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NewsLakeland unveils a new-look store design
Homewares retailer Lakeland has unveiled a new-look store design with the opening of its Durham shop.The 5,000 sq ft shop, which opened last week, features a demonstration kitchen to promote the retailer’s recently-launched own-brand electricals range, alongside an area to showcase kitchen essentials.The centrepiece of ...
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OpinionKingfisher well placed for future
This year Easter is just one battle in a longer war of attrition between the DIY groups that many believe will end in consolidation.
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AnalysisOcado ups ante as online food battle hots up
With soaring sales and a price campaign taking on Waitrose and Tesco, Ocado’s confidence is growing. Jennifer Creevy meets co-founder Jason Gissing
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OpinionFacing the fear factor
It is vital to encourage spending and stop consumer confidence sliding, says Andy Clarke
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Opinion
People are your most powerful asset
A financial services sector wrestling with toxic assets, a housing market in steep decline, unemployment rising inexorably… the harbingers of gloom have much to gorge upon.
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GalleryStore of the week: Uniqlo, New York
Space is an essential commodity for retailers and the further down the socio-economic scale you go, the more intensively it tends to be used.It’s a surprise, therefore, to wander into Uniqlo, not 200 yards from the recently opened Topshop in lower Manhattan and see how ...
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AnalysisDavid Wild
Halfords hasn’t escaped the recession but former Tesco and Wal-Mart man David Wild says he’s confident of light at the end of the tunnel
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AnalysisLife after retail redundancy
Losing your job in this climate is a massive blow, but it needn’t be the end of the world. Five individuals from different retail backgrounds discuss their experiences
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GalleryLiberty in the name of luxury
Liberty’s latest incarnation is a tour de force of luxurious, design-led merchandising. John Ryan takes a look at the cosmetic overhaul
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AnalysisService charges: Lip service to retailers or a plan of action?
The 10-point plan to reduce service charges announced last week promised action on an issue that has long infuriated retailers. Ben Cooper investigates how it is going to work in practice
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Opinion
March retail sales something to celebrate
The newspaper coverage of the BRC-KPMG retail sales figures for March was thinner on the ground than usual. A good news story for retail does not seem to command as many column inches as when things are going south.
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NewsAmazon opts out of Phorm advertising system
Amazon has requested to opt out of the Webwise behavioural targeting advertising system that has been created by Phorm.
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NewsIdeal Shopping Direct makes full-year loss
The directors of home shopping group Ideal Shopping Direct have pledged to restore the retailer to profitability after a turbulent year.Ideal posted a loss of £4m before exceptional charges of £9.2m in the year to December 28, 2008, when sales fell 2 per cent to £94.7m. The previous year the ...
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NewsZandra Rhodes designs range for M&S
Celebrity designer Zandra Rhodes has struck a deal with Marks & Spencer to design a range for the retailer.
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NewsNet-a-Porter launches its outlet site
Net-a-Porter has launched its designer outlet site, Theoutnet.com.
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NewsHalfords to axe standalone bike fascias
Halfords is to close its standalone Bikehut and Cycle Republic stores as it revealed a group sales drop of 1.7 per cent in the first quarter of the year.
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NewsMarch retail like-for-likes fall 1.2 per cent
UK retail like-for-like sales fell 1.2 per cent in March, meaning the decline for the first quarter of the year was 0.7 per cent.One quarter in to 2009, the three-month average for total sales growth was 1.2 per cent after a 0.6 per cent rise in March, according to the ...