All Retail Week articles in January 27 2012 – Page 2
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AnalysisIkea can’t leave quality behind in bid for growth
In a year that brought several high-profile failures in the UK’s home and home improvement sectors, including the demise of Focus, Möben and Dolphin, Ikea was busy enjoying another record breaking year.
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AnalysisProfile: Richard Kirk, former Peacocks group chief executive
The former Peacocks group chief executive fought to the bitter end to save the retailer and the people working for it.
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AnalysisPromotional coupons: What do retailers need to know?
The economic downturn and Tesco’s underwhelming Christmas results in particular have highlighted customers’ desire for vouchers.
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NewsWHSmith top line expected to rise over the next five years
WHSmith is expected return to revenue growth over the next five years as it benefits from improved margin mix and overseas expansion.
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NewsFeelunique.com ramps up overseas
Health and beauty retailer Feelunique.com is to ramp up its overseas presence by increasing its marketing activity as it strives to become the “Asos of the health and beauty market”, according to chief executive Aaron Chatterley.
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Turnover improves at Shoprite
African grocery retailer Shoprite issued results for the first half of its financial year to December 2011. Turnover improved 13.2% to ZAR41.1bn (£3.3bn) while like-for-likes rose 8%. In its home market, the retailer’s sales increased 12.3% and by 6.8% on a like-for-like basis. Official statistics put food inflation at 9% ...
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NewsKate upping retail return rates
The Duchess of Cambridge’s penchant for a high street ensemble has undoubtedly had a fillip on many retailers’ sales.
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OpinionRetail rent regime still outdated
Simon Burke is an experienced senior retailer. He is currently chairman of HobbyCraft and Eagle Eye Solutions.
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AnalysisRight technology, right time
Technology is no longer a back-office service – it’s driving sales and changing how people shop. Rebecca Thomson discovers what’s next for retailers at the NRF conference in New York.
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NewsDeadline for Peacocks bids looms as other retailers target the stores
Private equity firms including Permira and Cinven are understood to have ruled out buying Peacocks, while other investment firms and retailers eye its stores.
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NewsRetail employment edges up 0.5% but outlook remains gloomy
Retail employment rose by a “modest” 0.5% in the final quarter of 2011 but the outlook remains downbeat, as 38% of retailers prepare to cut staffing levels this quarter.
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NewsPast Times buyer unlikely
Collapsed gift retailer Past Times is unlikely to be salvaged out of administration as KPMG embarks on a store closure strategy, it is understood.
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NewsFormer Dixons boss Clare to become Comet chairman
Former Dixons chief executive John Clare will take over as chairman of electricals retailer Comet following completion of its sale to private investor OpCapita next week.
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NewsPaul Mason quits Radley
Paul Mason has stepped down as chairman from handbag and accessories brand Radley.
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NewsMorrisons brings back pay day offers
Morrisons has brought back its Big Pay Day Price Crunch campaign to capitalise on January pay packets.
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NewsKiddicare acquires 10 former Best Buy stores
Online baby products retailer Kiddicare has snapped up the leases of 10 former Best Buy stores.
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NewsTributes paid to MFI legend Derek Hunt
Friends and colleagues have paid tribute to Derek Hunt, the former MFI boss identified with the retailer’s glory days, who died last week aged 72.
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NewsRetail sales suffer steepest fall in three years, says CBI
Retail sales suffered their biggest fall in three years in January, according to the CBI Distributives Trades Survey.
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NewsVideo: Vision Express launches new ad
Man’s best friend will do anything to care for his owner, even saving him from an ugly pair of glasses, according to Vision Express’s new tv ad.
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NewsGovernment rules out changes to pre-pack legislation
The Government has scrapped the introduction of new legislation which aimed to “improve transparency and confidence” in pre-pack administration deals.
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