All General merchandise articles – Page 55
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DataData: The UK’s top 30 retailers by productivity
Retail Week Prospect ranks the top 30 most productive retailers in the UK, measured by sales per employee.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Lego, Blue Inc and more
Retail news round-up: Lego reports boost in revenue, Blue Inc plans shop closures, and sales on UK high street decreases.
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GalleryIn pictures: EuroShop – what's in store for in-store?
There was a lot for retailers to consider at EuroShop, the world’s biggest trade fair for stores. John Ryan reports.
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NewsJohn Timpson: Find the right people then put trust in them
John Timpson, the chairman of key cutter and shoe repair business Timpson, claims hiring good people is the key to a successful business.
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NewsHalfords boss McDonald on the retailer’s ‘secret sauce’
Halfords boss Jill McDonald believes the retailer’s customer service proposition will prove to be the “secret sauce” in her strategy.
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AnalysisAnalysis: February retail sales sector-by-sector
Retail like-for-likes slipped 0.4% in February as non-food sales suffered their first quarterly decline for more than five years.
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NewsUpdate: Conviviality poaches Halfords people director
Halfords is losing another member of its executive team with people director Jonathan Crookall poised to depart, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsNon-food sales fall for first time since November 2011
Non-food retail sales suffered their first quarterly decline for more than five years amid a “challenging” period of trading.
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NewsMothercare restructures executive team, creates CCO role
Mothercare is restructuring its top team, creating a chief customer officer role for the first time.
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NewsSainsbury’s Argos poaches Mothercare marketing director
Sainsbury’s Argos has poached Mothercare executive Gary Kibble to take on the role of marketing director.
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NewsPoundland delivers quarterly like-for-like sales rise
Value variety store business Poundland has notched up a quarterly like-for-like sales rise, owner Steinhoff reported.
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NewsAldi and TK Maxx snap up former BHS units
A swathe of discount retailers including Aldi and Poundworld have taken on or are close to agreeing deals on former BHS units.
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Retail VoiceTap into a powerful ageing population
Brands and retailers focusing on millennials should remember the over 65s will be the fastest growing consumer group this century, says Sun Branding Solutions.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: BHS, Sainsbury's and more
Retail news round-up: BHS administrators call for winding up of Retail Acquisitions, and CBI reports increase retail sales balance
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NewsMamas & Papas hires publishing exec to lead ecommerce
Mamas & Papas has recruited former publishing executive Neil Sumner to head up its ecommerce and marketing teams.
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NewsArgos to pay £2.4m to staff paid below minimum wage
Argos is shelling out £2.4m in wages after an HMRC investigation revealed it had underpaid more than 37,000 current and former staff.
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AnalysisIn other lives: where retail's leaders started out
Retail Week looks at what the sector’s leaders did before they embraced the wonderful world of retail.
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OpinionOpinion: Clintons isn’t closing stores, but it should
“Reports in the weekend papers about Clintons are false,” thundered a statement from its owner American Greetings.
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NewsGames Workshop to rebrand stores Warhammer
Games Workshop has set about rebranding its 140-strong UK store estate under new name – Warhammer.
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NewsToday in retail: Will inflation stunt consumer spending?
Retailers will have watched with interest today as the latest figures showed inflation has hit a two-and-a-half year high.