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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on HMV, Tesco and Kingfisher
Retail news round-up October 22, 2013: Apple removes HMV’s new UK app from its App Store, billionaire Warren Buffett slashes investment in Tesco and Kingfisher boss Ian Cheshire predicts dynamic pricing will soon be used widely across retail.
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NewsRetailers will adopt airline-style flexible pricing, predicts Kingfisher boss Cheshire
Retailers could soon be using ‘dynamic pricing’ based on demand and time of day in the same way that airlines and hotels do, according to Kingfisher’s Ian Cheshire.
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NewsElectricals specialist Richer Sounds sales and profits rise
Sales and profits at Richer Sounds rose last year as the electricals specialist continues to improve performance amid a difficult market.
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OpinionComment: Economic optimism at the World Retail Congress
Last week was the seventh annual World Retail Congress. For the past few years, the elephant in the room was undoubtedly the economy.
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AnalysisAnalysis: 99p Stores - how will a transactional website work?
99p Stores is planning to launch a transactional website but how might it work? Retail Week takes a look at how other value players have fared.
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AnalysisInfographic: How retailers are using social media to recruit
Retailers are increasingly turning to social media to hire new talent into their businesses from food to fashion. Retail Week takes a look at the different sectors’ approaches.
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NewsTesco ramps up F&F clothing brand's overseas expansion
Tesco has expanded the international reach of its own brand clothing label F&F with openings in Switzerland and Gibraltar.
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AnalysisInnovation watch: Hointer uses robotic technology to pull in male shoppers
Can you get guys to actually enjoy shopping for clothes? A pilot store in Seattle from online retailer Hointer is trying, by bringing some of the click-and-browse functionality of the web into a physical space.
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NewsMarks & Spencer to recruit 12,000 Christmas staff
Marks & Spencer is to recruit 12,000 seasonal staff to work in its stores over the busy Christmas period and value specialist Poundland is to hire 2,500.
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NewsFly-on-the-wall Iceland documentary to air tonight
A fly-on-the-wall documentary on Iceland Foods will debut on the BBC tonight.
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AnalysisInnovation watch: Sewing machine brand USHA reinvents traditional Indian haberdashery
The long-established USHA Sewing Machine brand has created The HAB concept store in Mumbai and reinvented the traditional Indian haberdashery.
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NewsThe Co-op faces pressure to relinquish control of bank
The Co-operative Group could relinquish its majority share in its banking arm as it faces pressure to stabilise the division.
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NewsArgos appoints M&S executive to new head of commercial transformation role
Argos has raided Marks & Spencer to poach Adam Archer who will take up the newly created role of head of commercial transformation.
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NewsTesco broadens online collection service to schools and car parks
Tesco is offering a click-and-collect service outside of its stores for the first time at locations such as schools, libraries and sports centres.
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NewsAsda Income Tracker: Family spending power hits six-month low
The spending power of the average UK household has fallen to a six-month low following the weakest wage growth on record, according to the Asda Income Tracker.
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NewsHarrods pays owner bumper dividend as full-year profits edge up
Luxury department store Harrods has paid a £69m dividend to its Qatari owner after group full-year profits edged up 1.8% to £92.5m.
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NewsSeptember footfall dips 2.4% causing pre-Christmas jitters
Footfall in September dropped 2.4% year on year causing pre-Christmas jitters for retailers according to the BRC-Springboard Retail Footfall Monitor.
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NewsWaitrose aims to triple sales to £15bn in next 10 years
Grocer Waitrose has set the ambitious target of tripling its business in the next 10 years, managing director Mark Price has said.
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NewsMarks & Spencer loses another senior womenswear executive
Marks & Spencer’s fashion turnaround has suffered another blow as senior womenswear executive Gillian Ridley Whittle exits the retailer.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on M&S, Waitrose and Tesco
Retail news round-up October 21, 2013: M&S loses another womenswear executive, Waitrose targets £15bn sales in 10 years and Tesco opens its first European franchise stores for fashion brand F&F.