All Retail Week articles in June 25, 2010 – Page 4
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OpinionRetail 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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GalleryMaking 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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AnalysisThe retail brain drain
More senior staff are leaving big business and setting up on their own.
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NewsComet 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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NewsFurniture 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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NewsHomeform 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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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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NewsWaitrose 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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NewsFat 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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NewsSuperGroup 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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AnalysisRising 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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NewsRetail 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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DataICM 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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OpinionVAT 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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NewsRetailers 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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NewsStruggling Game warns of loss in first half
Continued declining sales and a likely interim loss at computer entertainment specialist Game prompted downgrades by analysts.
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NewsIn Focus: Monsoon
Clothing and accessories retailer Monsoon has been caught in a domestic storm as UK profits have suffered while management is focused on creating a global brand.
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OpinionPutting on a united front
Individual talent alone is not enough, it is great teams that win the day.
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AnalysisGetting retail mergers right
Bringing two retailers together does not always ensure instant success or results. Mark Faithfull looks at the secrets of getting the process right
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NewsRepublic looks to grow with multichannel pilot
Republic is to trial multichannel services from September as part of plans to accelerate the business following its sale to private equity house TPG for £300m.