All Retail Week articles in October 30, 2009 – Page 4
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NewsTopshop unveils Kate Moss Christmas collection
Topshop has unveiled the Kate Moss at Christmas collection for 2009, featuring oriental-inspired day- and eveningwear.
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NewsJohn Cleland vows teetering First Quench has future
Embattled off-licence operator First Quench Retailing has a future despite a question mark hanging over it, director John Cleland vowed this week.
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Quelle to close
German mail order retailer Quelle, owned by embattled department store owner Arcandor, is to close after attempts to sell it failed.Up to 7,000 employees are set to lose their jobs. Arcandor, which also owns the Karstadt department store chain, filed for bankruptcy protection in June. The German government had granted ...
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AnalysisKeeping up with the new consumer
The recession has transformed shopper attitudes to value, a PwC study has found. George MacDonald examines how mid-market retailers can adapt.
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NewsNon-food woe continues to drag down retail sales
High street sales remained flat between August and September, with a good performance in food outweighed by non-food retailers continuing to struggle.
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NewsWeak retail sales data hits non-food shares
Uncertainty about prospects was sparked by cautious comments from Arcadia tycoon Sir Philip Green as he unveiled full-year results, even though the CBI’s monthly retail survey was better than expected.
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Harvie & Hudson opens first store in two decades
London-based upmarket shirt retailer Harvie & Hudson is to open a store for the first time in 23 years.
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News‘Perverse’ rates rises lambasted as MP urges Government to defer
Central London MP Mark Field has launched a scathing attack on the impending business rates increases.
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OpinionCan retailers deliver the goods?
The postal strike has cast the spotlight strongly back onto the doorstep and with it the abiding challenge of ecommerce; the ‘Last Mile’, that final hurdle of fulfilment for pure-play and multichannel alike.
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NewsWaterstone’s denies distribution trouble
Waterstone’s managing director Gerry Johnson has attempted to pacify the City by breaking his silence over problems at the bookseller’s centralised distribution centre, as analysts remain divided on the impact it will have on the business.
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OpinionRetail surgery: Ensuring minimum disruption during the postal strikes
The Royal Mail strikes will severely affect our online fulfilment. How can we keep track of everything and ensure minimum disruption?
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NewsPostal strike to drive shoppers from web
Half of shoppers intend to shop less online or by mail order if post strikes continue in the run-up to Christmas.
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AnalysisEnergy reduction: The green gauge
The introduction of a carbon reduction scheme next year will force large retailers to think harder about how they use energy but it will also save them money, says Sara McCorquodale.
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Spencer’s to focus on hypermarkets and private labels to improve profitability
Food and general merchandise retailer Spencer’s is to focus on hypermarkets and private labels in an attempt to improve profitability.The retailer, which is owned by Indian conglomerate RPG Group, will invest INR1bn (£12m) in rolling out 10 hypermarkets and 15 small-format stores this financial year. It also wants to double ...
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Walmart to focus on international growth and store revamps
Walmart has outlined its growth plans for next year, intending to focus on international growth and store revamps in its domestic market.In the US, Walmart will continue to focus on store revamps. By next month Walmart US will have completed Project Impact remodels at more than 30% of its 3,538 ...
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NewsJD Sports picks system to forecast store sales
JD Sports is to introduce technology to allow it to forecast store sales and make decisions about store investment opportunities.
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DataICM Poll: Royal Mail strike
In an exclusive poll for Retail Week, ICM Research interviewed a random selection of 2,050 adults aged 18 and over between October 23 and 25, 2009 about the impact of the postal strike.
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AnalysisWhat it’s like to work at Poundland
Inside view from head of human resources Sonia Sharples.
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GalleryStore of the week: Tesco – My Narodni Prague
Tesco has opened its second department store in the Czech Republic, after its debut in the northern city of Liberec in March.
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NewsSelfridges stages pop-up panto in window
Selfridges staged a star-studded pop-up panto in the windows of its Oxford Street store in London yesterday as it unveiled its pantomime-themed Christmas displays.