All Retail Week articles in June 25, 2010 – Page 2
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News
Retailers in favour despite hike in VAT
Retailers can live with the effects of Tuesday’s emergency Budget: that was the snap judgement of store chiefs and investors alike to the Chancellor’s announcement.
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Opinion
VAT increase will not derail retail’s recovery
Everyone in retail knows that balancing the books and getting the economy back on track is going to be vital
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Data
ICM Poll: The World Cup and retailing
In an exclusive poll for Retail Week, ICM Research interviewed a random selection of 2,039 adults aged 18 and over between June and 16, 2010 about the World Cup.
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News
Retail recovery remains on course despite VAT rise
Leading retailers have reacted with relief to this week’s emergency Budget and are confident that it won’t derail the retail recovery.
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Analysis
Rising costs spell trouble for fashion
With the planned VAT increase, dollar pressure, and increases in raw materials and labour costs, how will fashion retailers cope, asks Lisa Berwin
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News
SuperGroup consolidates Superdry online operation
SuperGroup, the young fashion retailer that owns the trendy Superdry brand and clothing chain Cult, is to bring its online Superdry seconds operation in-house.
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Fat Face completes line-up of its new management team
Bhs buying director for menswear Simon Pickering is moving to Fat Face to be the lifestyle chain’s buying and design director.
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News
Waitrose trials sign of smaller things to come
Waitrose is trialling a series of initiatives at its first smaller convenience store, in Cambridge, which it will roll out if successful.
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News
Toys R Us new Christmas tactic
Toys R Us is planning a new tactic to get consumers to spend this Christmas.The toy retailer has begun offering a ‘Christmas Savers Club’ that allows shoppers to save money with the company for holiday gifts.Participants will receive a card similar to a gift card and can contribute funds to ...
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News
Homeform chiefs leave company over ‘disagreement in strategy’
Homeform chief executive Tony Vicente and chief financial officer Tim Kowalski have left the business amid a difference of opinion with the owners, it has emerged.
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News
Furniture Village bucks trend to more than double pre-tax profit
Furniture Village has more than doubled its profit before interest and tax from £2.4m to £5.4m in the year to March 2010 - but has warned that the outlook for the current year remains tough.
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News
Comet plans brand overhaul to stand out from competition
Electricals retailer moves to connect with customers and differentiate itself from its rivals
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Analysis
The retail brain drain
More senior staff are leaving big business and setting up on their own.
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Gallery
Making sense of a bigger home
Homewares retailer HomeSense has opened a larger footprint store, but can shoppers make sense of their surroundings.
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Opinion
Retail surgery: We have just been purchased by new private owners. How can we expect the culture and running of the business to change?
We have just been purchased by new private owners. How can we expect the culture and running of the business to change?
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News
Hawkin’s Bazaar hires TK Maxx executive as boss
Toy and gift retailer Hawkin’s Bazaar has hired a senior TK Maxx executive as its new boss as the business ramps up its expansion plans.
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Analysis
Has Best Buy really raised the bar in electricals retailing?
Best Buy is promising to take service to a new level in electricals, but does it and how have established rivals responded to its launch? Retail Week went undercover to find out
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News
‘Give customers a greater say,’ says Asda chairman
Asda chairman Andy Bond has said retailers need to revaluate how they engage shoppers of the future, hailing them as the “net generation”.
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News
HomeSense appoints MD
Off-price furniture retailer HomeSense, the sister chain to TK Maxx, has poached fashion chain M&Co’s head of buying Louise Koser as its managing director.
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News
Original Factory Shop appoints retail big-hitter
Value department store group Original Factory Shop has appointed retail big-hitter Tony Campbell as a non-executive director.