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NewsNew Look hires former Selfridges marketing director for new role
New Look has hired Nick Cross, the marketer who led the rebranding of Selfridges in the late 1990s, to the newly created role of marketing director.
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NewsInternational footwear brands open UK stores
International footwear brands are making a play for the UK market, with premium Brazilian chain NÃO Do Brasil opening its first UK store in Bluewater while Japanese fashion brand Onitsuka Tiger plans to expand.
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NewsJoules makes string of board appointments
Lifestyle retailer Joules has made a raft of key board-level appointments to drive its ambitious growth plans and focus its strategy on a design-led offer.
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NewsWith Royle Approval
Actor Ricky Tomlinson is starring in the Christmas TV campaign from home, garden and leisure retailer The Range. The ad, which started this week, also features a cameo role from colourful owner and founder Chris Dawson, who plays a store manager.
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NewsBest Buy ponders a move from ‘game changing’ big-box format
Electricals group Best Buy Europe is understood to be considering opening smaller stores as it prepares to review the success of its first big boxes next spring.
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Chairman takes over running of Multiyork
The long-standing chief executive of furniture retailer Multiyork has left the company and executive chairman Indira Thambiah has taken full-time charge.
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NewsPets at Home looking for smaller format store sites
Pets at Home intends to open 100 smaller format stores in a departure from its typical format.
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NewsArcadia boss Green warns on rising costs of doing business
Rates, raw materials and wages worry Sir Philip Green despite jump in the fashion group’s profits
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NewsRoyal wedding could lift retail sales by £400m
Royal wedding bells could set retailers’ tills ringing to the tune of almost £400m.
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NewsTesco to take on Amazon with online marketplace
Grocer readies attack on etail giants with its own take on an online marketplace
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NewsFashion industry charity renamed and rebranded
Fashion industry charity the Textile Industry Children’s Trust has rebranded to The Fashion & Textile Children’s Trust as it launches a new campaign to promote its educational grants for children with special needs.
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NewsMarks & Spencer showcases spring 11 collection
Nostalgic feel Marks & Spencer showcased its spring 11 collection this week, featuring looks inspired by the 1970s such as maxi dresses (pictured) and fashion stories including ‘Coney Island’, featuring nostalgic interpretations of 1950s dresses and ‘Carnival’, incorporating bold prints and bright colours.
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NewsContactless payment trial in 50 Clinton Cards stores
Clinton Cards is to trial contactless payment in 50 of its stores in London and Liverpool from this month.
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AnalysisShop Direct’s military manoeuvres
Can going commando deliver cost-effective management training, asks Liz Morrell
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AnalysisWhat it’s like to work at Scope
The inside view from retail human resources manager Craig Rowe
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OpinionRetail surgery: Are the sacred cows of retail slowly dropping dead?
Are the sacred cows of retail slowly dropping dead?
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OpinionRetail surgery: What are the key changes that have been made in the updated PCIDSS and PA-DSS standards?
What are the key changes that have been made in the updated PCIDSS and PA-DSS standards?
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GalleryThe right stuff from White Stuff
White Stuff has opened its biggest store yet, in Edinburgh, bringing an old building to life with cunning visual merchandising and plenty of humour. John Ryan visits
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AnalysisLands' End: Living the American dream
US retailer Lands’ End has come out of the shadows to reveal its expansion plans and a new target customer.
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AnalysisWill the Emerald Isle sparkle again?
With EU pressure to accept a bailout, Ireland’s economy is a mess. Will its retailers recover, asks Charlotte Hardie and Greg Lawless