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Boots and Mothercare team up on children's clothing brand
Boots and Mothercare have struck a partnership which will see a new children’s clothing and accessories brand sold exclusively in Boots.
Focus DIY asks for rent holiday as snow hits sales
Focus DIY has asked landlords for a rent holiday as the snow last month hit sales.
Halfords considers HobbyCraft bid
Halfords is mulling a bid for the arts and crafts retailer HobbyCraft, according to reports.
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Sales growth slows to 15-year low in January as snow hits trade
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Ethel Austin in administration
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Ocado appoints advisers ahead of float
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Iceland launches X-Factor style search for new face of brand
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Suitors line up for Figleaves
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M&S unveils star list for spring ad campaign
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Nectar becomes most popular loyalty card scheme
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China to overtake US as world's largest grocery market
Weekend News Roundup
The retail news from the weekend papers
From Retail Week magazine
H&M moves in on homewares
Swedish fashion giant to bring its Home offer to the UK, going head to head with Zara and Next
Asda changes strategy as market share stalls
Asda has said it would consider using vouchers again as part of its promotional mix after revealing it was “pleased” with the response from its unprecedented coupon offer last week.
In Depth
DFS: Sofa, so good
He may now be thinking about succession and selling the business, but Lord Kirkham does not intend to put his feet up yet. He tells Nicola Harrison about his plans to pass the £1bn sales barrier
In-store marketing: Get to the point
Retailers are increasingly in favour of decluttering stores, so what’s the future for in-store marketing?
Retail Comment & Opinion
Hot off the press
Heals celebrated its bicentennial by turning over its windows to students from the nearby Slade school of art. And it was the most interesting thing on Tottenham Court Road for some time.
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The Heroes of Home Delivery are here
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Store Design & Visual Merchandising
Charity begins in Edinburgh
Working with retail guru Mary Portas, Save the Children has opened a design-led charity store in Edinburgh.
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A vicious circle of high street neglect
As our “Manifesto for the High Street” campaign continues, we look at the damage empty shops are doing to our towns with surveys of Wolverhampton and Margate
Christmas Trading
Christmas like-for-likes
The full list of retailers’ festive-period trading updates.
Retailer in the news
Dalton Philips: A good fit for Morrisons
As all eyes focus on the incoming Morrisons chief executive, Jennifer Creevy discovers what the Irishman is made of and asks what his impact on the grocery giant will be
Woolies Watch
Woolies Watch: What happened to your local Woolworths?
Updated: New research shows that 60% of former Woolworths stores have been let. Retail Week is monitoring local reports of the impact these new store openings are having in communities across Britain.
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Boots and Mothercare team up on children's clothing brand http://bit.ly/aGVPUi
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Sales growth slows to 15-year low in January as snow hits trade http://bit.ly/cbghId
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Blog post: Ocado, or Ocadon’t? http://bit.ly/aNmjdZ
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M&S unveils star list for spring ad campaign http://bit.ly/ch76OZ
