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NewsHi-fi chains Audio T and Sevenoaks Sound & Vision merge to fend off larger rivals
Privately owned hi-fi retailers Audio T and Sevenoaks Sound & Vision are to merge, creating a 50-store business.
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NewsIn Focus: 99p Stores
The demise of Woolworths keeps reverberating around the retail trade. The single-price stores benefited on two counts: picking up ex-Woolworths customers and acquiring former Woolworths stores in good locations at favourable rates.
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NewsClarks launches destination websites to engage with kids
Footwear giant Clarks has launched two standalone kids’ websites in a bid to build engagement with younger consumers and drive multichannel sales.
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NewsPawnbroker H&T broadens retail offer
Pawnbroker H&T is to start selling jewellery online and in its Gold Bar fascia stores as it seeks to extend its retail offer.
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AnalysisThe National Skills Academy: Training tomorrow’s top retailers
What has The National Skills Academy for Retail achieved in its first year?
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AnalysisWhat it’s like to work at… H&M
The inside view from HR manager, UK & Republic of Ireland, Rob Ford
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OpinionRetail surgery: The data we receive from suppliers is often incorrect. Is this an industry-wide problem or do we need to push our suppliers much harder on this?
The data we receive from suppliers is often incorrect. Is this an industry-wide problem or do we need to push our suppliers much harder on this?
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OpinionRetail surgery: We are interested in the advances in mobile commerce but don’t know which technologies will take off. Where should we start?
We are interested in the advances in mobile commerce but don’t know which technologies will take off. Where should we start?
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GalleryDisney stores: To infinity, and beyond...
Disney Stores has opened a new look format in Madrid, aimed at viewing the world from a child’s perspective.
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AnalysisMystery shopping: how Sainsbury's monitors customer experience
Sainsbury’s strongly believes regular monitoring of its stores is crucial to ensure its customer experience isn’t a mystery
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AnalysisResort trading: Sun, sea and selling on a summer holiday
Huge sales spikes in certain products are a boon, but life’s no beach for retailers trading in holiday resorts
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AnalysisTim Steiner
Dismissed by some, Ocado aims to make a big splash with its IPO. As its founder sets out to sell his dream to investors, Jennifer Creevy finds out more about the man behind Ocado
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GalleryElisa Antwerp
Shoe retailing tends to come in two forms. There’s the top end where the stock is displayed semi-museum style with each item being afforded the kind of reverence normally afforded a second dynasty Ming vase - clearly nonsense - and then there is the mass market.
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AnalysisDistance selling rules
Some retailers have been caught out over not refunding delivery charges when an online order has been cancelled. Where did they go wrong?
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OpinionRetail M&A fears have become reality
Evidence suggests that the level of M&A activity in the sector has already slowed and we believe that it (and private equity investment, in particular) is likely to be more muted in the remainder of the year as what was previously feared has now become reality.
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OpinionReputation really is everything
Nick Samuel and Sir Terry Leahy show why doing things the right way is best, says Neil Gillis
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OpinionTough times lie ahead but retail looks resilient
An early exit from the World Cup and weather that was more suited to the beach than the shopping mall didn’t augur well for a bumper June in the shops. Yet this week’s BRC sales figures, backed up by anecdotal evidence from leading retailers, suggest a steady recovery is continuing.
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AnalysisLearning to play their cards right
With Clinton Cards issuing a profit warning and Paperchase being sold, the UK’s £1.5bn card market is a hive of activity.
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OpinionNo cause to downgrade retail
More than half-way through 2010, many store chiefs’ comments remain wary to the point of downbeat. While the gloomy noises will hardly spark a sector upgrade, the prospects for a further downgrade don’t look any greater.