All General merchandise articles – Page 245
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NewsWorse to come
As M S like-for-like sales plunge, fears grow industry may never fully recover from downturn
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Aim to please
The latest Customer Satisfaction Index shows that retail is doing something right. But, as the harsh climate demands excellence, which retailers are standing out for service? Katie Kilgallen reports
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Halfords adds shopper Q&A function online
Halfords is letting customers ask product questions and answer each other’s on its web site.
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FL Group buys stake in Baugur
Icelandic investment vehicle FL Group has acquired a 39 per cent stake in Baugur under the new name Stodir.
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Ideal appoints Aujila to board
TV and online shopping channel Ideal Shopping Direct has appointed Pamela Aujila to its board as commercial director.
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Flying Brands to shut Greetings Direct after US move flops
Home shopping group Flying Brands is to shut its Greetings Direct business after its US launch failed.
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John Lewis sales slide 8%
John Lewis has posted an 8.3 per cent fall in sales at its eponymous department store business for the week to June 28.
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Wal-Mart transforms logo as part of image overhaul
Wal-Mart is to revamp its logo and unveil its new-look branding on US store fascias from this autumn.
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Sales decline spurs Beales to rethink brand
Department store chain Beales is to undertake a repositioning after it suffered a 6.4 per cent drop in like-for-like sales.
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The online agenda is changing
Online retail sales in the UK are set to triple by 2012 and retailers are creating increasingly sophisticated transactional sites to compete for part of this.
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Argos staff hold strike ballot as 4% pay increase rejected
Distribution staff from Home Retail Group’s Argos demonstrated at the company’s AGM this week ahead of a strike ballot in protest at the 4 per cent pay increase offered by the retailer.
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Carrefour profits set to be lower than forecasts
French retail giant Carrefour has warned that operating profits for this year will not meet original expectations.
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Retailers slide as M&S’s share dive leads wave of falling stocks
While Marks & Spencer’s terrible performance in food grabbed the headlines on Wednesday, it was the general retailers that got a battering, as Sir Stuart Rose warned the market was at its toughest since the early 1990s.
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Bags of passion
Having launched Liberty of London’s standalone store, Tamara Salman tells Amy Shields about her aims for the luxury accessories brand’s expansion
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Inside Westfield London
20 years in the making, the UK’s most eagerly awaited shopping centre is finally taking shape. Tim Danaher gets a preview of Westfield London as it gears up for its opening in October
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Findel sales up
Home shopping group Findel has disclosed a 3 per cent rise in group sales in its second quarter, compared with the same period last year.
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99p Stores cashes in on weak economy
Single price-point retailer 99p Stores has reported strong growth as shoppers flock to its stores in an effort to better control their purse strings.
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This is not just the market…
He may have been the coldest fish to have occupied a senior role in retail in recent memory, but it’s hard not to feel a degree of sympathy for Steven Esom over his spectacular fall from grace.
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Matalan seals deal to launch in Middle East
Matalan is to make its overseas debut in the Middle East, with 15 stores opening in the region over the next five years. The value fashion retailer, which this week revealed an 89 per cent increase in full-year pre-tax profits to 53.2 million, has signed an agreement with a ...