All articles by Emily Seares – Page 8
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Woolies shifts focus from TV for Christmas ad drive
Woolworths chief executive Trevor Bish-Jones has signalled that the variety store group will shift the weight of its Christmas ad spend from broadcast to its catalogue and online this year.
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WHSmith readies for bumper Christmas catalogue launch
WHSmith is poised to launch its Christmas catalogue in the next two weeks, which will be double the size of last year.
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Poundland unveils plan for international debut
Discount retailer Poundland plans to launch overseas as it expands rapidly in the UK.
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Woolworths sales climb
Variety retailer Woolworths revealed that group sales jumped 16.6 per cent in the 38 weeks to October 27, beating market expectations.
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Poundland unveils plan for international debut
Discount retailer Poundland plans to launch overseas as it expands rapidly in the UK.
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Amazon profits soar in third quarter
Online retail giant Amazon revealed a four-fold leap in profits to US$80 million ( 39.1 million) in the three-months to September 30, boosted by strong sales of the final Harry Potter book, which became the fastest selling book of all time.
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HMV to launch PC gaming centre
HMV is poised to launch one of the UK’s largest PC gaming centres in partnership with new gaming centre group Gamerbase next month.
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Retail sales inch up in September
Retail sales volumes increased 0.6 per cent between August and September, with the largest increases occurring in non-food, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.
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Tesco extends books contract with EUK
Tesco has extended Entertainment UK's (EUK) contract to supply all of Tesco’s UK stores with books. The existing contract, due to expire at the end of February, has been extended by a further 12 months.
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Supermarkets bounce back
Grocery sales have grown by 5 per cent year on year in the 12 weeks to October 7, according to the TNS Worldpanel grocery market share figures.
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Central London like-for-likes climb
September’s like-for-like retail sales in central London were 6.8 per cent higher than a year ago, according to the BRC’s London Retail Sales monitor.
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Tesco top of climate change index
Tesco has come up trumps according to the UK’s first ever Climate Brand Index, which tracks consumer perception year on year of how companies are acting on climate change.
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The Sun launches online shop
News Group Digital has launched an online price-comparison shopping portal for bestselling newspaper The Sun.
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Football shirt manufacturers ‘shunning supermarkets’
Football shirt manufacturers ‘shunning supermarkets’
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Sainsbury's sales climb
Sainsbury’s revealed second-quarter sales rose 4.7 per cent (excluding fuel), in line with company expectations.
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Sainsbury's £1.5 billion pension guarantee
Delta Two is reportedly putting the finishing touches to a 1.5 billion guarantee for Sainsbury’s pension fund.
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Clinton Cards prelims impress
Clinton Cards has posted preliminary results ahead of City expectations.
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Sainsbury's £1.5 billion pension deal nears
Delta Two is reportedly putting the finishing touches to a 1.5 billion guarantee for Sainsbury’s pension fund.
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Family Dollar sales success tainted by slowdown fears
Discount US retailer Family Dollar has warned that rising energy costs and inflationary pressures will dampen its core low-income customers’ spend, despite posting a robust full-year performance.
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Football shirt manufacturers ‘shunning supermarkets’
Football shirt manufacturers ‘shunning supermarkets’