More on Me + Em – Page 3051
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Opinion
Store manager’s diary: a little competition can be healthy for staff
To celebrate Phase Eight’s first birthday at Lakeside and provide staff with an incentive to keep up their excellent standard of work, I devised and implemented our incentive scheme in April.
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News
Spar boycotts Vodafone products
Spar UK has joined other independent retailers and convenience store owners today in protesting over cuts in commission paid by the mobile phone operator Vodafone.
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AnalysisLay down the law
Keeping on top of never-ending updates to employment laws is tricky. So how can retailers ensure full compliance and be certain that staff are well-versed? Alison Clements reports
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Gap sales fall again
US fashion retailer Gap continued to feel the pinch in June, with group like-for-like sales plummeting 7 per cent.
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Analysis
Topps Tiles: the City view
Topps has lost more than half its value in the past three months as housing market fears and covenant concerns weigh heavy.
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Analysis
Signs of the times
Customer focus, carbon footprints and career paths topped the technology agenda at this year’s Retail Solutions conference. Joanna Perry attended to find out who’s doing what
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Analysis
Mounting recession speculation sends retail stocks into tailspin
The pall of looming recession hung black over the City all week, pitching the entire market into steep decline.
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Game’s glory garners a mixed City reaction
The City is divided over the outlook for computer entertainment specialist Game, despite a stellar update last week.
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Greetings Direct to close after poor US debut adds to debts
Multichannel retailer Flying Brands last week revealed that it would close its Greetings Direct business.
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Rose reigns as shareholders back promotion to chairman
Marks & Spencer shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of electing chief executive Sir Stuart Rose to the position of executive chairman at Wednesday’s AGM.
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BPF sets up hotline for empty rates complaints
The British Property Federation (BPF) is stepping up its campaign against charging full rates on empty shops, calling on businesses to rally together to explain the effects of the “stealth tax”.
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Iceland founder hits out at soaring shop crime
“We are plagued with a tidal wave of shoplifting. 50 per cent of the time it turns violent. Our store managers are physically attacked, spat at, assaulted – it’s out of control.”
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Shopper loyalty hits new low
UK consumers are more disloyal than ever, with 22 per cent saying they are dissatisfied with the store they shop most at and would prefer to shop somewhere else.
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John Lewis sales slide
Department store chain John Lewis has reported a 1.3 per cent drop in weekly sales – the eighth decline in nine weeks – but said its clearance Sale is performing well.
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Shoppers queue for latest iPhone
Shoppers are queuing across the UK this morning to get their hands on the latest must-have Apple iPhone.
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BMB set to buy entire Pierre Cardin UK licence
Menswear supplier BMB is poised to acquire all of the UK licences for Pierre Cardin, in a deal that will have implications for Debenhams and Moss Bros.
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Government plans out-of-town impact test
The Government is to unveil planning laws today to stem out-of-town developments and safeguard high streets.
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Analysis
When Aldi came to town
Aldi is attracting middle-class shoppers with its low prices and no-frills approach. Liz Morrell reports from the front line on how it is winning hearts, minds – and wallets
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News
Signet to delist in UK and relocate to Bermuda
Jewellery retailer Signet has recommended to shareholders that it move to the New York Stock Exchange and relocate the company to Bermuda.
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Sainsbury's e-tail service restored
Sainsbury's e-tail site is working again after being put out of action for much of the day because of supplier technical problems.