The Retail Burn shows the good and the bad of the top talked about retailers in December 2011. 

This month, the most talked about retailers, according to SnapShop and the Retail Burn, include The Co-operative Group, John Lewis , Waitrose, Morrisons, Boots The Chemist, Ikea, Everything Everywhere, Illamasqua, ASOS, Reiss, Hawkin's Bazaar, d2, Thorntons, La Senza, Past Times, Edinburgh Woollen Mill, Peacocks Group, New Look, Carpetright and Barratts.

The retailer with the highest number of positive news articles in November was The Co-operative Group. The group announced a record-breaking interim dividend of 17.8m to its membership.

At the other end of the scale Barratts has made 1,610 employees redundant and plans to close 18 of its stores.

Other notable stories include the news that Hawkin's Bazaar has collapsed into administration and Past Times is set to be put into administration threatening around 1,000 jobs.
 

 

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