All International articles – Page 185
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NewsAnalysis: Hobbs set for international expansion
The retailer is launching international websites as a precursor to physical overseas expansion.
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Small stores and digital key to Carrefour’s future
Last week, the world’s second largest retailer, Carrefour, posted its third-quarter results.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Iceland’s bullish boss holds the grocer steady
Despite a tough six months, Iceland founder Malcolm Walker insists the frozen food retailer can excel and explains why staff should think of him as Father Christmas.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Five things you didn’t know about Hotel Chocolat
As Hotel Chocolat prepares to launch a range of health and beauty products under its own Cocoa Juvenate label next month, Retail Week takes a look at some of the finer details of the quirky chocolatier.
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OpinionComment: Encouraging trends reported at N Brown
Andy Higginson will have been pretty pleased with his first set of figures as chairman of home shopping group N Brown.
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OpinionComment: Is it wise for Tesco to introduce Fresh & Easy products to the UK?
Tesco has launched its US private label brand Fresh & Easy in its UK supermarkets, introducing the first in a range of products that will use the American branding from its loss-making US chain. What is the motivation behind this launch?
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NewsGap promotes Sunnucks as it unveils new structure
US fashion giant Gap has promoted international president Steve Sunnucks to global president as part of a new structure.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Chinese strategy rethink needed as shopper behaviour changes
Retailers in China will need to rethink their strategy in the country as consumer behaviour has started to change rapidly.
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NewsDebenhams international expansion powers ahead with raft of new openings
Debenhams is powering ahead with its international expansion with the opening of its first ever store in Georgia this weekend.
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OpinionNick Bubb's verdict: WHSmith - The margin was the message
Kate Swann’s real achievement over the past nine years has been engineering a huge rise in the company’s gross margin.
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AnalysisInternational news analysis: China’s online retail race brings risk and opportunity
There has been astonishing growth in the Chinese ecommerce sector over the past five years and it still has a promising future.
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Best Buy appoints president of global ecommerce
Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy has appointed Scott Durchslag as president of global ecommerce. The retailer hopes the former Expedia Worldwide president will oversee its online transformation.Durchslag will be responsible for all of the company’s ecommerce channels, including BestBuy.com.The appointment comes at a time when Best Buy founder Richard Schulze ...
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Toys R Us launches video streaming service
Toys R Us is linking with digital entertainment company Rovi to offer Toysrusmovies.com, a new digital service allowing customers to download and stream movies and TV shows aimed at families and children.The service will be priced at $2.99 (£1.87) for a 24-hour rental and $1.99 (£1.24) per episode for TV ...
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Ikea Italy sales fall 2.6%
Sales at Ikea Italy fell 2.6% to e1.6m (£1.3m) in the year ended August 30, the retailer’s first ever year-on-year decline since entering Italy in 1989.Ikea has 20 stores and more than 46 million visitors annually. It plans to invest e400m (£322m) over the next three years in new openings ...
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Marinopoulos opens first Macedonian hypermarket
Carrefour’s Greece-based franchise partner Marinopoulos has opened its first hypermarket in Macedonia, in the capital Skopje.Located in the country’s largest commercial centre, City Mall Skopje, the store has a sales area of 40,900 sq ft. The shopping mall is located in Skopje city centre and hosts 150 stores.
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Carrefour Romania rents stores from Aliment Murfatlar
Carrefour has rented six stores from local retailer Aliment Murfatlar, newspaper Piatahas reported.The stores in the city of Constanta will be rebranded as Carrefour Market. The deal will establish Carrefour’s supermarket presence in the city, where its competitor Delhaize Group operates five Mega Image stores.
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Louis Delhaize acquires stake in France-based Monnier Frères
Grocery retailer Louis Delhaize has acquired a majority stake in France-based Monnier Frères, an online women’s luxury accessories shop, food magazine Linéaires has reported.Louis Delhaize paid e3.5m (£2.8m) for the stake and is to invest another e3.5m in developing the business internationally, especially in the US and Asia. At present ...
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Belgian retailers accused of price fixing
Seven leading Belgian retailers and 11 suppliers of household goods and health and beauty products are suspected of having fixed prices for years, according to Belgian competition authority, Conseil de la Concurrence.According to several local media reports, Carrefour, Colruyt and Delhaize Group are among the retailers under investigation, while Beiersdorf’s ...
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PPR to sell Fnac book and electronics chain
Luxury group PPR plans to sell its Fnac book and electronics chain as well as La Redoute, according to the Journal du Dimanche.The retailer is forging ahead with plans to divest both retail divisions in order to focus on its core luxury goods business.
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Carrefour developing a ‘Courses Éco’ corner
Carrefour is developing a ‘Courses Éco’ corner dedicated to its entry price products in a handful of Paris and northern France stores.The initiative echoes Auchan’s own discount zone, with 400 SKUs across food, household and health and beauty. The assortment also includes around 20 products in bulk, alongside a broad ...