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Carrefour and Pixmania sign strategic agreement
Carrefour and Dixons Retail-owned Pixmania in France have signed a strategic agreement in the non-food product segment. Under the agreement, Pixmania will develop and deliver a multichannel website in a number of European countries for Carrefour’s non-food offer.Pixmania will also support a marketplace platform for Carrefour customers to access a ...
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NewsOFT casts eye over Amazon's acquisition of The Book Depository
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is considering whether to investigate etail giant Amazon’s acquisition of online bookseller The Book Depository.
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NewsSales improve at N Brown
Home shopping group N Brown has reported an improving sales trend but has sacrificed some margin to prompt shoppers to spend.
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AnalysisArgos launches £4m ad campaign to promote same-day collection
Multichannel retailer Argos is to launch a £4m advertising campaign, including TV, radio and online, to promote its same-day collection service for online orders.
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OpinionRetail surgery: Should retailers provide multichannel offers?
Is it now essential for retailers to provide a multichannel offer?
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AnalysisThe not-so-usual suspects
Customers are increasingly defying stereotypes, so fitting them into traditional marketing segments is getting harder. Rebecca Thomson finds out how to deal with the changes
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OpinionTime to mobilise
Retailers need to capitalise on how mobile devices are changing habits, says Simon Burke
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AnalysisHome is where the hurt is
With the high-profile collapse of Habitat and a struggling big-ticket market, what does the future hold for home specialists? Nicola Harrison reports
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OpinionRetail surgery: Which area of online retail achieves the most growth?
Which area of my online retail business should I focus attention on the most to achieve higher growth?
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NewsMamas & Papas aims for 30 more UK stores in five-year expansion
Maternity retailer Mamas & Papas is to focus on expanding domestically and overseas as well as online as part of its a five-year strategy.
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NewsDixons subsidiary to develop Carrefour web offer
Dixons subsidiary Pixmania has signed a deal to develop an online non-food offer for French retail giant Carrefour.
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NewsMacy’s begins shipping to UK
US department store chain Macy’s is making a play for the UK as it opens up its website to customers here
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NewsJML to focus on growth through supply division
Retailer and supplier JML is to grow through its supply arm despite a profits jump in home shopping
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NewsDebenhams beats high street blues with like-for-likes rise
Department store group Debenhams has confounded harsh high street conditions and expects full year profits to meet expectations.
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OpinionStore closures: why the internet is not to blame
The internet doesn’t kill retailers, retailers do.
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AnalysisOnline grocery in London
With Waitrose set to launch a full online offer within the M25, we look at what this means for Ocado
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NewsOcado posts first interim pre-tax profit and strikes deal with Carrefour
Online grocer Ocado has reported pre-tax profitability in its first-half and struck a deal with French giant Carrefour to distribute selected goods in the UK.
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NewsRepublic rethinks store target as online picks up
Fashion chain Republic has revised its long-term store growth target in response to the “changing nature of the customer” that now flocks to the internet to buy clothes.