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  • News

    Tesco to ramp up sales of local products

    2008-02-19T10:44:35Z

    Tesco plans to sell 400 million of local products in UK stores this year.

  • News

    Arnotts to axe 580 jobs

    2008-02-19T10:32:46Z

    Irish department store group Arnotts has said it will make up to 580 staff redundant.

  • News

    Morrisons calls for new OFT team over price-fixing dispute

    2008-02-19T09:39:23Z

    Morrisons is demanding that the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) replace its team that is investigating the alleged milk price fixing in the grocery sector.

  • News

    Evans heads to US

    2008-02-19T09:30:04Z

    Plus-size fashion retailer Evans is launching in the US with a catalogue, web site and standalone stores.

  • News

    DSGi staff rush to join share schemes

    2008-02-19T09:20:17Z

    Thousands of DSGi staff are signing up to new three- and five-year share schemes, convinced that the electricals giant’s shares will increase from their present low base.

  • News

    Strong West End footfall

    2008-02-19T09:11:47Z

    Footfall in London’s West End was up 5.6 per cent year on year for January, according to the New West End Company.

  • News

    Supermarkets accused of bullying suppliers

    2008-02-19T08:42:57Z

    The European Parliament declared yesterday that big European supermarket chains may be abusing their market position to drive down prices paid to suppliers.

  • News

    Government should get a grip on responsible message

    2008-02-18T15:49:14Z

    The Government will not be able to its achieve targets on climate change, health and fair trade without tackling its often confusing relationships with supermarkets, according to a report by the Sustainable Development Commission (SDC).

  • News

    Tesco cuts wine bottles' weight in eco drive

    2008-02-18T14:11:41Z

    By Katie Daubney Supermarket group Tesco is to reduce the weight of wine bottles to cut their environmental impact. By 2010 the grocer aims to save 72,000 tonnes of glass by cut the weight of bottles by 25 per cent. Tesco category technical manager for beers wines and spirits Andy ...

  • News

    Retailers face candle tax blow

    2008-02-18T13:14:23Z

    The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has attacked plans by the EU to impose a tax on candles from China, labelling it “another slap in the face” for retailers and consumers. Today the EU launched an anti-dumping investigation into claims by some European candlemakers that China is selling candles into the ...

  • Opinion

    A rest is as good as a change

    2008-02-18T11:53:42Z

    Spend a little time talking to almost any design consultancy and it probably won't be long before you hear one of two things.

  • News

    H&M unveils Regent Street flagship

    2008-02-18T11:47:06Z

    H&M opened its Regent Street flagship store on Thursday.

  • News

    London sales growth sluggish

    2008-02-18T10:29:34Z

    London experienced its second-weakest sales growth for more than two years in January, with the sales increase just half the average of 2007, according to the British Retail Consortium's (BRC) London Sales Monitor.

  • News

    Wal-Mart backs Sony in DVD battle

    2008-02-18T09:53:27Z

    Wal-Mart has said it will no longer stock Toshiba’s HD-DVD discs and players in favour of Sony-backed rival Blu-ray.

  • News

    Tesco targets £1bn of local produce sales

    2008-02-18T09:06:28Z

    Grocery market leader Tesco will today unveil a sales target of 1 billion of locally produced food by 2011.

  • News

    OFT probes Home Retail's Focus deal

    2008-02-18T08:36:02Z

    The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is investigating Home Retail Group’s 40 million acquisition of Focus DIY stores in a move that could force the retailer to dispose of some of the stores.

  • News

    Competition Commission botches remedies publication

    2008-02-15T17:56:26Z

    The Competition Commission (CC) made a fiasco of publishing its crucial remedies report.

  • News

    Competition Commission wants more stores, but calls for ombudsman

    2008-02-15T17:45:30Z

    The Competition Commission this evening gave supermarkets the green light to build more stores, but recommended the appointment of an ombudsman to provide suppliers with greater protection.

  • Opinion

    Has Whole Foods Market turned a corner in the UK?

    2008-02-15T11:00:25Z

    Whole Foods Market opened in London’s trendy High Street Kensington to a fanfare last June.

  • Opinion

    The Retail Week - February 15, 2008

    2008-02-15T09:57:43Z

    Marks & Spencer’s decision to distribute 800,000 money-off vouchers to staff and company pensioners set tongues wagging earlier this week.