All Retail Week articles in December 6 2013 – Page 4
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UKTI inks tie-up with Chinese online giant Alibaba to support UK retail growth
The UKTI has agreed a tie-up with Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba to help UK retailers launch on its TMall platform, the country’s equivalent of Amazon.
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Aldi teams up with Jean-Christophe Novelli to open pop-up restaurant
Discounter Aldi has partnered with celebrity chef Jean-Christophe Novelli to open a pop-up restaurant in London.
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Video: Inside Tesco's Erith dotcom centre
Tesco opened its seventh dotcom centre in Erith at the end of October.
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Tesco’s Dobbies full-year profits fall as it battles poor weather
Profits at Tesco-owned garden centre Dobbies fell last year as the retailer battled the wettest summer on record for 100 years in 2012.
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Cyber Monday sales dented by credit card glitch
British shoppers’ online shopping splurge may have been hit by a glitch that prevented millions of NatWest and RBS customers using their cards.
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Maplin to open trade fascia to target businesses
Maplin is to target businesses with a new fascia offering bulk discounts, which it plans to pilot in Sheffield.
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Online drives retail sales but like-for-likes remain flat, says BRC
Shoppers flooded online to buy their Christmas shopping early as retail sales rose 2.3% in November.
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Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Maplin, Marks & Spencer, retail sales and Morrisons
Retail news round-up December 3, 2013: Maplin opens trade fascia, Marks & Spencer recalls mussels dishes, retail sales edge up and Morrisons hires digital marketing agency
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Opinion
Comment: Cyber Monday sales set to soar but service levels must be maintained
Online retailers have been braced for Cyber Monday, the busiest online day of the year, and so far it looks to be a bumper one.
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Video: Waterstones ruffles feathers with Amazon drone spoof
The battle for convenient and quicker delivery options has been steadily heating up and Waterstones has created a humorous repsonse to Amazon’s latest innovation.
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Opinion
Comment: Amazon drones on about its innovation – but are delivery octocopters future fact or fiction?
By 2018 our cities are set to be a lot busier, according to Amazon. Not only will we need to watch out for traffic and the umbrellas of jostling commuters as we walk down the street, we will also need to look out in the skies for descending drones – or octocopters as Amazon calls them.
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Fortnum & Mason to open first overseas store in Dubai skyscraper
Upmarket department store Fortnum & Mason is to open its first international store in the world’s tallest skyscraper in Dubai.
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In pictures: Debenhams launches revamped Oxford Street store
Twelve months since work commenced, Debenhams unveils the new interior of its revamped Oxford Street flagship.
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John Lewis to open Hotel Chocolat cafés in store
John Lewis has revealed it is to tie-up with Hotel Chocolat to open two cocoa bar cafés in store.
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Opinion
Comment: Tesco's Mike McNamara on the grocer's latest technology innovations
The Innovation Team at Tesco never stops thinking about how we can use technology to help our colleagues and customers.
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Boots' Alphega Pharmacies must get ready for 'digital revolution' says Stefano Pessina
Alliance Boots executive chairman Stefano Pessina has urged operators of its independent pharmacy chain Alphega Pharmacies to prepare for a “digital revolution that will change our world”.
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Jaeger bolsters management team with chief financial officer hire
Jaeger has bolstered its team with two senior appointments including a chief financial officer.
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Lidl plots rapid store opening programme to double UK estate
Lidl plans to more than double its store count in the UK after enjoying strong sales.
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Opinion
Comment: 2013, the year that shops got better
After being in the doldrums for half a decade, this year has seen store openings that show physical retail is alive and kicking.
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Dixons completes deal to merge Italian arm
Dixons has completed a deal to merge its loss-making Italian business with local player Marco Polo.