All Retail Week articles in 24 October 2008 – Page 3
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Analysis
Ethical Trade: The years of living ethically
As the Ethical Trading Initiative turns 10, Charlotte Hardie looks at a decade of progress in responsible retailing and finds out why it remains vital through the downturn.
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Analysis
Jacques-Antoine Granjon: UK Confidential
France’s leading private sales web site Vente-Privee may have chosen a precarious time to launch in the UK, but founder Jacques-Antoine Granjon says the potential is there. He tells Lisa Berwin why.
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Analysis
Iceland: The show must go on
There was precious little talk of economic woes at Iceland’s Store Managers’ Conference last week – apart from how they are benefiting the retailer. Jennifer Creevy went to find out more.
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Opinion
Mark Newton-Jones: Online loyalty won’t come cheap
Securing shoppers’ custom online is not just about value; good service means everything too.
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Opinion
Sean Murray: Question enough and you’ll find the answer
I never underestimate the importance of asking questions.
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AnalysisBest Buy Europe: Charles Dunstone’s best move?
It will launch into the toughest retail market for a decade, but Charles Dunstone believes that Best Buy will be a hit in the UK. Tim Danaher joined him in Chicago to find out why.
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Opinion
Forget the recession and get retailing
As Gordon Brown and Mervyn King finally uttered the R-word this week, it looked like they had unavoidably twisted the knife for retailers.
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NewsAnthropologie homes in on West End debut
Urban Outfitters’ sister brand Anthropologie is reported to be close to signing its first UK store in the former Wedgwood shop on London’s Regent Street.
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Harvey Nichols eyes Westfield Nottingham
Harvey Nichols is understood to have entered into negotiations to take an anchor store in the redeveloped Broadmarsh centre in Nottingham.
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Gap reviews ad spend and focuses on online business
Gap has overhauled its marketing strategy and outlined plans to generate growth from its international and online businesses.
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Coles and Delhaize launch cut-price formats
Grocers Coles and Delhaize are to launch discount formats as the trend for budget food shopping grows with the deepening global downturn.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Streatham Pharmacy, London
It’s not often that Streatham makes it into the pages of this magazine and this is definitely the first instance of the south London suburb boasting a store of the week.
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News
Currys opens doors at debut megastore
DSGi unveiled its highly anticipated Currys megastore format at Wednesbury, near Birmingham, last week.
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Zadig & Voltaire eyes store assault
French high-end fashion retailer Zadig & Voltaire wants to top 80 stores internationally by the end of this year.
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Sweaty Betty targets more stores as it tests fresh shopfit
Women’s activewear retailer Sweaty Betty wants to double its store portfolio within five years and is poised to unveil a new shopfit at its London Soho shop.
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Opinion
George MacDonald: Playing the equity card
The old maxim that cash is king has never been more true as debt fears and covenant concerns drag down sentiment and valuations.
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NewsTravis Perkins warning reignites fears for DIY
Travis Perkins’ profit warning last week again sparked fears about the impact of the downturn on home and DIY retailers.
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New Ideal Shopping chief to focus on multichannel profile
Mike Hancox, newly appointed chief executive of Ideal Shopping Direct, will concentrate on improving the retailer’s multichannel appeal when he takes the helm next month.
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JJB fortunes improve but bleak conditions bear down on most
Rising fears of recession and expectations that Christmas will not be merry for many retailers continued to weigh heavily on share prices.
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Home Retail: The City View
The Argos and Homebase owner warned that unless there is respite from the consumer slowdown full-year profits will come in at the low end of City expectations.