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NewsRetail Week Technology Awards shortlist announced
The finalists for the Retail Week Technology Awards have been announced.The awards will be held in London on June 16, and will celebrate the continued innovation and business improvements that retailers have worked on over the past year.The shortlist is published on the Retail Week Technology Awards website.This year’s shortlist ...
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B&Q to personalise marketing
B&Q is to introduce more personalised marketing to customers in the second half of this year to better target specific segments such as older shoppers and trade customers.The DIY retailer has been analysing customer data using things like its Trade Discount Card, to work out how different customer segments behave, ...
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NewsAsda rolls back prices for Easter
Asda is to roll back prices this week as it gears up for a supermarket price war over the key Easter trading period.The grocer has slashed prices as part of its commitment to cut 12,500 prices by Easter. Product include fresh fish, meat, frozen desserts, soft drinks, alcohol, DVDs, George ...
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OpinionNow we need real action on service charges
It’s not the most glamorous of subjects, but service charge is one of the areas where retailers have been paying through the nose for decades. Finally, it seems, landlords are willing to have a serious conversation about it.Retailers will delight in any plan to save them money in these tight ...
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NewsAsda to build its largest store in Northern Ireland
Supermarket retailer Asda has been given the nod to build what will be its largest store in Northern Ireland after nearly three years of awaiting a planning decision.Asda will now develop the 54,000 sq ft store at a cost of £25m at outlet centre Junction One in Antrim.The decision to ...
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NewsSpecsavers relocates Leeds store
Optician Specsavers is to relocate its store in Leeds into a unit double the size of its existing city centre shop.
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NewsCardiff's St David's 2 shopping centre adds raft of new retailers
Land Securities and Capital Shopping Centres have added a major wave of retailers to the St David’s 2 shopping centre in Cardiff, taking the scheme to nearly 55 per cent let.
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NewsNew Look signs for Southgate in Bath
New Look has signed up for a store at the Southgate development in Bath.
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NewsNew website highlights business impact of empty rates
The British Property Federation has launched a website highlighting the impact empty property rates have on businesses.
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MasterCard backs down over bank membership fees
The British Retail Consortium has claimed a victory in its battle against MasterCard over the membership fee banks must pay to the card scheme.
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NewsCarphone Warehouse cuts costs with IBM IT services deal
Carphone Warehouse has signed up IBM in a multi-year IT infrastructure services agreement.
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NewsT-Mobile trials Bluetooth marketing to improve footfall
T-Mobile is halfway through a month-long trial of a Bluetooth marketing system at six of its stores.
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NewsConsumer confidence slowly rises
Shopper confidence is at its highest since May 2008, with the GfK NOP Consumer Confidence Index up five points to -30 for March.
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NewsStock improvements for Long Tall Sally with head office system
Long Tall Sally has introduced a retail system from Eurostop to better manage the stock across its different channels.
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NewsNew Look's Phil Wrigley steps down from executive duties
New Look chairman Phil Wrigley has stepped down from his executive duties and become non-executive chairman of the fashion retailer.Chief executive Carl McPhail will remain in his role at the retailer.Wrigley said: “”It is a sign of the great strength of the business and the management team that I have ...
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NewsHalf of Brits fear losing their jobs, according to Asda survey
Half the population fear losing their jobs during the next six months and two thirds would be prepared to take a pay cut or a reduction in hours to avoid being made redundant, according to an Asda survey.The survey of 1,000 people also found that half expect their pay to ...
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NewsJJB details plans for CVA and refinancing
JJB has outlined proposals for its company voluntary arrangement (CVA) and details of a refinancing deal with its banks.The landlords of JJB’s 140 closed retail stores will be able to make a claim against a fund of £10m, with two payment instalments, one at the end of September and one ...
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NewsRobert Dyas pays owners £2.75m
Robert Dyas has paid its private equity owners Change Capital £2.75m in fees for ‘strategic’ advice, according to The Daily Telegraph.It comes as the management team of the troubled retailer, led by chief executive Steve Round, is trying to secure a management buy-out of the company, which would, in effect, ...
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NewsBoots to offer health tips with online portal
Boots is to launch a health and wellness portal online in the second half of this year in partnership with US health services provider WebMD.
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NewsTesco to create 800 jobs at Middlesbrough distribution centre
Tesco will create more than 800 jobs when it opens a distribution centre in Middlesbrough in August. The £130m Teesport Distribution Centre is the retailer’s first purpose-built import storage facility. It will replace its existing non-food distribution centre in Coventry. The 910,000 sq ft Teesport centre means that goods can ...