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AnalysisAnalysis: Sainsbury's bid for Home Retail Group in numbers
Sainsbury’s and Home Retail Group announced today they have agreed terms on a deal for the grocer to acquire the Argos owner for £1.3bn.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Trading lessons and emerging trends from the golden quarter
What were the key trends to emerge from the all-important festive trading period? OC&C’s Tom Gladstone looks at the numbers.
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DataData: Retail share price index – January 29, 2016
January 29, 2016: This week’s data on the biggest risers and fallers plus a comprehensive list of share price results in the retail sector.
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OpinionOpinion: Ocado’s new non-exec director may help deliver an overseas deal
Ocado’s appointment of Dixons Carphone’s deputy chief executive Andrew Harrison as a non-executive director looks like a good selection.
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OpinionOpinion: Asda job losses a reminder of difficult decisions facing grocers
In the face of the headwinds in which the UK grocery market has had to operate, Asda has never shirked from taking difficult decisions.
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DataData: Retail share price index – January 22, 2016
January 22, 2016: This week’s data on the biggest risers and fallers plus a comprehensive list of share price results in the retail sector.
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OpinionOpinion: Dixons Carphone shows the right spirit both at home and abroad
Once again it was a ‘two-humped camel’-shaped Christmas trading period for electricals and mobile technology specialist Dixons Carphone.
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OpinionTheo Paphitis: Everything’s changed in retail... and there’s more to come
The pace at which retail innovations are being adopted by consumers shows no signs of abating and the industry will never be the same again.
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OpinionOpinion: Why like-for-like sales no longer tell the full story in retail
For years, reporting retail success has focused on like-for-likes, measuring who is up and down. But this is becoming less useful.
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DataData: Retail share price index – January 15, 2016
January 15, 2016: This week’s data on the biggest risers and fallers plus a comprehensive list of share price results in the retail sector.
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CartoonBlower’s retail cartoon: Wesfarmers to rebrand Homebase as Bunnings
Retail Week cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on Australian retailer Wesfarmers’ plans to rebrand Homebase under its Bunnings fascia.
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DataData: Retail share price index – January 12, 2016
January 12, 2016: This week’s data on the biggest risers and fallers plus a comprehensive list of share price results in the retail sector.
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OpinionOpinion: Product sets retail winners apart over Christmas trading period
December, traditionally the month in which retailers had a licence to print money, proved lacklustre for many, as sales and footfall data have shown.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Edeka's proposed Kaiser's Tengelmann takeover gathers pace
German Federal Minister of Economic Affairs Sigmar Gabriel announced his long-awaited statement on the Edeka/Kaiser’s Tengelmann acquisition.
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OpinionOpinion: Retail should prepare for a year of unprecedented change
If the unsettled start to the year is the shape of things to come, don’t expect 2016 to be the era the new normal emerges in retail.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Debenhams did well over Christmas but it lags rivals online
Debenhams’ strong Christmas trading took the market by surprise, following tales of woe at M&S and retail bellwether Next last week.
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AnalysisDebenhams' Christmas like-for-like rise: What the analysts say
Debenhams surprised the City by delivering a Christmas 3.7% like-for-like gain despite difficult high street trading. Here’s the reaction.
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OpinionOpinion: 2016 will be a momentous year for retail as policy challenges loom
While the industry can do much to help itself, a lot rides on easing some of the policy burdens imposed on it by Government.
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AnalysisBoohoo.com considers bricks-and-mortar presence as sales surge 45%
Fast fashion etailer Boohoo.com has not ruled out launching a bricks-and-mortar presence after Christmas sales surged 45%.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Walgreens Boots Alliance faces challenges with Rite Aid deal
Takeover of drugstore chain Rite Aid will solidify WBA’s position as US market leader but integrating the business won’t be easy.