All Retail Week articles in May 16 2014 – Page 4
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News
Hackett is grand prix winner at NAS awards
The National Association of Shopfitters Design Partnership Awards last night saw Hackett collecting the grand prix.
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News
Alliance Boots bids for up-for-sale Co-op Pharmacy chain
Pharmaceutical giant Alliance Boots has emerged as one of a number of bidders battling it out to buy the Co-op’s pharmacy chain.
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Bullring launches pop-up scheme to attract start-ups
The Bullring in Birmingham is launching a pop-up scheme to encourage start-up firms to open stores in the shopping centre.
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News
Entry deadline extended for Retail Week Rising Stars Awards 2014
The deadline for entries for the Retail Week Rising Stars Awards, retails leading awards for industry staff, has been extended to May 23.
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Opinion
Comment: Dixons and Carphone connect, but do they have a USP socket?
Dixons and Carphone Warehouse merging is like the plot twist in season five of a DVD box-set, when former foes team up to reboot the story.
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News
Boots UK staff miss out on bonuses after business misses targets
Boots UK staff will not receive annual bonuses this year after the business failed to hit its profit targets.
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Infographic: John Lewis sales up 15.6% boosted by 150th anniversary
John Lewis sales surged 15.6% last week boosted by its 150th anniversary celebrations, as it expects the present warmer weather to encourage sales growth.
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News
In pictures: Cafes, robotic lawnmowers and Netmums – Homebase's new look
Homebase has opened a new format that features its first cafe and a focus on inspiration as it bids to enhance its appeal with female shoppers.
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News
Video: Homebase boss Paul Loft on the importance of leisure offer at new store
Homebase boss Paul Loft speaks to Retail Week about the retailer’s new store format that features its first café, a new fascia and a revamped garden centre.
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Opinion
Comment: The Co-operative Group needs to get back to its roots
The news that investors have backed the Co-operative Bank’s latest capital raising round gives me mixed feelings.
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Alliance Boots Stefano Pessina eyes more deals before retirement
Alliance Boots executive chairman Stefano Pessina has revealed he is eyeing further global deals before he eventually leaves the business.
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Analysis
Infographic: Who's who in Dixons Carphone's new board
As electrical giant Dixons merges with Carphone Warehouse, we take a more detailed look at the changes taking place to the company structure.
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News
Asda boss Clarke: 'We're taking share from the rest of the big four'
Asda boss Andy Clarke has claimed the grocer is stealing share from its rivals while stemming ground lost to the discounters.
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Analysis
Infographic: Dixons Carphone – the merger in numbers
Carphone Warehouse and Dixons have unveiled terms of a merger to create a £4bn technology retail giant, we investigate the headline numbers.
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Analysis
Analysis: Why the Internet of Things is the most important thing about the Dixons Carphone merger
The £3.8bn merger of Dixons and Carphone Warehouse is one of the biggest recent deals in UK retail. But its true significance doesn’t lie in its size.
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News
Dixons Carphone aims to be 'the RAC or AA of the connected world'
Carphone Warehouse and Dixons intend to position themselves as “the emergency service” of consumer technology – a sort of ‘digital RAC’ – following their merger.
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News
Alliance Boots reports trading profit up 0.4% to £1.3bn
Health and beauty giant Alliance Boots has reported trading profit up 0.4% to £1.3bn and sales up 4.3% to £23.4bn in the year to March 31.
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News
Video: Ao.com targets World Cup fans with new campaign
Ao.com has released a new advert to attract football fans to their television offer in the run up to the World Cup this summer.
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Analysis
Analysis: The logic behind the Carphone and Dixons merger
Dixons and Carphone Warehouse today confirmed their merger. Retail Week looks at the rationale behind the move.
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Asda puts 4,100 jobs in consultation as multichannel shift prompts radical restructure
Asda has embarked on a massive restructuring and put 4,100 store roles into consultation as it realigns its business to reflect its multichannel priorities, Retail Week can reveal.