All Retail Week articles in November 27, 2009 – Page 4
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GalleryBetter by design: New uses of former Woolworths
When you look at the retailers that have replaced Woolworths, it’s a wonder the general store had any shoppers at all. John Ryan reports on how the new guard are making use of Woolies’ former branches.
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Retailers step up their Black Friday efforts
Retailers have stepped up their Black Friday efforts this year in an attempt to attract more shoppers to their stores during the US’s biggest shopping weekend beginning today.Department store group JC Penney (pictured) is offering more than 100 deals, an increase of 15% compared with last year. Walmart is also ...
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Jürgen Kluge to take over as chairman of Metro Group’s supervisory board
The designated chief executive of German conglomerate Haniel, Jürgen Kluge, will also take over as chairman of Metro Group’s supervisory board in 2010.Kluge will be appointed as Haniel chief executive in January and then in a few months to the position at Metro, Haniel’s most important holding.The reshuffle is understood ...
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NewsFood falls as Marc Bolland quits at Morrisons
Last week’s shock news that Morrisons chief executive Marc Bolland is leaving to head Marks & Spencer helped pull down the food sector relative to general retailers.
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AnalysisMarc Bolland: taking the helm at Marks & Spencer
As the Morrisons chief lines up to take the helm at Marks & Spencer, Jennifer Creevy asks if he has got what it takes to realise the high street legend’s potential.
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AnalysisBringing management up to scratch
If managers aren’t properly trained, staff become disillusioned, says Sara McCorquodale
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NewsCanadian grocers seek to dodge Walmart bullet
As Walmart ploughs ahead with aggressive Supercenter expansion across Canada, the local players have begun to accept that aiming for price leadership is not worth the battle.
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NewsNew Comet system slashes IT calls
Comet has cut calls to its IT service desk by 40% following the introduction of an IT service management system from Hornbill.
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NewsChaka Khan will star in a campaign for Evans
Music legend Chaka Khan is starring in a campaign for plus-size fashion retailer Evans. The singer will model a selection of clothing from the retailer’s Christmas collection.
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NewsRichard Pennycook tipped as next Morrisons chief
Morrisons group finance director Richard Pennycook has emerged as the bookies’ favourite to take over as chief executive when Marc Bolland leaves to head Marks & Spencer.
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OpinionDon’t tie consumer credit in knots
It threatened to be like giving the loan sharks an arm and a leg: Government proposals for implementing the Consumer Credit Directive that would have made buying on credit such hassle that many customers would have been driven away from established retail lenders to the less scrupulous, “unregulated” sector.
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Media Markt signs joint venture contract with Foxconn Technology Group
Metro Group-owned consumer electronics retailer Media Markt has signed a joint venture contract with Taiwan-based electronics and computer parts manufacturer Foxconn Technology Group.It plans to opens its first store in Shanghai in mid-2010. Foxconn will hold 25% in the joint venture and Media Markt will have 75%. Initially, Media Markt ...
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OpinionRetail surgery: Preventing staff taking corporate and customer information when they leave
How can I prevent staff from taking corporate and customer information with them when they leave the business?
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AnalysisPicking up the pieces: the impact of crime on store staff
The emotional impact of crime on store staff can be devastating if retailers don’t properly support them. Liz Morrell reports
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AnalysisRetailers take crime prevention to the web
With retailers frustrated by the lack of police action on retail crime is it right for them to use the internet to take crime prevention into their own hands, asks Liz Morrell
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OpinionWhy democracy is overrated
The high street’s future looks bland if we let market forces choose our fate, says Jacqueline Gold.
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AnalysisIntegrated theft detection key
As thieves become bolder, now is not the time to batten down the hatches and accept shrinkage as an unavoidable consequence of the retail industry.
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AnalysisNeed to know: Disclosure rules
Marks & Spencer was obliged to immediately issue an official announcement after Marc Bolland’s appointment was leaked. Here we explain the ins and outs of disclosure rules.
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NewsDreams targets Yorkshire in store expansion
Dreams has embarked on an expansion plan to open 40 shops over the next two years.
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NewsMarks & Spencer engages with shoppers on Facebook
Marks & Spencer director of store marketing and design Nayna McIntosh fielded questions on pre-Christmas discounting and controversial Christmas ads in a live web chat on Facebook on Tuesday.