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AnalysisWhat stops FDs getting the top retail jobs?
When it comes to the top spot in retail businesses FDs are often passed over, but is the ‘numbers man’ stereotype unfair?
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OpinionRetail surgery: How do we make sure unscrupulous employees don’t steal customers’ credit card information at the tills?
How do we make sure unscrupulous employees don’t steal customers’ credit card information at the tills?
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OpinionRetail surgery: Rising commodity costs mean that we must put our prices up. How do we go about doing this?
Rising commodity costs mean that we must put our prices up. How do we go about doing this?
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AnalysisIs John Lewis’s online pledge a game changer?
Online just got tougher as John Lewis rolls out its famous price pledge, but what does the initiative bode for the sector?
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AnalysisSustainability: The Start line
Retailers taking part in a sustainability summit say there are many areas where they should work together rather than compete. Joanna Perry reports
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AnalysisWhat it’s like to work at Richer Sounds
The inside view from operations director John Clayton
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AnalysisHMV: The music of chance
HMV’s latest initiative lifts morale and underlines its specialist credentials, says Natasha Devan
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GalleryPuma Rewind
To be fair this is only partly a shop, if you regard one of the functions of a shop as being to display goods that people might want to buy. This is, self-evidently, a truck that appears to have a variant of a Chinese puzzle along one of its sides.
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AnalysisJulian Rayner
Renowned for its off-the-wall products, Lakeland has won a hugely loyal following among the middle classes. Nicola Harrison profiles one of the brothers driving the business forward
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AnalysisDesigner outlets
As London’s first designer outlet hoves into view we assess their popularity, the retailers that use them and how they’ve fared during the recession
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OpinionGovernment’s fresh thinking is welcome
One million tonnes of food and packaging waste prevented. That’s the result - just announced - of a commitment made by the UK grocery retail sector in 2005.
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OpinionRealism required on retail rents
Out-of-town shopping parks have changed the face of British retailing and helped it become one of the most vibrant of industries. Right now, though, landlords need to show a greater degree of flexibility to reflect the realities of the economic climate.
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OpinionIn-store strengths are online strengths too
Rivals may tire of hearing it, but when it comes to innovation in retailing today, no one is doing more than the John Lewis Partnership.
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OpinionSainsbury’s treads carefully
After hunkering down and sticking to the knitting during the recession, the attractions of trading in foreign climes are once again moving up the retail agenda despite the rather uncertain trading conditions at home.
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AnalysisWalmart poised to strike huge deal in South Africa
It is no secret that Walmart has been evaluating an acquisition in South Africa for a number of years. A number of local retailers have informed Planet Retail that Walmart executives from the US and UK are not an unfamiliar sight at stores and head offices.
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Reliance Retail to enter smaller towns and introduce grocery home delivery
Reliance Retail is pushing ahead with a rapid expansion drive, which will include entry into smaller towns and the introduction of a home delivery service for groceries. The plan is to expand its presence in urban markets, moving from Tier I and Tier II cities down to Tier IV cities ...
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Couche-Tard reaches agreement with FTC over tender offer for Casey's General Stores
Convenience store operator Couche-Tard has reached an agreement in principle with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in connection with its tender offer for Iowa-based Casey’s General Stores in the US. The agreement would permit Couche-Tard to acquire Casey’s, subject to the divestiture of certain convenience stores and service ...
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Rite Aid records 2.5% revenue increase in Q2 to £4.2bn
Drugstore retailer Rite Aid has reported revenues rose 2.5% in the second quarter to $6.2bn (£4.2bn). Like-for-like sales decreased 0.9% in the front end and 1.8% in the pharmacy business. Net loss was $197m (£134m), compared with last year’s second-quarter net loss of $116m (£74m), which was partly attributable to ...
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Ulta reports 17.6% sales increase to £219m
Beauty retailer Ulta has reported net sales increased 17.6% to $322m (£219m) for the second quarter ended July 31, 2010. Like-for-like sales increased 10.8% and net income increased 127.2% to $13.1m (£8.9m). Ulta chief executive Lyn Kirby said: “The results include a 10.8% like-for-like sales increase for the quarter, generated ...
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Blockbuster files for bankruptcy
Blockbuster in the US has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after mounting losses, rising debt and stiff competition from retailers that have better catered to consumers’ evolving media habits.Blockbuster said business would continue as usual at its 3,000 US stores, but added it would evaluate the profitability of its ...