All Retail Week articles in 16 November 2007 – Page 4
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News
Higher food prices will scare shoppers
For most Retail Week readers, the cost of a pint of milk or a packet of biscuits is neither here nor there when their weekly bills are totted up.
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Opinion
Brace yourselves for frostbite
All the signs say Christmas will be a tough nut to crack, but let’s try to make opportunities
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Analysis
Saving the pound
When Jim McCarthy was parachuted in to revive discount giant Poundland, sales were falling in a saturated discount market. Emily Seares finds out how he brought the chain back to life
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Opinion
Great products will help retailers beat tough times
Retailers may be worrying about the credit crunch hitting consumer spending, but two fashion retailers’ stellar performances this week have proved that with the right product, customers will come flocking.
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News
John Lewis opens in Cambridge
A 145,000 sq ft (13,470 sq m) John Lewis store opened in Cambridge last week, replacing Robert Sayle, the department store the retailer has owned since 1940.
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Poor November for fashion bodes ill for festive trading
UK fashion retailers have endured awful trading in November, putting down an ominous marker for Christmas.
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Hindmarch makes London debut
Anya Hindmarch, the designer of handbags and small leather goods, has opened the first of two London stores on Bond Street.
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Dunelm’s no-nonsense stance is a winner
The first time I really became aware of Dunelm Mills was when, like many other parents in the UK, it was time for our children to leave home and take up their places at University.
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Tesco IT chief to step down
Tesco IT director Colin Cobain will step down from his role before the end of the year.
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New Planet sited at Walton-on-Thames
Forty-something fashion brand Planet has opened a new-format store at Walton-on-Thames in Surrey.
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Analysis
A passion for fashion
As increasingly high-tech systems help merchandisers mitigate the risks of their job, are software skills becoming more important to the role than old-fashioned intuition? Katie Kilgallen finds out
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JCPenney's sales tumble as US retail gloom grows
JCPenney’s chief executive has blamed the gloomy mortgage market and credit crunch for disappointing sales in its third quarter ending November 3.
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Traditional retailers leapfrog pure play e-tailers online
High street retailers attracted more visitors to their web sites than pure-play e-tailers for the first time in October.
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Analysis
Many hands make light work
Allowing other companies to market your business online can yield easy sales, but there are risks. Joanna Perry says technology can keep activity in check
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Analysis
Christmas is coming
…and retailers are getting their stores ready. As the windows in London’s West End light up, John Ryan picks out the crackers and the turkeys
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News
New Bond Street rent is most expensive in UK
London’s New Bond Street remains the UK’s most expensive shopping street to rent space on, buoyed by a glut of new luxury retailers opening stores there.
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Opinion
Asda boss bullish about next year
Retail Week picked the brains of Asda's chief executive Andy Bond this week about his thoughts on Christmas, non-food, online groceries and enhancing its operations.
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News
Cold weather drives clothing sales at John Lewis
John Lewis posted a solid increase in sales for the week ending November 16, as colder weather lifted clothing sales.
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Ahold appoints chief executive
Dutch food giant Ahold has promoted John Rishton, who has been acting chief executive since July, to president and chief executive with immediate effect.