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Clintons 'sings it with love' for Valentine's Day
Clintons is organising choirs to sing songs to competition winners’ loved ones as part of its personalised Valentine’s Day campaign.
General retail flat as food groups suffer
General retailers trod water over the week in a flat market, but food groups underperformed as investors continued to fret about supermarket prospects and Kantar data showed the grocery market growing below the rate of food price inflation.
Heathrow Terminal 2 retail tender takes off
Bosses of retailers including Harrods, Hamleys and Hugo Boss attended the launch of the tender process for the revamped retail offer at Heathrow Terminal 2 last week.
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Former M and M Direct boss joins B&Q board
B&Q has appointed former M and M Direct boss Steve Robinson to its board as it strengthens its multichannel offer.
Amazon widens its sporting range in time for Olympics
Amazon has thrown down the gauntlet to sports specialists as it expands its range in the category in expectation of a spending surge during the Olympics.
Video: Halfords airs first Autocentres ads
Halfords’s has aired its first TV advert promoting its Autocentres.
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Poundstretcher scraps transactional website
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Ocado plots 'agressive' marketing push
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Shop Direct chief executive Newton-Jones to exit
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Amazon eyes chilled food offensive
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Karen Millen to expand online offer across Europe
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Video: Vision Express launches new ad
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Feelunique.com ramps up overseas
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Flying Brands sales fall
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More shoppers head for mobiles to do Christmas shopping
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Kardashian's UK footwear website to close after four months
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Cocosa to launch full price site
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Asos sales and margin up in third quarter
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Fashion retailer Select to double stores
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Findel posts sales jump as turnaround shows results
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Amazon full year profits plummet as it continues to invest
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Ocado pre-tax losses narrow
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Ocado slashes prices in online price war
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Debenhams digital boss exits for Gucci
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Christmas updates boost store stocks
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Hawkins Bazaar back in the game
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Retail sales suffer steepest fall in three years, says CBI
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Ocado makes boardroom changes as finance boss departs
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Argos cuts or freezes 11,000 prices
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Boots primes its multichannel offer
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Play mulls payment-on-delivery model to boost shoppers’ options
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Online sales soar 16.5% over Christmas
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My-Wardrobe plans international launch
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10 ways to compete with Amazon
Amazon’s sales growth this week showed that the etailer continues to power on. It commands respect from retailers, but its relentless expansion also generates fear. We assess how retailers can best compete with the digital Goliath. Gemma Goldfingle and Alex Lawson report.
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John Richards is a retail consultant for corporate finance advisor McQueen. Prior to that, he was a leading leading retail equity analyst, working for Deutsche Bank amongst others.
