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NewsJohn Lewis sales jump 7.6% despite tough comparables
John Lewis sales jumped 7.6% last week to £65.75m despite it being up against tough Jubilee and Olympic comparables.
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OpinionBlog: The Co-op's uphill battle with its online food launch
The Co-operative is to finally join the online food sector, as revealed by Retail Week’s Alex Lawson today.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on HMV, Clarks and Irish supermarkets
Retail news round-up August 23, 2013: Four Irish HMV stores to reopen, Clarks to launch mobile local shopping tool, Irish stores receive compliance notices for overcharging customers
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NewsWaitrose to help young offenders to gain jobs
Waitrose has thrown its weight behind two schemes aimed at helping young unemployed people gain jobs skills, including one with young offenders.
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NewsSteep rent decline highlights out of date business rates system
The dramatic fall in rents over the past five years has put into sharp focus how out of kilter onerous business rates increases are with the market, according to new data revealed by the Grimsey Review.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is the improving housing market good news for DIY retailers?
Could a stronger housing market provide the lift the DIY market and wider retail sector so desperately needs?
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AnalysisCampaign of the week: Boots casts 'real' women for new ad to appeal to diverse customer base
Boots’ Ta Dah! campaign promoting its No7 cosmetics range uses, for the first time in the retailer’s history, ‘real’ women.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Retailers and brands race to win JJB's sportswear market
The collapse of JJB Sports left a gap in the premium sportswear market that Matalan and brands are fighting for, as well as industry giant Sports Direct.
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AnalysisInfographic: Online grocery market share as The Co-op plots entry
As The Co-operative unveils plans to venture into the online grocery market, Retail Week takes a look at the hard fought category.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How will The Co-op approach online grocery?
The Co-operative today unveiled plans for its long-awaited online grocery launch. Retail Week takes a look at what the move means for the mutual and the market.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Co-op food boss puts price, store formats and own brand at heart of revival plan
The Co-op Food today unveiled plans to launch online grocery. Chief executive Steve Murrells explains online is just one element of his plan to revive the fortunes of the retailer.
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OpinionComment: A retailer's brand should stand for something in customers' minds
What’s in a name? Well, if you believe Katie Hopkins - the former Apprentice contestant and now chief protagonist and number one villain of daytime TV - everything.
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InterviewQ&A: Holland & Barrett owner NBTY Europe's head of food Ian Mackie
Ian Mackie, head of category food at Holland & Barrett’s parent NBTY Europe, speaks to Retail Week about his life working in retail.
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NewsEtailer Very's human vending machine proves people power still needed
What with self-service tills and automated picking, one could assume that people are being replaced by technology in retail.
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NewsInternational analysis: Walmart sticks to strategy despite missing sales target
Walmart has failed to achieve its own results guidance for the second consecutive quarter.
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NewsThe Co-op unveils plans for online grocery launch
The Co-operative is to log on to the £6.1bn online grocery market as food boss Steve Murrells bids to drag the mutual into the digital age.
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OpinionRetail surgery: Is it possible to adapt my existing supply chain to fully embrace multichannel?
Is it possible to adapt my existing supply chain to fully embrace multichannel?
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OpinionRetail surgery: Can a redesign of store environments save the high street?
Can a redesign of store environments save the high street?
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NewsUPDATED: Six of the UK's largest furniture retailers to be investigated over Sales
Carpetright has confirmed it is one of the six furniture retailers that are being investigated by the Office of Fair Trading over their Sales practices.
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NewsJohn Lewis to pay out £40m to staff after holiday pay blunder
John Lewis is to make a one-off payment totalling £40m after the department store discovered that it had not paid staff holiday pay correctly over the past seven years.