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NewsVero Moda and Jack & Jones to open on Oxford Street
Danish fashion chains Jack & Jones and Vero Moda will open a new dual fascia shop on Oxford Street.
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NewsAlexon to raise capital to speed recovery
Alexon Group has announced plans to raise £20.3m to accelerate its turnaround plan.
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Opinion
The slightly less private Ryan
Was the Oracle Retail Week Awards last night and I reckon it was the best yet.
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AnalysisMark Price: Leader of the pack
Named Retail Leader of the Year at last night’s Oracle Retail Week Awards, Mark Price has transformed Waitrose.
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NewsBenetton launches interactive catalogue
Italian fashion group Benetton has launched a multimedia element to its worldwide catalogues that will give customers behind-the-scenes access to its new collections.
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NewsRepublic ups online query response rates
Republic’s integration of new online customer service technology has led to 90% of enquiries on Republic.co.uk being dealt with by its automated help section, allowing swifter response rates.
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NewsHomebase unveils networking website
Homebase has launched a social networking site to promote its gardening credentials.
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NewsVideo: Primark founder Arthur Ryan collects outstanding achievement award
Famously private Primark founder Arthur Ryan for once stepped into the limelight at the Oracle Retail Week Awards last night.
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NewsBlacks poised to seek deadline for Ashley bid
Blacks Leisure is likely to ask the Takeover Panel to issue a ‘put up or shut up’ notice to tycoon Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct following the latter’s disclosure that it is considering a takeover of its rival.
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NewsJohn Lewis defies bad weather with 14.8% sales uplift
Department store chain John Lewis posted a 14.8% sales increase last week to £50.4m, when sales of fashion and home products were strong.
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NewsPoundland founder to launch mid-market variety chain
Dave Dodd unveils vision for 200-strong national chain Hub, with first stores to be open in three months
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AnalysisDriving store performance
Many of the biggest challenges retailers face - like ensuring consistently excellent customer service and making sure that stores are as efficient as they can be - don’t always require big investment on sophisticated systems.
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News99p Stores to build stores empire as it targets turnover of £1bn
99p Stores is gunning to open more than 200 stores by 2014, taking its store count to 350, and is targeting turnover of £1bn by 2016.
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AnalysisThe ideal store
Which areas of in-store operations do retailers fall down on - and how can they improve them? Joanna Perry finds out
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NewsWaitrose targets £10bn sales
Managing director Mark Price on a mission to remain fastest-growing grocer and grab market share
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AnalysisUsing store design to make a difference
Store layouts and clever merchandising can certainly drive sales if they are able to sway shopper behaviour.
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Carrefour to close 21 Belgian stores
Carrefour plans to close 21 stores in Belgium and cut 1,672 jobs in the country.14 of its 56 Belgian hypermarkets and seven of its 378 Belgian supermarkets will close by June 30. An additional 30 stores will be sold. In total, nearly a third of the hypermarkets and nearly half ...
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ITM sales reach €34bn
Sales at grocery group ITM hit €34bn (£30.8bn), including petrol, for the 2009 financial year.In France, its Intermarché chain achieved sales growth of 1.5%. Globally, excluding petrol and its industrial production facilities, it increased sales 0.7% to €25bn (£22.7bn), and expanded its total sales area by 1.94 million sq ft.ITM ...
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Big C sales up 1.5%
Local grocery operator Big C has posted retail sales up 1.5% in 2009.Operating profit at the Casino-owned group jumped 19.8%, while net profit climbed 16.3% to Bt1.07bn (£21.8m) and net sales rose 1.1% to Bt68.06bn (£1.39bn).The retailer said the performance was driven by better purchasing conditions, cost savings and the ...
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Woolworths H1 profits up
Woolworths posted an 11.4% increase in first-half net profit to Aus$1.09bn (£654.2m).The Australian retailer is planning an Aus$400m (£240.1m) share buyback, which it described as a modest start to capital management, now that the worst of the economic turmoil has passed.Woolworths forecast sales growth in the upper single digits, marking ...