All articles by Ben Cooper – Page 5
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NewsChinese etailer Shangpin partners with UKTI to attract British brands to China
Chinese etail giant ShangPin has partnered with UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) to help bring more British brands to China.
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NewsRetailers to face 600,000 returned Cyber Monday items
More than 600,000 orders made today could need re-delivering after Christmas, new research shows.
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NewsIn pictures: How John Lewis prepared for the Black Friday rush
By the end of this week 30 tonnes of cardboard boxes will have made their way in and out of John Lewis’s distribution centre at Magna Park.
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NewsSpanish footwear retailer The Seeker enters UK with Seven Dials signing
Spanish footwear retailer The Seeker has signed for its debut UK store and its first outside Spain as it looks ahead to Northern European expansion.
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NewsJohn Lewis and Asda bargains kick-start Black Friday Sales
John Lewis and Asda have unveiled a raft of discounted electronics, gaming and technology items for online shoppers and in stores to mark Black Friday.
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NewsAuchan founder's son to step down as chief executive
Arnaud Mulliez has resigned as chief executive of Auchan France citing personal reasons, the retailer has confirmed.
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NewsSupermarkets must do more to reduce contaminated meat, FSA says
Over two thirds of fresh chickens sold in the UK have been found to contain the campylobacter bug, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has found.
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NewsRevenues and employment up among top Scottish retailers
Retailers’ contribution to the Scottish economy is becoming increasingly important, according to a report by Grant Thornton.
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NewsOver half of all grocery sales are own-brand products, research shows
Supermarkets’ own-brand products are finding increasing appeal with shoppers, accounting for more than a half of all grocery sales, new research shows.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How Poundland is taking advantage of retail's structural change
Structural changes in retail continue to play into Poundland’s hands as “savvy shoppers” seek value products, boss Jim McCarthy has said.
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NewsPetit Bateau pushes off into Chinese childrenswear market
French kidswear retailer Petit Bateau is to take its first steps into China in a partnership with Hong Kong-based retail firm Fung Group.
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NewsAppear Here ups stakes with further funding and recruitment drive
Online pop-up space specialist Appear Here has secured a fresh wave of funding and made three key recruitments as it looks to expand its operations.
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NewsMacy's extends Black Friday savings to UK online shoppers
US department store Macy’s is offering British shoppers a special Black Friday promotional code and a flat fee on shipping until December 18.
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NewsKoovs sales and traffic soar as Indian fashion etail takes off
Sales at Indian fashion etailer Koovs rose by over a quarter in the six months to end of September compared with the preceding six months.
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NewsNisa relaunches its website to drive social media activity
Nisa has relaunched its website in a bid to encourage interaction and loyalty from shoppers and boost marketing to customers on a local level.
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NewsNew Look finalises sale of struggling French arm Mim
New Look has completed the sale of its French fashion business, Mim, to holding company Main Asia for an undisclosed sum.
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NewsFootfall decline spells tough times for Northern Irish retailers
Northern Ireland experienced the sharpest year-on-year footfall decline of any region in the UK in October, figures out today reveal.
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NewsIn pictures: Waitrose unveils "latest thinking" in supermarket design at Salisbury refurb
If Mark Price wanted to make a statement about the future of Waitrose, the refurbished store he has just unveiled in Salisbury is it.
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NewsCo-op presses ahead with boardroom reforms as it aims to restore confidence
The Co-op has made a series of executive and non-executive appointments as part of ongoing constitutional reforms at the group.
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NewsWalmart braced for Christmas "headwinds" as online competition bites
Walmart is preparing for lean Christmas sales despite reporting its first like-for-like sales growth in nearly two years.