All Retail Week articles in March 8 2013 – Page 4
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NewsAquascutum appoints new chief operating officer to head UK business
Luxury fashion retailer Aquascutum has drafted in former Juicy Couture finance director Mark Taylor to lead its UK business.
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NewsFormer Tesco director David Potts awarded CBE
Former Tesco veteran David Potts was decorated by the Queen last week.
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AnalysisMy retail life: Philip Bier, UK managing director, Tiger
Philip Bier, UK managing director at general merchandise store Tiger, speaks to Retail Week about his life working in retail.
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OpinionComment: Bonding with consumers helps drive ideas and investment
Almost three years ago, Hotel Chocolat raised more than £4m by offering the UK’s first ever ‘chocolate bond’ to our customers.
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Discount retailer Dia plans further expansion in Brazi
Spanish neighbourhood discount retailer Dia is to expand further in Brazil.The retailer, which became independent from French Carrefour in mid-2011, aims to accelerate expansion to 100 new openings, compared with 81 last year.
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OpinionComment: Sales growth must not derail fair rates for retail campaign
The unexpected February retail sales figures sparked inevitable questions about whether we are on the verge of a sustained period of growth.
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AnalysisCampaign of the week: Staples, Inspiring Success sponsorship
Staples is sponsoring Channel 4’s Inspiring Success group of programmes, which are aimed at small businesses and the self-employed.
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NewsCompany profile: Karen Millen
Karen Millen, the womenswear fashion retailer, is focused on overseas expansion and ecommerce growth for the upcoming years.
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NewsLidl equips managers with iPads to improve store performance
German discounter Lidl is to equip its UK area managers with iPads featuring a specially designed in-house app after investing £500,000 as part of the Lidl Mobile Office initiative.
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NewsIceland squares up to Morrisons in Gibraltar with new overseas store
Frozen food retailer Iceland is to square up to Morrisons in one of the Bradford-based grocer’s best performing locations - Gibraltar.
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AnalysisMobile shopping growth rates: What do retailers need to know?
Mobile sales growth stalled towards the end of last year but the channel remains a huge opportunity for retailers.
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NewsJohn Lewis delivers "extremely strong" performance with sales up 13.3%
John Lewis’ sales advanced 13.3% to £64.3m last week, as it generated double-digit sales increases across 16 stores and online.
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OpinionComment: New fascia & Other Stories will broaden H&M's appeal
& Other Stories cements H&M’s fashion forward stance but widens its pricing architecture away from the value end of the market – attracting shoppers with higher disposable incomes.
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GalleryStore gallery: New H&M format & Other Stories opens on Regent Street
London’s Regent Street scores a retail global first this morning as new H&M format & Other Stories opens its doors at 12pm.
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NewsShopper migration online prompts closure of Shop Direct call centre
Two call centres run on behalf of Shop Direct are to be shut down due the changing buying habits of its customers who are increasingly shopping online.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Technology plays a part in improving customer experience
Technology is playing a central role in improving customer experience. Anna Richardson Taylor finds out how retailers are using it.
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AnalysisAnalysis: System integration - multichannel's new reality
As the lines between bricks-and-mortar and online retail continue to blur, Retail Week examines how integrated supply chains underpin the multichannel future.
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NewsWaterstones to close half its university campus shops
Bookseller Waterstones is to shut six of its 12 shops on university campuses but said it remains committed to the academic books market.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Mobile technology gives shoppers the advantage
The mobile phones in shoppers’ pockets can give them access to better technology than is often available to staff on the shopfloor.
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OpinionComment: Retail technology – what are the new innovations?
Some of the most impressive work undertaken by multichannel retailers over the past 12 months has been in the once unglamorous arena of the supply chain.