All Retail Week articles in October 11 2013 – Page 2
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Analysis
International analysis: Système U targets €1bn sales from Drive format
French grocer Système U has reported online sales of i240m (£202m) between January and August. About 90% of that was generated through the Drive format, where a customer orders online and collects in store.
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News
Topshop and Kate Moss tie-up still has pulling power, survey finds
The collaboration between Topshop and Kate Moss has still got pulling power, according to a survey by consumer review firm SoundOut Retail.
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News
Jack Wills appoints Wendy Becker as its chief executive
Fashion retailer Jack Wills has appointed its chief operating officer Wendy Becker as its chief executive.
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News
UK town centres "absolutely" a Government priority, insists new high street minister
The new minister for the high street Brandon Lewis has insisted that UK high streets are “absolutely a priority” for the Government.
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News
Morrisons, Next, Asda and Gap linked to latest Bangladesh mill disaster
Morrisons, Next, Asda and Gap indirectly sourced from the Bangladesh mill where 10 people died in a fire yesterday.
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News
Irish fashion retailer A-Wear falls into examinership
Irish fashion retailer A-Wear has entered interim examinership in an attempt to force its landlords to reduce rents.
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Opinion
Comment: Global retail expansion needs a localised touch
Two leading figures in global grocery used this week’s World Retail Congress to declare that the “age of imperialism” in international retailing was over.
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News
N Brown plots overseas expansion as it rolls out UK stores
New N Brown boss Angela Spindler is plotting the home shopping group’s European expansion as it pushes the button on its UK store roll-out.
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News
Walmart dissolves India JV as it opts to go it alone
Walmart is dissolving its relationship with its JV partner in India as it opts to go it alone in the country.
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News
Trust in UK retailers hits four year low but Amazon retains popular vote
Trust in UK retailers has hit a four-year low following the horse meat scandal and the Bangladesh factory disaster.
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News
Thorntons sales jump 2.1% despite decline in retail division
Thorntons sales increased 2.1% to £47m in its first quarter despite a 5.7% sales drop across the chocolatier’s retail division.
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News
Nine people die in Bangladesh factory fire renewing safety concerns
Nine people have died following a fire in a Bangladesh factory renewing concerns about the safety of the country’s garment industry that supplies many of the world’s biggest retailers.
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News
Shop prices deflate for fifth month in a row as retailers discount stock
Annual shop prices deflated for the fifth month in a row in September, pulled down by non-food as retailers cut prices and launched promotions.
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News
N Brown profits up in first half as it unveils store expansion plans
Plus-size fashion retailer N Brown’s profits increased in the first half as it unveiled plans to expand its fledgling store estate.
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News
Fears Government shunning high street as junior minister appointed
Junior minister Brandon Lewis has been given responsibility for the high street after Mark Prisk’s sacking, prompting fears the Government is not taking town centre regeneration seriously.
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Opinion
Comment: What Twitter's IPO will mean for retail advertisers
Twitter has become the latest big name in tech to announce plans to list on the stock market. Following Facebook’s IPO earlier this year, Twitter is said to be hoping to raise $1bn when it floats on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
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News
Sainsbury's boss Justin King: There'll be no sea change in consumer spending in the next year
Sainsbury’s boss Justin King has warned that “we are not going to see a sea change in consumer spending” over the next 12 months despite signs pointing to an economic recovery.
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News
The Perfume Shop teams up with Shutl to offer 90-minute deliveries
The Perfume Shop will introduce 90-minute deliveries this month after teaming up with express service Shutl.
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Opinion
Comment: 'Omnichannel' may be the trend at WRC but retailers must remember that the customer is key
‘Omnichannel’ is the phrase du jour, certainly on the first day of the World Retail Congress 2013 in Paris.
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Opinion
Blog: Tesco UK chief Chris Bush on the grocer's Finest collection rebrand
A lot has changed in the past 15 years. Back in 1998, the likes of All Saints and Spice Girls were topping the music charts, the blockbuster movie Titanic had just been released onto the big screen and we were all watching Cold Feet on the television.
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