All Retail Week articles in 23 November 2007
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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NewsMothercare raids Argos for new finance director
Mothercare has appointed Argos finance director Matt Smith as its chief financial officer and executive director.
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Analysis
Decade of change
Ten years of intensive city centre development will create a very different Top Towns list by 2017. Here, we look at the winners and losers
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Analysis
Old store new tricks
Sainsbury’s new London Colney store has ditched the standard edge-of-town format. John Ryan says it has combined style with a shopfit that can be deployed elsewhere
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Analysis
No time to waste
Lockdowns at Christmas may mean major work in retailers’ IT departments halts, but that doesn’t mean that the IT staff are left idle – far from it. Liz Morrell reports
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Opinion
White City or Westfield London?
Rebranding is one of the tools that those associated with the retail sector tend to use when they want to establish something new, something fresh.
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News
OFT launches investigation of online retailers
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and Local Authority Trading Standards Services (TSS) have launched a sweep of online retailers to ensure they comply with key requirements of online shopping laws in the run-up to Christmas.
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Positive John Lewis sales could kick-start Christmas
Fears of a retail slowdown this Christmas may abate as John Lewis reported a 10 per cent jump in sales last week.
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Tesco reveals aggressive international expansion plan
Tesco is planning to generate more than half of its annual sales from its international operations in the next 10 years.
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Gap warns shoppers about fake discount voucher
Fashion chain Gap has told shoppers that 60 per cent off vouchers being circulated by e-mail are fake.
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John Lewis faces union anger
The John Lewis Partnership will come under attack from trade union representatives this week, following the sale of two of its factories.
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Spending to rise 5 per cent this Christmas
UK consumers will splash out almost 12 billion this Christmas – a 5 per cent increase on last year, according to the British Retail Consortium and Nielsen.
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Analysis
Research always pays dividends
With so much new retail development planned over the next decade, it is vital that retailers, investors and developers conduct detailed and careful research before investing in a location.