All Retail Week articles in June 20 2014 – Page 2
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News
Grocers agree to put time limit on supplier payments
Major grocers including Aldi and Asda have agreed to cut the time they will backdate payments from six years to two, following pressure from the Groceries Code Adjudicator.
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Analysis
In the news: Tiger UK managing director Philip Bier profiled
Tiger UK managing director Philip Bier may have been a novice when he started the business in 2005 but he has certainly earned his stripes nine years on.
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Boots Opticians revamps offer to focus on premium eyecare
Boots Opticians has given its offer a new look, scrapping its core buy-one-get-one-free promotion to focus on an accessible premium eyecare strategy.
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Former My-Wardrobe chief David Worby joins footwear retailer Bata
Former My-Wardrobe chief executive David Worby has joined global footwear giant Bata as multichannel director, it has emerged.
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Former Tesco boss Lord MacLaurin urges shareholders to give Clarke more time
Tesco chief Philip Clarke has received a boost after former boss Lord MacLaurin insisted shareholders give him more time to turn around the grocer.
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Carpetright profits tumble as Netherlands drags down performance
Carpetright has reported full-year underlying pre-tax profit tumbled from £9.7m to £4.6m as it was hit by tough trading in the Netherlands.
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Shoe Zone profits rocket but sales slide in maiden interim results
Value footwear retailer Shoe Zone has reported pre-tax profit rocketed to £2.7m from £200,000 in its maiden interim results since floating in May.
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Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Tesco, Carphone Warehouse and ecommerce sales
Retail news round-up on June 24, 2014: Former Tesco boss Lord MacLaurin urges shareholders to give Clarke more time; UK retail ecommerce sales to rise 16% this year; Carphone Warehouse links to 3 Ireland.
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Opinion
Comment: Retail’s future in the big data game
Retailers of all shapes and sizes will need to grab the opportunity to offer a digital, highly personalised and better service to their customers.
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Opinion
Comment: Lightning strikes twice at Asos as warehouse hit by fire
Lightning never strikes twice, the saying goes. But sadly for Asos, that’s not the case in reality.
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Opinion
Comment: Much rides on Netto and Sainsbury's tie-up for Mike Coupe
Sainsbury’s blindsided everybody last week when it unveiled a joint venture with Netto to bring the Danish discounter back to the UK just four years after it sold its stores here to Asda.
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Opinion
Comment: Now is the time to futureproof our retail jewels
There’s clearly a consumer appetite for after-hours markets, can retailers really afford to ignore our changing shopping habits?
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Analysis
Fashion price tracker: Weekly womenswear data
Keep track of womenswear retailers’ average online price per item and percentage of products on markdown.
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Analysis
Coping in an emergency: Retail lessons from the Asos warehouse fire
Asos resumed trading today after a fire broke out at its main warehouse on Friday. What plans do retailers need to have in place to cope if disaster strikes?
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Analysis
International analysis: Kroger blazes a trail in first quarter
Kroger continues to separate itself from the pack. The US grocer’s 4.6% gain in identical store sales in the first quarter put to shame the 0.1% decline turned in by Walmart US.
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News
Morrisons' Three Lions songs fail to win fans in Scotland
Morrisons was forced to stop playing England World Cup songs in its Scottish stores last week after customers complained it was rubbing in that their team did not qualify for the tournament.
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Opinion
Comment: How Ann Summers and Dixons use social media to build brand advocacy
Whether it be Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Youtube, Google+ or any others you care to mention, social media is an intrinsic part of how we often prefer to engage and interact.
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Opinion
Blog: Turning up the heat on summer sales
We are set for a scorcher of a summer apparently, with the Met Office predicting above average temperatures for June, July and August. This no doubt will mean a shopping frenzy around barbecues, burgers, buns and beer - and that is before we look at salads, sauces and suntan cream.
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News
Matalan completes £492m refinancing to fund growth
Matalan has refinanced £492m worth of debt with a banking syndicate in order to fund its growth ambitions.
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Opinion
Comment: There is room for a new look Netto in the UK
The hard discounting end of the UK food-retailing spectrum still has space to accommodate an additional player.