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  • News

    Gap launches flagship Hong Kong store

    2011-12-02T07:00:00Z

    Gap has launched its first flagship in Hong Kong, the fashion retailer’s ninth store in Greater China. The shop spans more than 15,000 sq ft over four floors on Queen’s Road in Hong Kong’s Central District. In addition to Hong Kong, the company will open stores in Shanghai, Hangzhou and ...

  • News

    Woolworths outlines strategic priorities

    2011-12-02T07:00:00Z

    Woolworths chief executive Grant O’Brien outlined his strategic priorities at the AGM. He intend to “extend and defend leadership in food and liquor” by establishing a dominant position in fresh food in Australia; to maintain its track record of building new growth businesses; and “to put in place the enablers ...

  • News

    Grocery retailer Shufersal posts third quarter results

    2011-12-02T07:00:00Z

    Grocery retailer Shufersal posted results for the third quarter. Net profit plummeted 59% to ILS29m (£4.9m) from ILS71m (£12m) for the same period last year. Revenue was up 4% to ILS3bn (£509m).It also announced that chief executive Ephraim Rosenhaus would step down after more than eight years in the job. ...

  • News

    Lidl to open first Lithuanian store

    2011-12-02T07:00:00Z

    Schwarz Group’s discount chain Lidl will open its first Lithuanian store in Alytus in the south of the country. According to reports, Lidl intends to open stores in Lithuania’s five biggest cities and every town of more than 20,000 inhabitants. In 2002, Lidl decided to open stores in Lithuania and ...

  • Tim Steiner
    News

    Ocado boss Steiner’s above it all

    2011-12-02T07:00:00Z

    It’s a good job diminutive Ocado boss Tim Steiner has a sense of humour.

  • B&Q employees deliver a Christmas tree to Her Majesty's Treasury
    News

    B&Q deliver Christmas tree to the Treasury

    2011-12-02T07:00:00Z

    B&Q fulfilled Chancellor George Osborne’s wish for a thrifty Christmas by delivering a 6ft tree to the Treasury.

  • Bank: fastest email response to online customers
    News

    Post-sales service vital for multichannel offer

    2011-12-02T07:00:00Z

    As multichannel sales continue to rise, retailers aim to make customer experience and service consistent across all channels.

  • Whiteley Shopping Centre
    News

    Whiteley Shopping Centre to kick-start retail development

    2011-12-02T07:00:00Z

    A 300,000 sq ft shopping centre in South Hampshire will help kick-start retail development following a building hiatus in 2012 after schemes were mothballed in the downturn.

  • Champneys’ spa in a Boots store
    News

    Boots to roll out in-store spas if pilot is successful

    2011-12-02T07:00:00Z

    Health and beauty retailer Boots will roll out in-store spas if its first in Milton Keynes proves successful.

  • News

    Foot Locker reports net income increase

    2011-12-02T07:00:00Z

    Foot Locker reported that net income for the third quarter ended October 29 was $66m (£42m), up from $52m (£33m) for same period last year. Net sales were $1.39bn (£892m) compared with $1.28bn (£822m).Foot Locker chairman and chief executive Ken Hicks said: “I am pleased to report our seventh consecutive ...

  • Ann Harvey stores will close because customers prefer to shop online
    News

    Ann Harvey owner to close 20 stores in property review

    2011-12-02T07:00:00Z

    Fashion retailer to focus on concessions and ramp up ecommerce as it suffers tough trading

  • Karen Millen aims to double its sales to £500m over the next five years
    News

    Karen Millen begins search for European boss in growth drive

    2011-12-02T07:00:00Z

    Premium womenswear retailer Karen Millen is on the hunt for a European boss as it eyes further growth internationally.

  • Sainsbury's, Welwyn Garden City
    Gallery

    Milestone in the garden city

    2011-12-02T07:00:00Z

    In a quest for clarity and a more appealing store environment, Sainsbury’s has created a ‘milestone’ store in Welwyn Garden City. John Ryan visits and talks to head of store design Damien Culkin.

  • Argos’s half-year multichannel sales of £770m represent 46% of its total sales
    News

    In focus: Home Retail Group

    2011-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Home Retail Group has had a rocky year, reporting falling sales and profits as the performance of its catalogue retailer Argos slipped.

  • Dixons Retail remains ‘vulnerable’
    News

    Store stocks tick up as consumers fret

    2011-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Store stocks of all types ticked up over the week as the market overall improved, but general retailers still significantly lag the All-share index over the year.

  • Boxpark
    News

    Boxpark to open in Shoreditch

    2011-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Pop-up mall Boxpark is due to open tomorrow in London’s Shoreditch.

  • Brema Drohan, Nespresso
    Analysis

    Brema Drohan

    2011-12-02T00:00:00Z

    UK managing director, Nespresso

  • Marks and Spencer
    Analysis

    A winter walkaround

    2011-12-02T00:00:00Z

    With little over three weeks to go, Charlotte Hardie and Simon Puryer take at trip to the West End to look at how retailers are faring in the festive countdown.

  • Sainsbury’s campaign is a refreshing change from the glut of Christmas adverts
    Analysis

    Sainsbury’s Million Kids Challenge

    2011-12-02T00:00:00Z

    In a welcome break from the endless rounds of Christmas ads, Sainsbury’s has launched a campaign with David Beckham to raise awareness of its Million Kids Challenge, which aims to get children involved with sport.

  • David Wild
    Opinion

    Learn from the competition

    2011-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Rivals can make retailers up their game and help drive innovation, says David Wild.