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Grand ambition
Size and architectural constraints made Cambridge’s Grand Arcade a difficult project and, five months after opening, it is still only 85 per cent let. Ben Cooper weighs up the centre’s success.
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Suppliers partner to deliver e-fulfilment for Pets at Home
Manhattan Associates and Unipart Logistics have completed a project to get Pets at Home up and running with fulfilment for its new e-commerce operation.
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European Retail Solutions Awards
A new location, new categories and new judges all helped make this year’s awards bigger and better than ever. Staged in the historical surroundings of Old Billingsgate in London, retailers and technology suppliers came together to reward innovative projects that are making their mark on the industry
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Bright ideas dazzle at the show
Technology can help you keep ahead in difficult times, bringing rapid returns and better efficiency, as well as helping save the planet. So, as show delegates found out, innovation is more important than ever
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Sainsbury’s bolsters its videoconferencing
Sainsbury’s logistics division is using a managed videoconferencing service in 10 UK locations to improve collaboration, cut travel costs and support corporate social responsibility.
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Plugging the resources gap
As the credit crunch means more discerning customers and restrictions on supply, retailers need to consider outsourced IT expertise and manpower, says Siôn Roberts
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Responsible retailing
BT used Retail Solutions to showcase the many ways that retailers can use IT to make their operation more sustainable
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AnalysisNetto effects: discounters boom in credit crunch
The credit crunch is turning out to be the coming of age for hard discounters in the UK. Jennifer Creevy tours Netto’s latest store with managing director Richard Lancaster.
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River Cruising
River Island has moved its innovative store design on again with its latest incarnation at Brent Cross. Chief executive Richard Bradbury takes John Ryan on a tour.
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Fashion addict
A penchant for a good shirt was the start of a beautiful retail relationship for Hawes & Curtis chief Touker Suleyman. He tells Lisa Berwin what drives him.
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As seen on screen
Early digital store signage is being overtaken by more sophisticated media. Joanna Perry finds out how video is stealing the show.
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In for a pound
With value retailing booming amid the downturn, landlords have realised that the discounters they have shunned previously can fill voids and drive footfall. Ben Cooper reports.
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Let battle commence
As retailers prepare to take on the might of the landlords over the issue of quarterly rents, Ben Cooper assesses what they’re up against and the likelihood of their success.
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Cool in a crisis
When Baugur bought Iceland three years ago it was on the brink and the retailer’s staff were far from happy. Katie Kilgallen finds out how drastic HR intervention helped transform the business.
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Fruits of our labour
Thanks to BlackBerries, retail executives are never off duty anymore, while e-mail into stores has often proved more of a hindrance than a help on the shopfloor. So how can retailers communicate in a way that is effective and doesn’t confuse staff, asks Alison Clements.
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Town fit for a king
With its affluent catchment and well-balanced stores offer, Kingston upon Thames is a fine example of dynamic retailing. John Ryan takes a tour with Echochamber’s Matthew Brown.
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Where there’s a wag...
Credit crunch? What credit crunch? For the footballers’ wives of Cheshire money is no object, but they expect a lot from their retailers. Charlotte Hardie pays a visit to WAG heaven.
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Nose for the job
The Perfume Shop chief operating officer Jo Walker is so passionate about her job that she hardly ever takes a holiday. Jennifer Creevy asks why scents mean so much.
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Top 100 Shopping Centres 2008
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