All Department stores articles – Page 178
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NewsM&S aims to make most of online customer data
Marks & Spencer aims to be able to access a customer’s data on an in-store till point that will show what the customer has previously searched for online.
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GalleryIn pictures: M&S Paris flagship opens today
Marks & Spencer is to open its flagship Paris store today.
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Sears reports decrease in total revenue
Retailer Sears has reported a 1.2% fall in total revenue to $9.6bn (£6.1bn) for the third quarter ended October 29. The decline was primarily the result of a 0.8% drop in domestic like-for-like sales and a 7.8% fall at Sears Canada. It was also the effect of having fewer Kmart ...
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NewsDebenhams launches personal shopping service for the blind
Debenhams has become the first major UK retailer to offer a tailored shopping service for blind and partially sighted customers.
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NewsLiberty revamped beauty department paying off
London department store Liberty has said it will see a return on the £500,000 it invested in overhauling its beauty department by the end of this year, just six months after redevelopment.
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News'Christmas momentum building' at John Lewis despite sales fall
John Lewis sales fell 3.2% last week year-on-year but the department store said Christmas momentum is building as week-on-week sales grew 11.6%.
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Sales decrease for department store group Myer
Department store group Myer’s first-quarter sales fell by more than 5.1% on a like-for-like basis in the first quarter ended October 29.The retailer’s sales for the period totalled AUD680m (£437.1m), down 3.5% on the comparable period last year. However, the retailer was pleased with the results as sales during the ...
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NewsChristmas discounting to hit recessionary levels
Retail casualties expected as heavy discounting hits margins in the golden quarter.
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AnalysisMarks & Spencer X Factor
Just when you thought the X Factor couldn’t get any more ubiquitous, retail bellwether Marks & Spencer has launched a Christmas ad based on the show.
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OpinionNo room for error as promotions drive retail
You know it’s Christmas when Debenhams goes on Sale – the department store group’s seasonal spectaculars have become as traditional as mince pies.
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NewsDebenhams to launch 'Christmas Spectacular' Sale this week
Debenhams is to launch its ‘Christmas Spectacular’ Sale this Wednesday, offering price cuts of up to 40%.
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NewsJohn Lewis customers "resilient" despite sales dip
John Lewis sales slipped 0.8% to £76.3m in the week to Saturday November 12.
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GalleryJohn Lewis, Oxford Street, fourth floor
John Lewis used to the place that your mum took you where you were forced to hover while she inspected the haberdashery department and assessed the school clothing that you were going to model.
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GalleryChristmas future
Break out and hang up the decorations, Christmas windows are once more upon us. But is it a case of same old, same old, or are retailers offering something new? John Ryan reports.
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NewsJohn Lewis Christmas ad unveiled
John Lewis managing director Andy Street remains upbeat on prospects for the festive season as he hailed the department store’s Christmas ad, unveiled today, the retailer’s best yet.
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NewsBolland and King highlight changing shopper behaviour
M&S and Sainsbury’s aim to ensure consumer demand for quality and value is effectively met.
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OpinionM&S strategy looks sound
So far so good for Marc Bolland. While the Marks & Spencer chief executive revealed a fall in first-half profits this week, the overall performance was in line with analysts’ expectations and most onlookers breathed a sigh of relief.
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NewsDrama dominates as Kesa sells Comet
Stores shares advanced across the board in a week dominated by dramatic corporate action and results from some of the industry’s biggest names.
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GalleryIn pictures: M&S Food on the Move
First look at M&S Food on the Move which opens on Friday at Baker Street, London.
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OpinionThe right kind of incentives
In today’s ‘me’ world as exemplified by the celebrity culture and institutionalised corporate greed – which allied to bad management has led in the banking sector to the derailing of the global economy – it is very refreshing that the retail industry can set a good example for business.