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NewsThe Sting takes second store at Westfield Stratford
Dutch fashion retailer The Sting is to take its second London store at Westfield Stratford.
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Opinion
Group Gifting from Notonthehighstreet.com
Notonthehighstreet.com has become the first site in the UK to launch a new social commerce feature so groups of friends can share the cost of large-ticket items.
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Opinion
Google explains how to approach international etail
International markets are a big opportunity for growth in the next few years, and there are plenty of companies keen to capitalise on retailers’ planned expansion. Google is one – although many of the tools it offers are free – and the company wants to offer retailers access to its huge swathes of data.
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NewsHome Retail confirms Habitat deal, but rest of UK business enters administration
Home Retail Group has confirmed that it has bought some parts of Habitat UK for £24.5m, but the rest of the business has entered administration.
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Walmart to partner with "kirana"
Walmart has indicated its willingness to partner with ‘kirana’ or traditional mom and pop stores in India
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NewsJohn Lewis weekly sales rise almost 8%
Department store chain John Lewis enjoyed its best trading of the half-year so far last week, when sales rose 8.6% to £57m.
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NewsEdinburgh Woollen Mill 'enters race for Jane Norman'
Edinburgh Woollen Mill has entered the race to buy womenswear chain Jane Norman, according to reports in two of this morning’s papers.
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OpinionRetail surgery: Does spending money on point of sale drive sales?
In the current economic climate does spending money on point of sale still drive sales?
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News‘No silver bullet’ for Comet
Electricals retailer to press ahead with turnaround strategy as options for business are considered
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NewsChief leaves Land Securities retail venture as ambitions scaled back
Land Securities has parted company with the head of its Brand Empire venture, designed to help new retailers open in the UK, and dissolved an agreement to open stores with one of its partners.
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NewsJewellers alarm as Channel 4 targets them over gold mines
Retailers’ ethical sourcing is in the spotlight once again as Channel 4 prepares to air a Dispatches programme focusing on how high street jewellers source their gold.
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NewsFate of Life & Style lies in hands of administrators
The administrators of bust homewares and fashion retailer Life & Style, born out of the ashes of Ethel Austin, will decide on Monday whether to sell it as a going concern or liquidate it, it is understood.
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NewsRepublic rethinks store target as online picks up
Fashion chain Republic has revised its long-term store growth target in response to the “changing nature of the customer” that now flocks to the internet to buy clothes.
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NewsDeveloping markets key as Tesco aims to deliver further growth
Tesco is aiming to double its returns from the developing markets it operates in by opening smaller shops and focusing on store environment, online and supply chain efficiencies.
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NewsInvestors should drop idea of UK Retail plc, says analyst
Investors should abandon the idea of ‘UK Retail plc’, a label which has outlived its usefulness, Peel Hunt analyst John Stevenson has argued.
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NewsWHSmith earnings ‘not threatened by e-books’
Fears about the impact of the growing popularity of e-books on bookseller and stationer WHSmith are overplayed and the retailer is undervalued, according to broker Oriel Securities.
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NewsTesco needs to ‘explain’ UK strategy
Tesco was scheduled to host analysts on a trip to eastern Europe at the time of publication, but broker MF Global warned that the grocer should devote more time to telling the City how it will fix the UK business.
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NewsVast contrast typifies results across retail
Food and general retailers alike lagged a flattish market as updates and sector data showed sharply divergent performances from store groups.
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NewsIn focus: Monsoon Accessorize
Monsoon Accessorize faces more issues than most retailers, many assessed in Retail Week Knowledge Bank’s update of Peter Simon’s international womenswear and accessories chain.
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