More on Me + Em – Page 1929
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NewsAsda income Tracker: Disposable income remains flat in December
The latest Asda Income Tracker has showed that families were no better off than a year ago in December with disposable income remaining flat.
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NewsDrake Circus signs up four new retailers
Bank, The Fragrance Shop, Ernest Jones and Everything Everywhere are to open stores at the Drake Circus shopping centre in Plymouth.
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NewsIkea founder disputes plans to double store openings
A row could be brewing at Ikea after founder Ingvar Kamprad said he had no idea about the retailer’s plans to double the number of store openings each year.
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NewsMarks & Spencer suffers fall in fashion market share
Marks & Spencer lost clothing market share in the run-up to Christmas while rivals made ground, industry data has shown.
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NewsFormer Baugur boss Johannesson plans UK comeback
Former Baugur boss Jon Asgeir Johannesson hopes to make a UK comeback and is interested in buying into small companies.
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NewsJohn Lewis battles snow to deliver 6.7% growth last week
John Lewis defied the snow to report a 6.7% rise in sales year on year last week but the retailer said “momentum chilled” as snow covered the UK last weekend.
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NewsBeales in talks to renegotiate debts amid tough trading conditions
Department store group Beales is in talks to renegotiate its debt as it battles difficult high street trading conditions.
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NewsTablet retail search volumes surge 238% during fourth quarter
Retail search volumes rose 14% in the fourth quarter of 2012 as the British Retail Consortium (BRC)–Google Online Retail Monitor splits out the growth rates of both tablet and smartphone retail searches for the first time.
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NewsJohn Lewis appoints CollectPlus boss Mark Lewis as online director
John Lewis has poached CollectPlus chief executive Mark Lewis to become its first online director as the department store group expands its rapidly growing online business.
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NewsCompany profile: Store Twenty One
After investing heavily in a rebrand, Indian textiles giant Alok Group, owner of troubled fashion and homewares retailer Store Twenty One, is mulling the possibility of a sale.
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Eroski set to restructure debt
Grocery retailer Eroski has reached an agreement with a group of 22 banks to restructure its debt, postponing to January 2017 the maturity of loans worth e2.1bn (£1.76bn).The new accord will allow Eroski to consolidate its long-term financial position, ensuring stability for the development of future projects.
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NewsThe outlook is poor for retail sales growth in February
Retail sales growth in February is expected to be 1.9%, well below the 10-year average of 3.1%.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How retailers took a tumble in the horse meat crisis
The discovery of horse and pig DNA in beef burgers in the UK and Ireland has rocked food retailers. Alex Lawson looks at the checks on the industry and how well the grocers reacted.
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AnalysisCampaign of the week: Furniture retailer Ikea, Make Room for Your Life
The January Sales usually elicit a barrage of shouty, price-focused ads from the majority of furniture retailers, but Ikea bucks the trend with its new advertising campaign.
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AnalysisProfile: Philip Day, chief executive, Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group
A year on from Peacocks’ collapse, the value retailer group is back on its feet. Tiffany Holland talks to Philip Day of Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group, the man behind its rescue.
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AnalysisMy retail life: Chris McKendrick, Commercial Director, Cath Kidston
Chris McKendrick, Commercial Director at homeware, accessories and clothing retailer Cath Kidston, speaks to Retail Week about his life working in retail.
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OpinionComment: UK retailers sense stability in consumer sentiment
The positive results last week from retailers including Asos, Dixons and Home Retail Group demonstrate the dangers of viewing UK retail as a single, endangered entity.
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OpinionComment: We don’t need quotas for diversity in the workplace
It’s rare a month goes by without some survey reporting that girls are better than boys, or vice versa. To save the pain of enduring any more of this nonsense, shall we call it evens?
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OpinionComment: A refocus on music should have been a priority for HMV
In 2002, Beverley Knight released her signature single Shoulda Woulda Coulda. It reached number 10 in the charts, because back then record stores still sold singles.