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NewsTopps Tiles is ‘good recovery story’
A Topps Tiles analysts’ trip last week helped convince the City that the retailer is a “good recovery story”.
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NewsFashion Retail Academy ambitions
Arcadia owner Sir Philip Green hopes retailers will back his ambitions to open more shopkeeping schools after the success of the first.
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AnalysisThe candidate is king
Retailers need to remember that job candidates are also potential customers, says Liz Morrell
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OpinionRetail surgery: Some businesses have used Google AdWords to great effect during the World Cup. How can we do the same for future events of this scale?
Some businesses have used Google AdWords to great effect during the World Cup. How can we do the same for future events of this scale?
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OpinionRetail surgery: A competitor is opening pop-up shops in unusual places. Should we open one or more, or have we missed the boat on this trend?
A competitor is opening pop-up shops in unusual places. Should we open one or more, or have we missed the boat on this trend?
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AnalysisGlobal Supply Chains: From sea to store
The complexity of supply chains has increased significantly as they have become global. Joanne Ellul investigates how technology is being used to manage this and the difference it can make
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GallerySummer Sales: Clearing the decks
The summer Sales are in full swing ahead of the arrival of early autumn stock. John Ryan toured the West End to assess the offers
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InterviewInterview: Steve Rowe, Marks & Spencer’s man on the frontline
Retail director Steve Rowe has worked hard to up M&S’s game. He talks to George MacDonald about the customer experience and being a ‘lifer’.
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AnalysisDominic Myers
The new managing director of Waterstone’s is widely recognised in the trade as the right choice to turn the bookseller’s fortunes around
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GallerySelfridges Nike stadium Selfridges, London
England may have endured World Cup failure, but for the polyglot masses thronging Oxford Street, there is still everything to play for. Which is perhaps where Selfridges scores with its pop-up stadium located in the basement of its central London flagship.
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AnalysisPrice comparison claims
What powers does advertising watchdog the ASA have and what are the penalties for retailers that breach the UK Advertising Codes?
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OpinionWill Ocado’s IPO bubble burst?
The great dotcom bubble was based on ‘get large or get lost’, start-ups buying market share to get growth and then IPO-ing even if they had never made a profit. So is history repeating itself? Only time will tell.
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OpinionThe best of both worlds
We could use some of the US’s ambition, but they can keep their food, says Malcolm Walker
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AnalysisTime for US retailers to pursue top line growth
After a year of cutting costs and lowering inventories, it’s time for retailers to think about growing the top line.
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OpinionFocus on margins will be key to higher profits
It should be a statement of the obvious that selling more stuff but not making any more money out of it is no strategy for retailing. Yet in the relentless vanity-driven obsession with market share and like-for-like growth, the basics of making money sometimes get forgotten.
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AnalysisDebenhams: all about the bottom line
As it ramps up its own-label offer, the department store retailer has sacrificed sales to boost margins. George MacDonald asks if the strategy has paid off
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OpinionDon’t be pilloried over pay
How striking that it is typically top-flight retailers that become embroiled in AGM fisticuffs.
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NewsBest Buy’s UK chief Paul Antoniadis quits
Paul Antoniadis stuns observers with resignation just 12 weeks after the electricals giant’s UK launch