All articles by John Ryan – Page 106
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News
Online grocery sales to double in next five years
One in ten shoppers will not visit a supermarket.
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Internet grocery sales set to double
Internet grocery sales are set to double over the next five years and one in ten shoppers will no longer visit a bricks and mortar supermarket, according to research from the IGD. The consultancy predicts that sales will hit£5bn, although this will still be less than 8 per cent of ...
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Opinion
A world away from the big four
It doesn’t seem so long ago, not much more than a couple of years, that Somerfield appeared to be on the verge of a breakthrough when it opened a market-style format. Stores in the south London suburbs of Carshalton and Dulwich were among the chosen few locations that seemed to ...
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Moss Bros opens first Simon Carter outlet
Moss Bros has opened a Simon Carter men’s fashion store next door to its Covent Garden flagship. Simon Carter is a range aimed at the same customer as Ted Baker, according to Moss Bros chief executive Philip Mountford.
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Opinion
The way that food retailing should be
John Lewis has finally revealed its Oxford Street food hall and it is worth a visit.
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Retailers fear Budget means £100m tax hit
Proposals to allow shire counties and the Greater London Authority to tax businesses to fund local projects will cost retailers 100 million.
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Carphone eyes £56m profits for first half
Carphone Warehouse is expecting pre-tax profits of 53 million to 56 million for its first half, according to a trading update released this morning.
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Analysis
The new green
It’s one thing to build an eco store, but another to make an existing store green. John Ryan visits Bournemouth’s M&S to assess its green makeover
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Next to roll out new Meadowhall format
Next is to roll out its new shopfit to all new space and about 12 per cent of its existing 460 stores over the next year, following the opening of a flagship at Sheffield’s Meadowhall last week.
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Moss Bros opens first Simon Carter outlet
Moss Bros has opened a Simon Carter men’s fashion store next door to its Covent Garden flagship. Simon Carter is a range aimed at the same customer as Ted Baker, said to Moss Bros chief executive Philip Mountford.
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Orange rolls out new format after trial run
Mobile phone network Orange has begun rolling out the store format unveiled at Cribbs Causeway this summer.
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King vows to stay put if Delta bid comes off
Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King intends to remain at the supermarket’s helm if the mooted bid from Qatari-based fund Delta Two goes through.
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AnalysisNo pain no gain
After a gloomy 24 months, the lettings market is beginning to pick up, but often because owners have cut the rent rather than a rush of new retailers eager to take space. John Ryanreports
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Carphone eyes £56m profits for first half
Carphone Warehouse is expecting pre-tax profits of 53 million to 56 million for its first half, according to a trading update released this morning.
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News
Retailers fear Budget means £100m tax hit
Proposals to allow shire counties and the Greater London Authority to tax businesses to fund local projects will cost retailers 100 million.
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News
Moss Bros opens first Simon Carter outlet
Moss Bros has opened a Simon Carter men’s fashion store next door to its Covent Garden flagship. Simon Carter is a range aimed at the same customer as Ted Baker, according to Moss Bros chief executive Philip Mountford.
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News
Orange begins roll out of ‘modular’ fit
Mobile phone network Orange has begun rolling out the new format that it unveiled at Cribbs Causeway this summer.
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Opinion
The way that food retailing should be
John Lewis has finally revealed its Oxford Street food hall and it is worth a visit.
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News
New-look Next gets thumbs up from Wolfson
When a new store opens, it is usually quite easy to spot the chief executive. He’s the one around whom large numbers of suits are clustered, soaking up the praise for the way things look and keeping the staff on their toes.
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Opinion
So how green is Wal-Mart?
Head: So how green is Wal-Mart?By John RyanTravel broadens the mind and while this may or may not be the case, sitting at a retail design conference in Atlanta this week, listening to Charles Zimmerman, was certainly educational.Zimmerman is a senior Wal-Mart apparatchik and he was instructing delegates in energy-saving ...