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NewsSainsbury’s Christmas sales rise as online orders double
Sainsbury’s has recorded an increase in like-for-like Christmas sales with more customers than ever placing online orders for the festive season.
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NewsBoots owner sells wholesale healthcare business for £4.8bn
Walgreens Boots Alliance has agreed a $6.5bn (£4.8bn) deal to sell its Alliance Healthcare wholesale business in order to focus on its retail operations.
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InterviewInterview: How B&Q boss Graham Bell plans to ‘beat the pureplays’
In his first interview as B&Q chief executive, Graham Bell tells Retail Week how the DIY giant ‘got its mojo back’ and why it has the tools to topple Amazon.
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DataRetail league table: Christmas trading 2020
Find out how retailers performed during the critical 2020 Christmas trading period with our league table comparing sales.
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AnalysisStrategic report: How retailer pricing strategies are losing customers
In a hyper-competitive market where retailers are struggling to survive, the right pricing strategy is making and breaking businesses. Read Retail Week’s new report to find out how AI could optimise pricing and drive loyalty.
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Opinion‘Forget Jaeger – Topshop should be the prize for M&S’
It makes complete sense for Marks & Spencer to add fashion brands to its offer, particularly online, as has successfully been done by rival Next.
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NewsTopps Tiles flags margin pressure as new lockdown begins
Topps Tiles achieved strong sales growth in its first quarter but expects sales to be hit by the latest coronavirus lockdown.
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NewsGreggs cautions that profits will not recover until 2022 ‘at earliest’
Food-on-the-go specialist Greggs has warned that profits will not return to pre-pandemic levels until 2022 “at the earliest”.
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NewsDecember shop prices drop as retailers chase Christmas spend
Shop prices in December fell as retailers attempted to rake in last-minute Christmas spend.
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NewsNext gloomier on store sales as pandemic changes shopper behaviour
Next has changed its outlook on the prospects for bricks-and-mortar stores as more shoppers switch their spend online amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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AnalysisBrexit: What Boris Johnson’s Christmas Eve deal means for retail
While it came down to the wire, Boris Johnson and his team did manage to deliver a Brexit deal. Retail Week goes behind the sloganeering to see what has changed for retail and what that will mean going forward
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Opinion‘Act now and act decisively, chancellor – our high streets depend on it’
“The end is in sight,” Rishi Sunak declared this morning as he set out a new package of measures to support businesses through the latest painful phase of the coronavirus crisis – a third national lockdown.
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NewsChancellor offers non-essential retailers grants for closed stores
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced new support measures, including grants of up to £9,000 per closed store to non-essential retailers, following the announcement of a third national lockdown.
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NewsPaperchase poised to appoint administrators
Stationery chain Paperchase is on the brink of administration after the impact of the coronavirus pandemic hammered sales.
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NewsMorrisons Christmas sales rise boosted by traditional festive fare
Morrisons delivered a strong uplift in like-for-like sales over Christmas as shoppers responded to a challenging festive period by buying classic food and drink products.
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NewsNext edges up profit guidance after stronger than expected Christmas sales
Next has upped its full-year profit guidance again after delivering “much better” sales over the Christmas period than expected in previous guidance
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NewsAll non-essential retail to close in England and Scotland as lockdowns return
Retailers classed as ‘non-essential’ will have to close their stores across England as the country enters its third national lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus.
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NewsRecord Christmas supermarket sales as lockdown curbs spending elsewhere
UK supermarkets saw record-breaking sales in December, fuelled by coronavirus restrictions that forced non-essential retailers to close stores in the run-up to Christmas.
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NewsFrasers Group snaps up fashion retailer Psyche
Frasers Group has acquired fashion retailer Psyche’s stores and online business for an undisclosed sum.