All Retail Week articles in December 2 2011
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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News
Ex-Tesco boss invests in digital receipt firm
Former Tesco chief executive and chairman Lord Ian MacLaurin has backed a fledgling digital receipt company.
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News
Ocado struggles with late deliveries
Ocado has recorded an increasing number of late deliveries as its Hatfield operation struggles with capacity problems.
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News
Wiggle enters exclusive talks with Bridgepoint
Cycles etailer Wiggle has entered exclusive talks with private equity firm Bridgepoint about buying the business.
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News
Retailers brace themselves for £1bn Christmas crime
Retail theft is set to hit its highest ever levels this Christmas, as over £1bn worth of goods will go missing in the face of financial pressures and less rigorous security controls.
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News
Blacks Leisure looks to distressed debt specialists to bail it out
Blacks Leisure could be sold to a new investor after opening rescue talks with several firms specialising in distressed debt.
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News
Indian foreign investment proposals put on hold
Plans to allow foreign investment from global retailers including Tesco, Carrefour and Walmart in India are on ice as the government looks to find a “consensus”.
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News
VAT to rise to 23% in Ireland
The Irish Government is expected to reveal plans to increase Vat from 21% to 23% tomorrow (Tuesday).
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Opinion
Less is the same
Smaller stores that carry the same offer as larger ones look set to become the way of the future.
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News
Christmas shoppers boost John Lewis sales
Sales at John Lewis jumped 9.6% year-on-year last week as Christmas shoppers came out in force.
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News
Panorama uncovers 'misleading' grocery claims
The UK’s four biggest grocers have been accused of misleading shoppers with confusing and untrue claims that potentially leave them open to prosecution.
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News
Grocery market to hit £184bn by 2016
The grocery market is expected to be worth £184bn by 2016, compared to £156.8bn in 2011, according to new research.
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News
Cath Kidston overseas expansion drives sales
Kitsch homewares and fashion retailer Cath Kidston operating profits nearly doubled in the 53 weeks to April as the company expanded overseas.
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Gallery
K Town, Goettingen, Germany
German department store Karstadt has not been without its share of problems – not least of which has been its inability to garner sufficient sales to convince those who need convincing that it is a good long-term prospect.
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Opinion
What’s the biggest issue facing indies?
With retail confidence bumping along at a low, I’m often asked what’s the biggest issue facing indies?
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News
Casino to reduce non-food sales area in hypermarkets
Casino is to reduce the non-food sales area of its largest Géant hypermarkets in France following a pilot test in its largest hypermarket located near Marseille in which the sales area was reduced from 182,990 sq ft to 150,700 sq ft. Casino will cut the non-food sales area of half ...
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News
Metro Group appoints new chief executive
Metro Group has appointed Olaf Koch as its new chief executive from January 1, 2012, and Franz Markus Haniel as chairman of the supervisory board with immediate effect. Koch has served as chief financial officer of Metro Group since September 2009. Current chief executive Dr Eckhard Cordes revealed in October ...
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Calzedonia to expand across UK
Hosiery and beachwear retailer Calzedonia is to expand across the UK as it signs for a store in The City of London.
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News
Tesco offers House of Fraser deal
House of Fraser gift cards are to be offered to Tesco Clubcard holders throughout December after the retailers struck a deal to create the promotion.
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News
Sainsbury's and Co-op well placed to poach custom
Sainsbury’s and The Co-operative are in the strongest position to poach custom from rivals, according to a new study.