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NewsEbay sues Amazon for ‘illegally luring’ sellers
Online marketplace eBay is suing rival Amazon amid claims that the etail goliath poached its third-party sellers.
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NewsOasis and Warehouse dealt credit insurance blow
Oasis and Warehouse have suffered a fresh blow after a clutch of credit insurers stopped offering cover to their suppliers.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Giving grocery IoT some bottle
Malibu owner Pernod Ricard is bringing the Internet of Things into the grocery store and into people’s homes. How does it work and how will it impact retail?
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NewsNew Look to exit China as 120 stores face axe
New Look is to pull the plug on its Chinese business as it focuses efforts on turning around its core UK division.
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OpinionHow to connect with consumers who want to be forgotten
Consumers want to disengage from irrelevant and impersonal communications – the key to keeping their attention is personalisation
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AnalysisWhat can we learn from Sears’ demise?
Sears’ collapse into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection may have been looming for a while, but it nevertheless led to sharp intakes of breath.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How Asos will win a ‘bigger prize’
Asos grabbed headlines last year when it revealed it was building capacity to achieve £4bn in sales, more than twice the revenue it racks up at present.
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NewsMorrisons finance boss Strain takes on commercial role
Morrisons’ finance chief Trevor Strain has taken on extra commercial responsibilities.
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NewsHomebase names ex-HMV boss Topping as chairman
DIY retailer Homebase has appointed former HMV chief executive Ian Topping as non-executive chairman as it seeks to deliver a turnaround.
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NewsGovernment hammers retail with £180m rate hike
Retail faces “yet another eye-watering rise in business rates” following the publication of September’s inflation figures.
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OpinionSingle category or catch-all store – which is better?
Ikea’s new Planning Studio, mainly for kitchen browsers, is a thing of beauty, but are other shoppers being short-changed in the retailer’s rush to please the urban elite?
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Asos profits soar as customer numbers rise
Asos has reported a 28% increase in full-year profits to £102m in “a year of substantial progress”.
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NewsJD Sports finance boss Brian Small steps down
JD Sports finance boss Brian Small is to step down at the end of the month.
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NewsSainsbury's-Asda: CMA to consider Aldi and Lidl impact
The competition watchdog will consider the impact Aldi and Lidl have had on the UK grocery market during its probe of the proposed Sainsbury’s-Asda merger.
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NewsFat Face poaches Oasis and Warehouse boss Liz Evans
Fat Face has poached Oasis and Warehouse boss Liz Evans to succeed Anthony Thompson as its chief executive, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsAsda and Morrisons outpace big four in September
Asda and Morrisons outgrew their big four rivals last month as shoppers started stocking up on Christmas essentials.
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NewsFootasylum staggers to half-year loss as sales rise
Footasylum has recorded a pre-tax loss at the half-year mark in what executive chairman Barry Bown described as “a difficult trading period”.
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VideoWatch: Asos’ voice shopping tech in action
Asos has teamed up with Google to launch its voice-activated shopping capabilities. Retail Week puts the tool through its paces.
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AnalysisIn pictures: Outfit – making multi-brand retail feel unified
Arcadia’s catch-all brand Outfit has been given a facelift, but can this fascia be a brand in its own right?