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AnalysisWhat it’s like to work at Brighthouse
The inside view from head of human resources Ian Lloyd
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AnalysisSupply chain inventory: Who’s counting?
No retailer can afford increasing wastage as they battle to survive this recession. Alison Clements examines how some are employing greater discipline in inventory management to offset the risks
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AnalysisWarehouses: Your flexible friend
While no retail warehouse can be perfect because of continual changes, ensuring your distribution centre is adaptable will mean it can be as efficient as possible, says Liz Morrell
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DataICM Poll: Christmas Spending
In an exclusive poll for Retail Week, ICM Research interviewed a random selection of 2,053 adults aged 18 and over between September 18 and 20, 2009 about their attitudes to spending this Christmas.
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OpinionRetail surgery: Liability for rent on assigned leases
I assigned my shop lease to a tenant over five years ago. The landlord has now demanded rent from me because that tenant is insolvent. Can it do this?
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OpinionRetail surgery: Ensuring customers can pass online CAPTCHA tests
We ask that customers complete a CAPTCHA test when they sign up for our website. How can we make sure that it is a test they can pass?
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NewsPhones 4U to replace legacy store systems
Phones 4U has embarked on a major store systems project that will see it replace virtually all its legacy store applications by the middle of 2010.
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NewsMatt Hudson to leave Monsoon
Matt Hudson, managing director of Monsoon, is to leave the fashion retailer at the end of the month.
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OpinionBetter late than never for fast fashion online
In the space of a week, both the giants of fast fashion retailing — Zara and H&M — have overcome their resistance to selling online.
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NewsWaitrose chases convenience market and signs deal with Boots UK
Waitrose is to make a major play for the convenience market, and has embarked on a partnership with Boots UK to sell select product ranges in each others’ stores.
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NewsJohn Lewis unveils Cardiff store
John Lewis opened the biggest Department store in Wales this morning in Cardiff’s St David’s Centre.
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NewsH&M to go online in the UK
H&M is to start selling online in the UK from next autumn, following the decision made by its fast fashion arch-rival Zara to do the same last week.
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NewsDan Brown book smashes booksellers’ records
The smash hit Dan Brown conspiracy thriller The Lost Symbol has sold 550,946 copies in the first five days the book has been on sale, according to Nielsen BookScan.
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NewsJJB Sports suffers £42.9m pre-tax loss
JJB Sports suffered a £42.9m pre-tax loss in its half year results, after admitting it was on the “brink of going into administration” earlier this year.
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NewsMorrisons joins BRC
Morrisons has become the final one of the UK’s top-ten food retailers to join the British Retail Consortium.
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British Land head of retail Andrew Jones to leave
British Land’s head of retail Andrew Jones is set to leave the property firm.
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NewsBRC tells Lord Mandelson: end ‘wish-list politics’
British Retail Consortium chairman Luke Mayhew will tonight demand “an end to wish-list politics” from business secretary Lord Mandelson.
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NewsBlacks Leisure places Sandcity into administration
Blacks Leisure has appointed administrators to its boardwear business, Sandcity.
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OpinionSecond chance for internet sales with global ecommerce
The disclosure of the vast sums of money being spent in virtual world Second Life proves the possibilities of the web as a global marketplace for retailers.
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NewsIdeal Shopping Direct losses flat in first half
Ideal Shopping Direct, the home shopping group, reported a pre-tax loss for the half-year but said a strategic review had helped stabilise the business and move it closer to profitability.