All articles by George MacDonald – Page 186
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NewsSales rise at John Lewis as Christmas buying begins
Signs of early Christmas shopping were evident last week at John Lewis department stores and sister supermarket business Waitrose.
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OpinionArgos will have to fight in China
Back in the summer, at the time of Home Retail Group’s full-year results, I asked Terry Duddy whether international expansion might make sense for Argos.
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NewsRetailers feel the heat as consumers save
Store stocks nudged up over the week, but analysts and retailers alike wrung their hands about trading prospects and consumer health as the countdown to Christmas continued.
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NewsRetail sales down year-on-year, CBI reports
Retail sales fell in the year to October, the CBI Monthly Distributive Trades Survey showed, and sales volume was the lowest since May 2009.
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NewsMorrisons ad banned for targeting children
Grocer Morrisons has been rapped over a television advert after viewers complained that it targeted children.
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NewsTesco sets up emergency hubs in wake of Thai floods
Supermarket group Tesco has had to shut some of its stores in Thailand because of flooding affecting the country, and the retailer is helping with the relief effort.
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NewsArgos launches TV shopping on Freesat
Multichannel retailer Argos’s TV shopping operation has extended its reach through a tie-up with satellite TV firm Freesat.
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NewsNetflix to launch in UK next year
Netflix, the on-demand film specialist, is to launch a streaming service in the UK and Republic of Ireland in 2012.
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NewsPeacocks bolsters board with key appointments
Value fashion group Peacocks has made two senior appointments in key roles.
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NewsUK sales growth slows at Asos
Online fashion specialist Asos has posted a sharp slowdown in UK sales but overseas revenues continue to soar.
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OpinionComment: Ted Baker is no ordinary retailer
“Better product, better design. It’s that simple.” That was the explanation given by Ted Baker chief executive Ray Kelvin to analysts last week as he unveiled a 12.7% increase in first-half profits.
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AnalysisSupermarket price wars: Battle of the baskets
Sainsbury’s Brand Match is the latest in what has been a barrage of price promotions to entice hard-pressed shoppers. Are the grocers marshalling their forces for a price war? George MacDonald reports.
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NewsBrand expertise key for new Mothercare chief
Maternity specialist likely to go beyond traditional retail skillset as it seeks Gordon’s successor.
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NewsShoppers’ budgets reach ‘tipping point’
Consumers feeling squeeze but it is not all about price, IGD hears.
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NewsMothercare suffers but retail improves
While retailers rose over the week, Mothercare’s shares went in the opposite direction as desperate trading in the UK claimed the scalp of chief executive Ben Gordon on Tuesday.
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NewsWHSmith claims e-reader first with Kobo partnership
Bookseller and stationer WHSmith has struck a deal to launch Kobo wifi touchscreen e-readers in the UK.
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NewsWar of words over Asda own-label market share claims
Supermarket group Sainsbury’s has rejected a claim made by Asda chief executive Andy Clarke at yesterday’s IGD Convention about the pair’s respective own-label market shares.
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NewsAsda overtakes Sainsbury's in own brand market share, claims Andy Clarke
Asda has overtaken rival Sainsbury’s in private label market share according to the Walmart-owned grocer’s chief executive Andy Clarke.
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NewsRival grocers 'can't get near Morrisons on pricing' says Dalton Phillips
Morrisons chief executive Dalton Philips said Sainsbury’s exclusion of his business from its Brand Match programme is testament to Morrisons’ price-competitiveness.
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NewsSacrifice profits to help cash-strapped shoppers, says Tesco boss
Tesco chief executive Philip Clarke told the IGD Convention that sometimes it is right to sacrifice earnings in order to help hard-pressed shoppers.