All Retail Week articles in 12 October 2007 – Page 3
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Dutch grocer pilots mobile phone payment system with LogicaCMG
Dutch supermarket C1000 has embarked on a six-month pilot of a payment system that ditches debit cards in favour of mobile phones.
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Carphone Warehouse UK marketing director leaves
Carphone Warehouse’s UK marketing director Dominic Rowell has left the retailer.
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Analysis
A walk in the park
Retail parks are trying to compete with town centre rivals by giving shoppers more reasons to stick around when they visit. Liz Morrell reports on the rise of experience-led schemes
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AnalysisBatten down the hatches
The lettings market for retail parks has faltered as bulky goods retailers start to feel the pinch from the downturn in consumer spending, so is this affecting the red-hot investment market? Jessica Price Brown consults the experts
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Thorntons celebrates stellar first quarter
Thorntons has reported strong trading in its first-quarter update.
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Woolies warns of toy shortages at Christmas
Children’s Christmas wishes could be shattered this year, as Woolworths admitted it could run out of some of this year’s must-have toys two weeks before the big day.
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DSGi Italy boss goes as like-for-likes drop
The boss of DSGi’s troubled Italian electricals chain UniEuro left the business this week.
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Harris plans Euro assault
Carpetright founder Lord Harris of Peckham has ambitious plans to double the size of the business in five years if his bid to take the company private is successful.
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Farewell to Ratty
The stores sector has been remembering Richard Ratner, the flamboyant Seymour Pierce vice-chairman and retail analyst, who died on Sunday after suffering a heart attack last week.
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Boots to go into battle over medicine fee cuts
Alliance Boots is poised to challenge the Department of Health on its decision last week to reduce the fees it pays to pharmacies and cut the price of medicines.
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Morrisons seeks chief to drive home brand
Morrisons is to recruit a head of brand to deliver consistency of message throughout its stores and advertising.
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Ethel Austin kicks off brand assault after £5m injection
Ethel Austin has begun a brand-building offensive after being granted a 5 million cash injection from its owners.
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Theo Fennell boss to exit as sales soar
Theo Fennell managing director Barbara Snoad is to leave at the end of this year after six years at the upmarket jeweller.
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The Sun launches online shop
News Group Digital has launched an online price-comparison shopping portal for bestselling newspaper The Sun.
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Zavvi to give managers power with local move
Entertainment group Zavvi is poised to hand back power to store managers as it sets out its plans to run the 125-store chain as an independent retailer.
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Baugur snaps up stake in Sports Direct
Serial investor Baugur has taken a stake in beleaguered retailer Sports Direct.
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Fruits and Passion heads for London
Canadian health and beauty retailer Fruits and Passion is to open its first store in London early next year, following a UK trial in Manchester this summer.
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US Carpetright shareholder to block Lord Harris deal
Carpetright’s third biggest investor, Harris Associates, aims to halt the 850 million acquisition of the retailer by its founder.
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AnalysisNo pain no gain
After a gloomy 24 months, the lettings market is beginning to pick up, but often because owners have cut the rent rather than a rush of new retailers eager to take space. John Ryanreports
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Football shirt manufacturers ‘shunning supermarkets’
Football shirt manufacturers ‘shunning supermarkets’