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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.
Amazon full year profits plummet as it continues to invest
Online retail giant Amazon revealed a sharp drop in full year profits despite soaring sales.
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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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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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Kardashian's UK footwear website to close after four months
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Cocosa to launch full price site
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Online sales soar 16.5% over Christmas
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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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Halfords appoints group digital director
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‘Mobile is the future’, says Shop Direct boss
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Shop Direct reveals Christmas sales leap
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Two cheers for Christmas
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Feelunique.com sales increase by 50% in December
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Debenhams digital boss exits for Gucci
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Christmas updates boost store stocks
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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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Boots primes its multichannel offer
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Play mulls payment-on-delivery model to boost shoppers’ options
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Asos sales and margin up in third quarter
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My-Wardrobe plans international launch
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M&S online customer feedback soars
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SuperGroup sets trend to cut prices but not quality
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N Brown like-for-likes up 2%
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Last chance to enter the PayPal Etail Awards
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Strong start to Boxing Day Sales for furniture retailers
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Irisa online and marketing boss Delafeld exits
Online Retail In Depth
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.
It’s a wrap: Christmas performance revealed
Christmas is over and many retailers’ hangovers were often less painful than anticipated, but was it really better than expected? Charlotte Hardie reports.
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Jason Gissing
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Q&A: Shop Direct chief executive Mark Newton-Jones
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NRF: Why technology matters to retail
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Right technology, right time
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How to win spend and inspire people
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‘We are not going to be an also-ran’ says Tesco chief
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Guy Lister
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The secrets of a successful store
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Build-a-Bear Workshop: The bear necessities
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Retail resolutions for 2012
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Grocers: The final countdown
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2011: The year in retail
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Town centre retail to lose share, Portas study shows
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Selfridges: All set up for Christmas
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Where will shoppers spend this Christmas?
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Stores that click all of the boxes
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Multichannel Now: Executive Summary
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The mother of all challenges
Forget trivia, focus on what matters
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.
