All Retail Week articles in April 17 2015 – Page 3
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Opinion
Comment: Retailers should take heart from the signs of sustainable recovery
Consumers are still on the rocky road to economic stability, but there are signs of a long-term, sustainable recovery on the horizon.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Belgium's Cru supermarket takes a farmers' market approach
Overijse is a place that few outside Belgium will know. Yet if ‘fresh’ and supermarkets are of interest, it is well worth a visit.
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News
Morrisons chief executive culls 720 head office roles
David Potts, the new boss of Morrisons, is poised to cut a third of its head office staff - 720 people - less than a month after he took the axe to its board.
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News
Retail Week goes behind the scenes of B&Q’s spring ad campaign shoot
B&Q’s new campaign premiered this week, watch the ad and Retail Week’s interview with the retailer’s head of brand on set.
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Opinion
Comment: With mobile, the future of retail is in our hands
Mobile traffic has now surpassed desktop for many retailers and it will continue to grow at an increasing rate.
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Gallery
Store gallery: John Lewis cleans up its windows
John Lewis’s visual merchandising used to be austere and repetitive, but now that is all changing as the retailer freshens up its look.
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Analysis
Debenhams half-year figures: What the analysts say
Debenhams’ pre-tax profits rose 4.3% to £88.9m in its half year to February. We take a look at the City’s reaction to the results.
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News
WHSmith profits up 4% but high street sales continue to slip
WHSmith said group pre-tax profit increased 4% to £73m in its half-year but the retailer’s group sales continued to drop.
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News
Mothercare fourth-quarter like-for-likes increase despite currency volatility
Mothercare’s like-for-like sales rose in the fourth quarter, but it has warned of challenging currency conditions affecting international sales.
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News
Debenhams half-year profits rise 4.3% as it retunes promotional strategy
Debenhams half-year profits have risen 4.3% to £88.9m as the department store group’s refocused promotional strategy paid off.
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Opinion
Has Sainsbury’s sounded the death knell for coalition loyalty schemes?
Sainsbury’s changing the terms of its Nectar programme raises serious questions over the future direction of loyalty schemes.
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News
Breakfast Briefing: Retail news on Sainsbury's, Tesco and Asos
Retail news round-up on April 16, 2015: Sainsbury’s looks to convert food space; Tesco considers reward scheme; Asos to go mobile in China.
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News
Sainsbury's sustainability boss says grocer's green drive can win customers
Sainsbury’s head of sustainability Paul Crewe believes the retailer’s commitment to using greener technologies can help it win customers from its grocery rivals.
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News
Bank administrators confirm closure of remaining nine stores
Bank administrators have revealed the fashion retailer’s remaining nine stores will close by the end of April.
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News
Sainsbury's to launch scan-and-go smartphone shopping app
Sainsbury’s is launching a shop-and-go smartphone app that will allow customers to complete their entire in-store shopping trip using their mobile.
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News
Big four 'emerge from intensive care' and poised to capitalise on improving economy
The grocers have “emerged from near fatal status and the intensive care ward” and are poised to fight back, a leading analyst has claimed.
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News
UKIP manifesto promises fines for big businesses that delay supplier payments
The UKIP manifesto pledges to stop big businesses delaying payments to smaller companies with the prospect of “significant fines” for offenders.
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News
Liberal Democrats commit to reforming business rates in manifesto
The Liberal Democrats have said the party remains committed to reforming business rates if voted into government next month.
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News
Tesco takes full ownership of Euphorium bakery chain
Tesco has taken full ownership of the Euphorium bakery chain despite questions being raised over the future of the grocer’s strategy of buying non-core businesses.
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News
Forget the living wage, Government must tackle welfare issues, says BRC
Retailers have urged MPs to tackle issues such as childcare and benefits to help low earners, rather than focusing on “blunt instruments” such as the living wage.