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NewsDFS lifts sales amid 'challenging' market conditions
DFS has posted an increase in sales during its first half and forecast “modest” full-year growth despite “challenging” market conditions.
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AnalysisInspiration from overseas: Fantastic fulfilment
From lockers to drive-thru collection, fulfilment is a hotbed of innovation. We look at some of the most inventive solutions from around the world.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Secrets of success from the top 30 international retailers
Our Top 30 International Retailers report reveals which businesses are achieving success overseas and their international strategies.
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NewsStore gallery: Patagonia opens Manchester store
Patagonia has opened its flagship UK store in Manchester, three years after shuttering its Convent Garden branch.
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OpinionOpinion: How GDPR will affect shop staff communications
With less than four months to go until it becomes UK law, I’m sure many retailers feel they’ve heard more than enough about GDPR.
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AnalysisWhy New Look is right to focus on its older customers
While New Look’s latest financial results were no surprise to the market, they served to highlight the depth of the retailer’s troubles.
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CartoonBlower’s retail cartoon: Bunnings ponders UK exit
Cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on whether Bunnings will exit the UK due to its expected upcoming profit losses.
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NewsWaitrose to hold evening yoga classes in stores
Waitrose is piloting a new initiative of hosting evening yoga classes at its stores.
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NewsTesco could face record £4bn equal pay claim
Tesco could face a demand for almost £4bn in back pay from female shopfloor employees, a law firm is claiming.
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NewsPoundland ‘naughty elf’ campaign banned by regulator
Poundland’s risqué Christmas ad campaign must not appear on social media sites in its current form, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled.
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InterviewOcado’s Luke Jensen on tech, treks and transformation
Once a year, Luke Jensen hangs up his suit, switches off his mobile phone and disappears on a 10-day solo trekking expedition.
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NewsRiver Island opens first standalone kids’ shop
River Island has opened its first standalone children’s store, River Island Kids, in Glasgow’s Intu Braehead shopping centre.
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NewsBeds firm Warren Evans collapses into administration
Beds specialist Warren Evans is the latest furniture retailer to have slumped into administration.
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AnalysisStore of the Week: O2 Live Concept Store, Berlin
O2 has had several high street iterations, but for an outpost that’s a thing apart, head for Berlin’s Tauentzienstraße – home to its Live Concept Store.
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NewsJohn Lewis sales slide as home disappoints
John Lewis department store sales slipped last week due to low demand in its home category.
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NewsSelfridges to invest £20m in Trafford Centre revamp
Selfridges is to invest up to £20m revamping its Manchester store to coincide with its 20th anniversary.
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NewsNew Look’s Alistair McGeorge: ‘Don’t doubt us’
New Look executive chairman Alistair McGeorge hit out at critics of the business, insisting that his turnaround strategy will work.
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NewsTesco trial abandoned after Rogberg heart attack
The fraud trial against three former Tesco directors has been abandoned after Carl Rogberg – one of the accused – suffered a major heart attack.
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NewsM&S teams up with Clubcard legends for customer insight
Marks & Spencer has drafted in Tesco Clubcard legends Edwina Dunn and Clive Humby to improve customer understanding and personalisation.
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NewsTesco beats big four rivals as inflation ups food sales
Tesco’s sales outpaced its big four rivals in January but the rapidly growing discounters continued to erode its market share.