All Retail Week articles in 26 October 2007 – Page 4
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Analysis
Trading standards
Consumer conscience has ensured that ethical trading has risen fast up retailers’ agendas, but how is it affecting the role of the buyer? Katie Kilgallen investigates
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Opinion
Store manager’s diary: Mike King, Ikea, Ashton, Manchester
Latest catalogue heralds a new era in-store
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News
Sainsbury’s builds coupon offers with in-store system
Sainsbury’s is to pilot an in-store coupon system to direct offers to customers who do not have a Nectar card and tailor offers for those that do.
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News
Mikey to break into Spain with El Corte
Fashion jewellery brand Mikey London has teamed up with Spanish department store chain El Corte Ingl s to expand throughout Spain.
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News
SRG seeks units to expand Suits You chain
Menswear retailer Speciality Retail Group (SRG) is to expand its Suits You format by between five and 10 stores over the next year.
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Analysis
To Hull and back again
It’s been tough for Hull playing second fiddle to rival retail hubs such as Leeds and Meadowhall, but two major developments are bringing shoppers flooding back to the city. Liz Morrell reports
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Analysis
Leeds keeping pace with two of its own
Leeds, like Hull, is enjoying a retail regeneration, with two major schemes under way. In March, the Government Office for Yorkshire & Humberside approved plans for the £675 million, 1.3 million (120,000 sq m) Eastgate & Harewood Quarter development by the Leeds Partnership, a joint venture between Hammerson and Town ...
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News
Littlewoods recalls £25 discount
Littlewoods has taken back a 25 discount from customers it says were not eligible to use the promotion.
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News
Delta Two ordered to put up or shut up on Sainsbury's
Delta Two, the Qatari investment vehicle hoping to acquire grocery group Sainsbury's, has been ordered by the Takeover Panel to announce a firm intention to make an offer by November 8.
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Opinion
Making sense of the last seven days
Fashion tycoon SirPhilip Green was typically straightforward yesterday when he issued results for hisArcadiafashion group.“A very creditable performance when set against the background of one of the worst non-summers in many years,” was his verdict.Although he is not taking a dividend, Green did manage to nudge up operating profits and ...
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News
Former Tesco Direct chief goes to M and M Direct
The former boss of Tesco Direct has been appointed chief executive of e-tailer M and M Direct, as management secured a 90 million buy-out of the business.
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News
M&S’s Lane Fox backs online social networking
Marks & Spencer non-executive director Martha Lane Fox has highlighted the benefits of online social networking to retailers.
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Primark overtakes George in value clothing battle
Primark has leapfrogged George at Asda to become the UK’s leading value fashion retailer, according to Verdict.
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News
LK Bennett up for sale again
LK Bennett has been put up for sale again by its founder Linda Bennett.
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Wickes strikes franchise deal to enter Ireland
Wickes has agreed a franchise agreement with Moritz Home Improvements to roll out stores across Ireland , according to parent company Travis Perkins.
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Opinion
Hair-raising times for nervous Sainsbury's shareholders
The next two weeks could be a defining period in Sainsbury’s history. Today, the Takeover Panel gave Delta Two, the Qatari investment vehicle hoping to acquire grocery group Sainsbury's, a deadline of November 8 to announce a firm intention to make an offer for the grocer.
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News
Grocery inquiry mulls introduction of grocery ombudsman
The Competition Commission may outline proposals to appoint an independent ombudsman to oversee supermarkets’ relations with suppliers, in its provisional findings report on Wednesday.
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Analysis
Handwriting analysis: Made of the write stuff
Ever wanted to know what makes retail’s stars tick? Experts believe that handwriting analysis is one of the simplest, most unbiased personality tests around.
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Opinion
Is small about to become the new big?
Once a year, Pricewaterhouse-Coopers (PwC) invites partners and directors from around the world, who specialise in retail and consumer goods, to attend a two-day business school to discuss the big issues of the day with leading industry guests.
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News
Comptoir des Cotonniers accelerates UK growth
French womenswear retailer Comptoir des Cotonniers is ramping up its expansion in the UK and plans to open 30 outlets by 2010.