Yorkshire. 26-Mar-1999 Next Group has opened a new £15m customer service centre through its Ventura division in Wath near Rotherham, which will create 1,750 new jobs over three years. 05-Feb-1999 Next, the fashion retailer, is building a distribution centre near the Crossways shopping centre on the M25. 09-Oct-1998 Next is to close a number of lossmaking fashion stores in the US, France and Belgium, but will continue to maintain its international franchise operation that includes 43 stores in Europe and the Middle East. 26-Jun-1998 Ventura, a subsidiary of the Next retail group, is to open a £15m customer service centre that will provide billing facilities for companies on the site of an old colliery near Rotherham, creating 1,750 jobs. 08-Apr-1998 Next, the fashion retailer, has issued a profits warning following its first fall in sales for eight years, which has been blamed on poor stock control and concentrating too much on high fashion. 27-Mar-1998 Next is to close the 13 in-store cafes at its fashion outlets following a review of profitability. 31-Jan-1998 Next is opening its first Russian store in a Moscow shopping centre, alongside a Mothercare store, and it will be operated by the Mannai Retailing Group franchise. 06-Oct-1997 Ventura, the customer service operation owned by the Next Group, is to create a further 100 jobs at its call centre in Leeds. 17-Jun-1997 Next, the fashion retailer, is in discussions to form a financial services partnership to offer credit cards and insurance to its high street and mail order customers. 27-Mar-1997 Next, the clothing retailer, has acquired a 30% stake in Cotton Traders, the leisurewear concern, for undisclosed terms. 11-Jul-1996 Next, the clothes retailer, is expanding its franchise operation from the Middle East into east Asia. 29-Mar-1996 Great Universal Stores has appointed Lord Wolfson from Next as its new chairman, sparking talk of a possible link-up between the two companies. 08-Dec-1995 Next is selling TCS Management Group, its US subsidiary, to Aspect Telecommunications for £24m. 06-Oct-1995
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