All Retail Week articles in January 28 2011 – Page 5
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can emerging technologies such as iPads benefit retailers?
How can emerging technologies such as iPads benefit retailers?
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AnalysisOnline streaming
With Amazon taking control of Lovefilm and Netflix flying high across the pond, all the signs suggest online streaming is set to become the norm
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OpinionShowtime in the stores
Spontaneity and innovation should be cherished in retail, says Jacqueline Gold
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OpinionTimes change. So do stores
You can learn just as much about a store’s performance by going back as you will on the initial visit.
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NewsMarks & Spencer to open Champs-Elysees store this summer
Marks & Spencer is to open a store in Paris on the Champs-Elysees as early as this summer, it is understood.
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NewsJones Bootmaker in £40m sale
Jones Bootmaker is set to be snapped up by Dutch group Macintosh Retail Group in a deal which is believed to value the footwear chain at £40m.
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NewsBurberry to move into Habitat store on Regent Street
Luxury fashion retailer Burberry is to take the store on Regent Street which is currently occupied by Habitat.
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NewsBench for sale with £250m price tag
Young fashion brand Bench and sister label Hooch have been put up for sale.
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NewsMorrisons veteran Mark Gunter to retire
Morrisons group retail director Mark Gunter is to retire in June 2012.
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NewsJoules considers sale of minority stake
Lifestyle retailer Joules has appointed investment banking group Rothschild to advise on its growth and investigate the potential sale of a minority stake.
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NewsRetailers sign up to Facebook's new discount service
Retailers including Argos and Debenhams have teamed up with Facebook to offer location-specific deals to users of the social network.
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NewsAsda poaches Tesco's personnel director
Asda has poached Tesco’s UK personnel director to be its HR director.
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NewsFormer TK Maxx boss Susanne Given joins John Lewis
John Lewis has appointed Susanne Given, the former managing director of TK Maxx in the UK and Republic of Ireland, to a senior product or fashion role at the department store chain.
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NewsQataris in talks to buy Hamleys
Talks are at an advanced stage between Landsbanki and the Qatari royal family over the sale of the collapsed Iceland bank’s majority stake in toy store Hamleys according to reports.
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NewsWaitrose hits £5bn sales
Waitrose notched up sales of over £5bn for the first time in the year to January 29.
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NewsSelfridges Group finalises de Bijenkorf deal
Selfridges Group, the group which owns iconic department store chain Selfridges, Irish department store Brown Thomas and Canadian department store business Holt Renfrew, has completed its acquisition of Dutch luxury department store chain de Bijenkorf.
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AnalysisTalent from the street
Retailers are benefiting by giving the formerly homeless a leg up into work, finds Joanne Ellul
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NewsOcado records pre-tax profit in Q4 and reduces full year losses
Ocado has made a pre-tax profit in the fourth quarter of £300,000 and reduced pre-tax losses for the year by 52%.
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NewsCarpetright warns on profits as sales plunge
Carpetright has warned on profits as sales plunged in the UK and Ireland.