More on Me + Em – Page 1998
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OpinionComment: Time to say enough is enough on rates burden
Retailers faced up to a grim reality this week. They now know the financial blow they will take as a consequence of the Government’s policy to link business rates to September’s RPI.
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NewsGovernment postpones business rates revaluation to 2017
The Government has been accused of delivering a “further blow to the country’s struggling high streets” by postponing the revaluation of business rates from 2015 to 2017.
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AnalysisIn numbers: Vacancy rates in Britain
The number of stores shuttered across Britain jumped in the first half of 2012, according to consultants PwC and the Local Data Company (LDC). Retail Week takes a closer look at the numbers.
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NewsClintons to launch loyalty card next year
Clinton Cards is developing a loyalty card for launch next year as ramps up its multichannel plans with a website rebrand next week.
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OpinionComment: Retailers must adapt and change to survive
It is absolutely futile trying to save the high street or the ‘traditional retailer’, or in fact any retailer, be it multiple or independent, with a flawed product strategy and trading execution.
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NewsDebenhams online boss Simon Forster to join Selfridges
Debenhams online boss Simon Forster is to exit the department store to join rival Selfridges.
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NewsWhich? labels PC World 'worst' online store
Skincare and cosmetics site LizEarle.com has been rated the best online shop and PC World’s deemed the worst in a poll.
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NewsRetail sales rise in September
The value of retail sales in September rose 3.2% year-on-year as volumes also rose.
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NewsRetail chains closed 20 stores a day in first half of 2012
Retail chains closed an average of 20 stores each day in the first half of 2012, accelerating the rate of high street closures as hard-hit retailers struggle to operate in the current economic climate.
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NewsJack Wills to axe Aubin & Wills name
Fashion retailer Jack Wills is to axe its sister brand Aubin & Wills after just four years of trading.
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NewsWestfield sells Bradford shopping centre site to Meyer Berman
Shopping centre developer Westfield has sold its controversial stalled Bradford scheme to European fund manager Meyer Bergman, it is understood.
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NewsMothercare's Q2 UK like-for-likes edge up
Mothercare’s UK like-for-likes edged up in its second quarter as the mother and baby retailer says the turnaround strategy has started to deliver results.
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NewsRetailers hope for record Halloween sales
Retailers are hoping for another record Halloween following last year’s £300m sales bonanza.
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Fast Retailing reports net income increase
Fast Retailing posted a 31.8% increase in net income for the year ended August 31.The clothing retailer revealed that group net profit surged to ¥71.65bn (£568.6m) compared with ¥54.35bn (£431.3m) the previous year.Sales rose 13% to ¥928.67bn (£7.37bn) from ¥820.35bn (£6.51bn). Operating profit increased 8.7% to ¥126.4bn (£1bn) from ¥116.37bn ...
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NewsGetting hammered with Screwfix
When analysts were given Screwfix-branded beer on a trip to the Kingfisher-owned trade business’s Stoke headquarters last week, some began to wonder whether the DIY group was again expanding its product offer.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Retailers spread the word with in-store magazines
Despite the proliferation of online content, the in-store magazine has grown in stature and sophistication, providing customer reach and engagement.
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OpinionComment: Encouraging trends reported at N Brown
Andy Higginson will have been pretty pleased with his first set of figures as chairman of home shopping group N Brown.
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OpinionComment: Join our push for business rates freeze
There is nothing sexy about business rates. They don’t have much globe-trotting glamour and perhaps that is part of the problem.
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Walmart to team up with small and mid-level Indian suppliers
Walmart plans to team up with small and mid-level suppliers in India on sourcing various product categories.The partnership arrangement will enable the retailer to create private labels that will be priced as much as 10% to 15% lower than established brands. Private labels are already being sold in its BestPrice ...
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Massmart must invest in supplier development fund
Walmart-controlled Massmart must invest up to R200m (£14.4m) in a supplier development fund over the next five years, South Africa’s Competition Appeal Court has ruled.The sum does not include the R40m (£2.9m) which Massmart has previously committed but not yet disbursed to its supply development fund.