All Health & beauty articles – Page 140
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Selfridges to smash record as luxury market holds firm
The boss of luxury department store group Selfridges has said the business will ride out this year’s economic turmoil after enjoying a record year in 2007.
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Analysis
Retail Week League Tables 2007: Top 20 operating margins
Find out who made the grade over the past year in Retail Week’s annual scrutiny of the UK’s top retailers. By Retail Knowledge Bank senior partner Robert Clark
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E-tailer Chemist Direct challenges health and beauty mark-ups
High street retailers have been criticised for “shocking” mark-ups on hundreds of health and beauty products.
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The White Company has sparkling Christmas
Multichannel lifestyle retailer The White Company has revealed strong trading over Christmas. Sales in the 10 weeks to December 29 rose 12 per cent, giving a 7 per cent like-for-like uplift.
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Boots Christmas like-for-likes exude health
Alliance Boots is understood to have bucked the dismal Christmas trading trend to post healthy like-for-like sales in the final quarter of 2007.
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Dove sister brand seeks space to expand its spa and store format
Dove Spa, sister business to beauty brand Dove, is to accelerate its store openings in the UK, with the aim of having 75 stores by 2012.
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Ideal Shopping Direct sales rocket
TV and internet retailer Ideal Shopping Direct unveiled a sharp sales hike for the 17 weeks to December 30, 2007.
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Alliance Pharmacy controls cost of labour with scheduling system
Alliance Pharmacy has implemented a labour-scheduling system designed in partnership with Retail Answers.
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Lush Christmas sales climb
Ethical beauty retailer Lush Cosmetics has reported a bumper Christmas with like-for-like sales up 5 per cent in December.
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Ocado to push into general merchandise
Ocado, the home shopping business in which retailer John Lewis is a stakeholder, is to push into new categories including babywear and flowers.
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Analysis
Where’s the festive spirit?
Running a first-class store operation during the Christmas period is a challenge. Charlotte Dennis-Jones takes a walk down Oxford Street with Itim Consulting partner Simon Puryerto give their verdict on which retailers are holding up best under the festive pressure this year
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Molton Brown opts for global till system
Molton Brown has rolled out an EPoS system to its global store estate to improve data visibility.
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Rituals makes its UK debut
Dutch cosmetics chain Rituals opened its first UK store on Oxford Street last week.
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Opinion
King faces his toughest times
When Arabian royals come knocking to buy your company, doubts about them having deep enough pockets are probably the last thing that will enter your mind.
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Dutch cosmetics chain seeks to conquer UK
Cosmetics retailer Rituals is to open its first UK store at the east end of Oxford Street tomorrow.
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Analysis
A healthy obsession
With more than 20 years at the retailer behind him, Alex Gourlay knows Boots inside out. Jennifer Creevy talks to the pharmacist turned director about his plans for the next phase of growth under private ownership
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Boots revs up growth strategy as it chases global leadership
Health and beauty giant invests in better stores and more innovative services
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Boots unveils festive ad campaign
Alliance Boots will launch its Christmas TV ad campaign this Sunday, focusing on women looking gorgeous for their Christmas parties.
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Boots’ first beauty salon opens at Kingston shop
Alliance Boots has struck a deal with beauty guru George Hammer to open a salon on the first floor of its Kingston store.