All Retail Week articles in May 29 2015 – Page 4
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NewsBreakfast Briefing: Retail news on Tesco Clubcard, Douglas cosmetics and pop-ups
Retail news round-up on June 2, 2015: Tesco Clubcard value slashed,cosmetics retailer Douglas sold to CVC and 3.4m pop-up shops in UK by 2017
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NewsNew Look strategy proves fruitful as full-year profits increase
New Look full-year profits increased as the retailer accelerates in multichannel as well as in UK and international growth.
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NewsAo.com reports pre-tax loss of £2.9m as Europe business hit by start-up costs
Ao.com has posted a pre-tax loss of £2.9m for the year as its European business was hit by a start-up loss of £8m after its launch in Germany.
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NewsMorrisons returns to growth as sales drop across other big four grocers
Morrisons has returned to growth and was the only one of the big four to increase grocery sales year-on-year during the 12 weeks to May 24.
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OpinionMike Ashley looks match-fit to tackle the value sector
If he can do with general merchandise what he has done in sportswear and fashion, Mike Ashley could be about to move up into the value sector’s Premier League.
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AnalysisTimeline: Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley's rise in retail
As Mike Ashley makes his first venture into the general merchandising sector with Mega Value, we plot the Sports Direct owner’s career.
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NewsAo.com boss Roberts: ‘Bricks-based retailers have woken up to our threat’
Ao.com founder and chief executive John Roberts believes his bricks-and-mortar rivals have woken up to the threat his company poses to them.
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NewsNew Look boss on its tactics to win the fashion fulfilment battle
New Look is upping its investment in multichannel fulfilment as it aims to win the convenience war in the fashion sector.
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NewsTraditional loyalty schemes will ‘wither’ amid digital shift warns Cheshire
The rise of mobile digital technology and data is poised to transform the retail industry, former Kingfisher boss Sir Ian Cheshire believes.
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NewsCosmetics retailer Douglas acquired by CVC Capital Partners
Private equity group CVC Capital Partners has acquired perfume and cosmetics retailer Douglas from Advent International.
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NewsFood prices fall for fifth consecutive month with no bounce on the horizon
Food prices have fallen for a fifth consecutive month, while analysts are predicting that prices will stay low for the “near future”.
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NewsEtailer Loaf poised to launch first store by October
Furniture etailer Loaf is to press the button on a launch into bricks-and-mortar with its first store planned in south London this autumn.
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NewsBreakfast Briefing: Retail news on Morrisons, House of Fraser and Wiggle
Retail news round-up on June 3, 2015: Morrisons increases its quarterly sales, prices in UK shops drop 1.9% and House of Fraser updates its app.
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NewsWHSmith high street sales fall but travel performance on the up
WHSmith’s high street sales continued to decline but the retailer’s travel business reported improved growth in the first quarter.
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NewsDixons Carphone ends year strongly as it commits to further investment
Dixons Carphone like-for-likes surged in the fourth quarter well ahead of expectations and has paved the way for the retailer to invest when “the sun is shining”.
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NewsAsos-backed second-hand luxury fashion etailer Covetique closes down
Luxury second-hand fashion etailer Covetique, in which Asos owned a share, has closed down after three and a half years.
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NewsFormer American Apparel boss receives restraining order from retailer
Fashion retailer American Apparel has been granted a restraining order against founder and former boss Dov Charney.
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AnalysisDixons Carphone reveals 'blockbuster' fourth quarter: What the analysts say
Dixons Carphone has smashed analysts’ forecasts as sales surge across the UK and the wider group. Here is what the analysts say.
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OpinionComment: Dixons Carphone is coming good on its sky-high ambition
A year ago, Seb James and Sir Charles Dunstone unveiled details of the proposed merger of electricals giant Dixons and Carphone Warehouse.
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NewsFirst glimpse of Matalan's debut central London store on Oxford Street
Matalan will aim to take on value fashion giant rivals on Oxford Street when it opens its first central London store tomorrow.