All articles by George MacDonald – Page 174
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NewsOnline shopping spree leads to delivery chaos
A seasonal online shopping spree resulted in delivery logjam after leading courier company Yodel failed to cope with demand, but the carrier has insisted it has addressed the issue.
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NewsJohn Lewis sales rise 21% as shoppers come out to spend
Hopes are rising that a long-awaited Christmas spending spree has at last got under way after sales rose strongly at John Lewis department stores.
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NewsTomorrow to be busiest shopping day of the year
Tomorrow is expected to be the busiest shopping day of the year as consumers stock up on last-minute Christmas gifts.
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NewsBarratts Priceless administrators make 170 redundancies
The administrators of shoe specialist Barratts Priceless will shut 18 shops on Friday with the loss of 127 jobs.
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NewsConsumer confidence falls to 'chilling' level
Consumer confidence fell in December to the lowest level in three years.
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NewsSelfridges launches last-minute Christmas shopping services
Department store group Selfridges has brought forward the launch of a mobile-optimised website to help last-minute Christmas gift buyers make their purchases and is introducing an in-store SOS shopping service.
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NewsHMV considers sale of live music arm after first-half loss
Entertainment group HMV is considering selling its live music business and has posted a first-half loss.
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NewsWaitrose weekly sales rise on demand for festive season drinks
Food retailer Waitrose has reported a 6.3% weekly sales rise, assisted by shoppers stocking up with drinks ahead of the Christmas holiday.
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NewsLike-for-likes rise at Laura Ashley
Home and fashion retailer Laura Ashley has posted a rise in like-for-like sales as it progressed with plans to shut unprofitable shops.
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NewsTesco results top off another tough week
As Christmas loomed, store stocks headed south. Food specialists and general merchandisers alike underperformed the All Share index and were sharply down over the year.
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NewsNew year brings no joy for store stocks
At the end of the year general retailers had sadly underperformed the All-share index, while food groups were also down but not by as much as the market.
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NewsHeadhunter Shipley to join Miles Partnership
Headhunter Sue Shipley is to join search firm the Miles Partnership after leaving Odgers Berndtson, where she was global practice leader for retail.
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NewsDFS invests in growth despite earnings fall
Sofas giant DFS has posted a fall in quarterly sales and earnings but is continuing to invest in expansion and confident in longer-term prospects.
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OpinionBig retailers are acting on Portas’s best idea
If the Portas review were a high street it would look quite familiar – a cheek by jowl mix alternately appealing or a turn-off.
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OpinionQueen Mary says high street is about more than shops
She may be dubbed the queen of shops, but one of the most striking things as Mary Portas’s unveiled her high street review today was that shops was only part of it.
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Headhunter Shipley to leave Odgers
Sue Shipley, one of the best known retail headhunters, is to leave search firm Odgers Berndtson at the end of the year.
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NewsAmazon rewards shoppers who walk out of stores
Online giant Amazon is to reward consumers who leave bricks-and-mortar stores without making a purchase.
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NewsWeekly sales rise 5.7% at Waitrose
Sales at Waitrose rose 5.7% to £112.6m last week, when home and leisure was the best performing category.
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OpinionGrocery price rivalry is no marketing trick
In the week that investigative TV programme Panorama attempted to pick apart the big grocers’ promotional practices, industry data told a different story on supermarket prices and their effect.
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NewsEx-Uniqlo man becomes Body Shop UK boss
Cosmetics specialist Body Shop has hired former Uniqlo director Simon Coble as its new UK boss.