All Retail Week articles in November 2 2012 – Page 4
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NewsMary Portas backs call to freeze business rates
High street campaigner Mary Portas has lent her support to the Fair Rates for Retail campaign calling for a freeze in business rates next year.
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OpinionComment: Malcolm Walker on a tax that’s bad for business
Taxing corporate morale boosting events will not revive the economy.
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NewsBlue Inc expects Christmas cheer as full-year profits soar
Young fashion group Blue Inc expects a strong Christmas trading period after posting soaring full-year profits.
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AnalysisMy retail life: Ken Murphy, Chief operating officer, Boots
Ken Murphy, Chief operating officer at Boots, tells Retail Week about his life working in retail.
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OpinionComment: Retailers must change to master multichannel
Multichannel retailing has been in the spotlight this week. The glare fell most prominently on Apple following news it has parted company with its retail boss John Browett.
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Cora to expand in Romanian cities
Belgian grocer Louis Delhaize’s hypermarket store chain Cora is to expand in Romanian cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants, Capital reports.The retailer is to open its ninth hypermarket in the country on November 8 and plans another outlet in Bucharest by the end of the year. It is investing E60m ...
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NewsDixons transforms store windows for Microsoft launch
Electricals retailer Dixons took things literally to come up with a novel stunt for last week’s big Microsoft launch – appropriately, it transformed the store windows at its Tottenham Court Road Currys and PC World shop into a giant Windows 8 touchscreen.
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NewsVideo: Asda launches Christmas TV advert
Asda is to launch its Christmas TV advertising campaign on Sunday.
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NewsBoots trials iPads in store
Health and beauty retailer Boots is trialling iPads and wi-fi in 30 stores to enable customers to order in store more easily.
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NewsGarden Centre Group appoints new chief executive
The Garden Centre Group has appointed Kevin Bradshaw, the managing director of car rental company Avis UK, as its new chief executive.
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NewsWestfield Stratford City generates £900m of retail sales in first year
Westfield Stratford City generated £896m of retail sales in its first year with 47 million visitors entering the shopping centre.
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GalleryStore of the week: Saks Fifth Avenue, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Think Saks Fifth Avenue and for most people the image will be of a grand department store situated on the thoroughfare of the same name in Manhattan.
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OpinionComment: Retailers must use customer data effectively
I’m not a lover of TLAs – that’s two- or three-letter acronyms in case you didn’t know.
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AnalysisMarks & Spencer: What the analysts say
Marks & Spencer reported pre-tax profits fell 10% in the half year, with general merchandise lagging. City analysts share their views on the department store retailer’s performance.
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AnalysisJanie Schaffer: Who is Marks & Spencer's "Knicker Queen"?
Marks & Spencer has poached Victoria’s Secret chief creative officer Janie Schaffer to join in early 2013 as director of lingerie and beauty. Who is she and why is she dubbed “The Knicker Queen”?
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NewsObituary: Dan Yealland
Retailers have paid tribute to retail financier Dan Yealland, who has passed away.
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NewsMaplin to open travel stores next year
Electricals specialist Maplin is to open travel stores next year as the battle for spend in the lucrative captive market hots up.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Walmart's US business is back on track
Walmart has reported its fifth consecutive quarter of positive comparable store sales growth, a sign that its US business is well and truly back on track. How has the world’s biggest retailer achieved this?
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