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NewsShop Direct gears up for week-long Black Friday bonanza
Shop Direct is set to unleash a week’s worth of promotions during this year’s Black Friday as the group’s personalisation strategy bears fruit.
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NewsIn numbers: St David's shopping centre celebrates fifth birthday
St David’s shopping centre in Cardiff is celebrating its fifth birthday. Retail Week takes a look at its key metrics.
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NewsOcado goes head-to-head with Waitrose as it launches Scan & Shop app
Ocado is launching a Scan & Shop app that allows customers to scan barcodes of products to automatically add them to their baskets.
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OpinionComment: Has there been a more confusing time to be a grocery shopper?
While consumers may be basking in lower prices they have to wade through increasingly opaque and confusing messages from the big four.
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NewsScience Museum picks Bluewater for first standalone pop-up store
The Science Museum is due to open its first standalone pop-up store at Bluewater to capitalise on the busy Christmas trading period.
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NewsB&Q aims to reinvent warehouse store with digital services roll out
B&Q hopes to reinvent the warehouse store by rationalising its offer and introducing same-day click-and-collect within two years.
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NewsTesco chief Dave Lewis offered £2.8m in share options
Tesco’s new chief executive Dave Lewis has been offered share options worth almost £2.8m at today’s prices.
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NewsVery.co.uk and mobile growth drive 512% profit surge at Shop Direct
Etailer Shop Direct has posted a 512% surge in pre-tax profits to £40.4m in its year to June 30, driven by Very.co.uk and mobile growth.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Sports Direct, Tesco and Co-op
Retail news round-up on October 28, 2014:Sports Direct forced to spell out controversial ‘zero-hours’ contracts in job ads, Tesco chief awarded share options worth £2.8m, Dennis Holt to chair board of Co-op Bank
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NewsM&S fashion market share declines but margin likely to have been preserved
Marks & Spencer has suffered a further erosion of fashion market share, the latest Kantar fashion retail data has shown.
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NewsEric Pickles dismisses 'Tesco tax' and blasts proposal as 'lazy'
The Government has dismissed calls for a ‘Tesco Tax’ that would have meant supermarkets and other big retailers would pay extra in business rates.
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NewsWaitrose appoints Ross Avery as new ecommerce director
Waitrose has promoted Ross Avery, the grocer’s present head of strategy, to the position of ecommerce director to oversee its websites.
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NewsTarget offers free shipping to all customers in run-up to Christmas
Target is offering free shipping on all products on its website in the run-up to Christmas as it seeks to lure customers from rivals.
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NewsOctober retail sales perform robustly as clothing bounces back, says CBI
High street sales growth remained robust in October as the clothing sector bounced back after a mild September, according to the CBI.
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NewsGoogle launches research tool with shopping data from 150,000 people
Google has launched a free Consumer Barometer tool offering retailers insights into online shopping based on data from 46 countries.
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NewsBoohoo.com offers customers bricks-and-mortar access with New York pop-up
Online fashion retailer Boohoo.com is offering consumers bricks-and-mortar access to the brand through a pop-up store in New York.
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OpinionComment: Christmas – the lights are on but is anyone buying?
The fall in consumer spending in September is not good news for the long-suffering high street retailer.
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NewsInternational retailers Auchan and Metro strike joint buying partnership
German giant Metro and French powerhouse Auchan have struck a joint purchasing partnership designed to make the most of their strength when negotiating with suppliers.
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NewsIn pictures: Selfridges unveils fairytale-themed Christmas at Oxford Street flagship
Selfridges has launched its ‘storytelling’ Christmas displays that draw inspiration from fairytales including Sleeping Beauty and Hansel and Gretel.
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NewsUS retailer Sears Holdings eyes further 100 store closures
Struggling US retailer Sears has accelerated its store closure plan and is expected to unveil a further 100 closures as part of its turnaround plan.