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Apple posts quarterly revenue increase
Apple posted quarterly revenues of $39.2bn (£24.1bn) for the second quarter ended March 31, up from $24.7bn (£15.2bn) last year. Net profit for the period was $11.6bn (£7.1bn), almost double last year’s income of $6bn (£3.7bn). International sales accounted for 64% of revenue during the quarter. $4.4bn (£2.7bn) in revenue ...
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Grocer Mercator to expand services
Grocer Mercator will expand its services to mobile, tourism and petrol stations. The retailer also announced further sales of properties.“It is not enough to offer some basic products to be different, everybody can do that,” said Mercator director of strategic finance and risk management Dean Cerin, adding that the retailer ...
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Walmart Canada launches premium private-label
Walmart Canada has launched a new premium private-label range called Our Finest.The line of 50 new products are all priced at CAD10 (£6.23) or less and include essential barbecue ingredients such as premium burgers and frankfurters, side salads, ice cream desserts and essentials such as ketchup, barbecue sauces and buns.Asda’s ...
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AnalysisOxford Summer School: Developing retail talent
For many years the Oxford Summer School has developed middle management retail talent. Now it is widening its remit to nurture the careers of fledgling managers too, Liz Morrell reports.
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GalleryIn pictures: Selfridges launches "Big British" shop
Selfridges Oxford Street officially opened its Big British shop this morning in the store’s Concept Store.
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OpinionC&A puts Facebook likes on hangers
Fashion retailer C&A wouldn’t be the first retailer that springs to mind when considering innovative marketing techniques, but its latest campaign, Fashion Like, would suggest otherwise.
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NewsFrench Connection to sell off stores after review
French Connection has put 14 of its 71 stores up for sale after launching a review of its retail division in March.
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AnalysisJohn Lewis and Temperley: Why collaborations help retailers
John Lewis’ new project with Alice Temperley is the latest in a long line of partnerships between retailers and designers – with M&S teaming up with Terence Conran and H&M signing up a collection of big names, the trend shows no sign of going away.
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OpinionRetailers and publishers face creative disruption
I am currently in the middle of reading Simon Waldman’s book Creative Disruption, which looks at how organisations threatened by digitalisation can survive their changed environment.
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Analysis10 things you didn’t know about N Brown
Multichannel retailer N Brown, owner of businesses such as Figleaves, revealed a “robust” set of results today. Here’s 10 things you might not know about the business.
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NewsForever 21 Oxford Street extension to open by the winter
Forever 21 has confirmed it is to extend its flagship store on Oxford Street, with the new space expected to open by autumn/ winter 2012.
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NewsGovernment rules out permanently relaxing Sunday trading hours
Minister for business and enterprise Mark Prisk said there are “absolutely no plans” to permanently relax Sunday trading hours after legislation was passed yesterday to relax trading laws during the Olympic Games.
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NewsJohn Lewis brings designer Alice Temperley to the high street
John Lewis has teamed up with designer Alice Temperley to launch her first ever range for the high street.
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NewsAquascutum attracts 10 interested parties
Collapsed luxury fashion retailer Aquascutum has attracted 10 expressions of interest in the first round of bids, Retail Week has learned.
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NewsN Brown delivers "robust" year as Figleaves makes first profit
Home shopping fashion retailer N Brown posted a 2.5% lift in pretax profit to £96.9m for the 53 weeks to March 3 as its online lingerie business Figleaves made its first ever profit.
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NewsBoots to close 160 in-store photo labs
Boots could cut up to 200 jobs when its closes 160 in-store photo processing labs.
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AnalysisThe future of Britain’s high streets
As retailers reduce their store portfolios amid difficult trading and increasing online sales, talk is rife about the future of the high street. Nicola Harrison considers changes in the retail property landscape.
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OpinionRetail property development: Changing for the better
As every week goes by, it seems yet another story emerges of retailers consolidating their store portfolios.
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AnalysisSupermarkets: Realigning store spend
Tesco will not take January’s profit warning lying down and as it reappraises its store offer the implications will be felt across the grocery sector. Mark Faithfull looks at how supermarkets are realigning their store spend.
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Retail developments: Reigniting stalled schemes
The freeze in the development pipeline has switched the focus from the UK’s biggest retail centres to those that are under-served. Mark Faithfull considers some of the opportunities around the country.