All Retail Week articles in 17 October 2008
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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News
WHSmith to roll out travel bookshops after profit lift
WHSmith will roll out standalone travel bookshops after an “encouraging performance” in its last financial year.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Precursor, Paris
British fashion retailers abroad are often marked by their attempt to export a format with little, or sometimes no, adjustment to local conditions.
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News
Harrods raises curtain on new technology area
Harrods has unveiled a revamped technology department on its third floor.
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Opinion
Do low prices really have to mean poor store design?
What in-store experience can we hope for at the lower end of the price spectrum and do we have any right to expect it?
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News
Sir Alan Sugar’s bid to invest in Woolworths thwarted
Sir Alan Sugar’s attempt to stakebuild in struggling retailer Woolworths has been scuppered after his shares he thought he had bought failed to turn up, prompting speculation that the vendor may have been an Icelandic investor whose assets have been frozen.
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Opinion
Iceland’s motivational culture stands it in good stead
The spotlight is firmly on discounters because of their market-beating growth in the food sector. Yet it should also be noted that frozen food retailer Iceland is outperforming the market, too.
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News
Average household is £14 a week worse off
The average household in the UK is 14 a week worse off than a year ago, according to Asda’s monthly income tracker.
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News
Retailers to benefit from renewable energy savings
Retailers will welcome the Government’s decision yesterday to make the production of renewable energy more affordable for businesses.
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News
Debenhams signs wind power deal with Scottish Power
Debenhams has signed a deal with Scottish Power to supply all its UK stores with electricity provided by wind power.
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News
Bargain-hunters storm Currys’ megastore opening
Chaos broke out yesterday over slashed Sales prices at the opening of Currys’ J9 megastore near Birmingham.
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News
Primark targets 70 Spanish stores
Primark has plans for 20 more Spanish stores and is likely to take its total in the country to 70 stores.
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News
John Lewis posts 4.8 per cent sales slide
John Lewis department stores recorded a 4.8 per cent dip in sales last week as the global banking crisis worsened and the sun came out at the weekend.
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News
Ideal recruits Mike Hancox to be chief executive
TV shopping specialist Ideal Shopping Direct has appointed Mike Hancox as chief executive.
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News
B&Q launches 2,000 eco-products
DIY retailer B&Q is introducing 2,000 new eco-friendly products to help customers reduce the impact that running their homes has on the environment.
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News
Alliance Boots buys German distributor Megapharm
Alliance Boots has bought a 90 per cent stake in German specialist drugs distributor Megapharm.
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News
Woolworths chiefs axed as slowdown strikes
Two senior Woolworths directors have left the business as the downturn bites.
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News
Redcats staff vote against strike action
Redcats employees have voted against strike action following a dispute over pay.
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Opinion
Hats off to Baugur's retail leaders
The tangled web that surrounds Baugur’s future is unravelling by the minute.
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News
European Commission scraps plans for candle duties
The European Commission has temporarily ditched plans to introduce anti-dumping charges on candles made in China.
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News
Play.com launches ticket sales service
Entertainment e-tailer Play.com has launched its own ticket-selling service.