All articles by George MacDonald – Page 131
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NewsBoux Avenue spearheads Christmas sales rise for Paphitis
Theo Paphitis’s Boux Avenue lingerie business led a sales uplift at his group over Christmas, the tycoon has revealed to Retail Week.
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VideoThe Retail Week: Next, B&M Bargains and grocery results
The Retail Week team sits down to discuss the first results to come in after Christmas and look ahead to how the grocers will fare.
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NewsToday in Retail: Prices, Poundland's first Sale and retail prospects
Although 2016 is now a memory, 2017 has already brought the latest instalment in a familiar tale. Morrisons has unveiled a new round of price cuts.
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NewsIn pictures: House of Fraser opens first store in China
Department store group House of Fraser has unveiled its first store in China.
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AnalysisIt wasn’t all bad: The 12 gifts of retail in 2016
It wasn’t all bad for retail this year. Here’s our seasonal celebration of how retail enhances lives and the nation.
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NewsToday in Retail: Fat Face's opening hours experiment
There are only three days now until the Christmas trading season is over, and then we’re into the Boxing Day and January Sales.
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NewsConsumers spread cost of Christmas food, Sainsbury’s reports
Shoppers have spread the cost of their Christmas food this year, according to Sainsbury’s.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Who will be the next M&S chairman?
M&S chairman Robert Swannell has revealed he will retire next year. Retail Week looks at who could replace him at the helm of the troubled retailer.
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NewsWatch: Waitrose boss Collins unveils new store format
Waitrose has lifted the lid on its newest store format as the upmarket grocer places an increasing focus on food service to drive growth.
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OpinionOpinion: Let the tills ring out for Christmas
Christmas is almost upon us and in the final week of trading retailers will pull out all the stops in their annual bid to ensure the golden quarter lives up to its name.
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VideoThe Retail Week: Black Friday special
The team sits down for a special edition to look at the retail impact Black Friday is having and discuss this year’s trends.
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NewsToday in Retail: Austin Reed to make high street comeback
This year has brought plenty of downbeat retail headlines, so it’s great to be able to highlight some good news – plans to revive the Austin Reed brand.
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OpinionOpinion: Black Friday may drag spend forward from 2017
This weekend is likely to be one of the busiest of the year for many retailers.
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AnalysisTesco: Five takeaways from the grocer’s strategy briefing
Tesco’s top brass have updated on the progress being made on reinvigorating the business. Here we draw out some key points.
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NewsRetail Week Awards: A look back at 2016's retailer of the year Dixons Carphone
As the shortlist for the Retail Week Awards 2017 is unveiled, we look back at 2016’s winners. Today, Dixons Carphone - Retailer of the Year.
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NewsTesco to sell 'air rights' above stores
The sky is the limit for Tesco as it aims to exploit “air rights” above stores to release value from its property portfolio.
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AnalysisWhat Morrisons’ latest deal with Amazon means for food etail
Morrisons, once seen as an online slowcoach, is increasingly making up for its slow start.
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Opinion
Opinion: Buster the boxer, brand values and Black Friday
’Tis the season to watch telly – or more likely these days YouTube – as retailers unveil their Christmas ads.
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NewsSainsbury’s airs Christmas ad backing Great Ormond Street
Sainsbury’s has unveiled its Christmas advert, an animated campaign designed to emphasise “sharing the gift of time”.
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NewsToday in Retail: Singles Day and seismic retail change
The big event that UK retailers should clock today occurred not across our sceptred isle but 4,000 miles away in China.