More on Me + Em – Page 2041
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OpinionComment: How to entice the shopping family
Changes to family structures and the proliferation of online and social shopping have combined to transform the way families shop today.
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NewsTesco faces fines after border agency raid
Tesco has been raided by the UK Border Agency which has discovered the grocer has been employing people for longer hours than their visa allowed.
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Pet etailer MedicAnimal acquires grooming site
Online pet food retailer MedicAnimal has acquired pet grooming site Petmeds.co.uk.
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NewsBluewater attracts new retailers
Forever 21, Mappin & Webb, Crocs and Beaverbrooks have launched stores within Bluewater shopping centre.
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GalleryIn pictures: HMV's new format in Cambridge
HMV has opened a new-look multichannel store in Cambridge that provides “the direction of travel for the retailer”, according to a spokesman.
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AnalysisObituary: B&Q's oldest employee Syd Prior
Syd Prior, who was famously B&Q’s oldest employee until his retirement last year, passed away at his home in Fulham earlier this month aged 97.
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NewsJulian Graves disappears from high street as all stores closed
Julian Graves has disappeared from the high street after all its stores were closed by administrators that were unable to find a buyer for the dried fruit and nut specialist.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Ocado price war threat
Ocado chief executive Tim Steiner has revealed plans to challenge the online grocer’s competitors on prices in the next two to three years - an initiaitive described by some as a price war threat. But the question is, can he make good on his word?
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AnalysisAnalysis: Ikea removes US self-checkout tills for being too slow
The IKEA Group’s U.S. operations have become the latest chain opting to rip out self-checkout point of sale, concluding that the systems simply required too much oversight and staff time.
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July's online sales hit highest level this year
Online sales surged 17% year-on-year in July as the warmer weather and Olympic fever triggered online shopping, according to the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index.
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NewsCarlyle Group lines up £50m deal for Graze
American private equity firm Carlyle Group is understood to have registered interest in taking a stake in mail order food company Graze.
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NewsFootfall drops further in second quarter
Footfall worsened in the second quarter, with high streets hit the hardest as the wet weather kept shoppers away, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC)/Springboard Retail Footfall and Vacancies Monitor.
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NewsSunday trading plans attacked by Sainsbury's chief executive Justin King
Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King has slammed Government plans to extend Sunday trading hours permanently, telling them it is not the “magic answer” to solving the UK’s economic problems.
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NewsWhistles buys back shares from Icelandic government
Premium womenswear retailer Whistles has bought back most of the remaining shares of the company from the Icelandic Government as it looks to the US market for growth.
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NewsOcado chief executive Tim Steiner plots price war
Ocado chief executive Tim Steiner has revealed plans to accelerate growth by challenging its rival grocers to a price battle through price promotions over the next year.
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OpinionComment: Raining on retailers' parades
The great British summer is here and we’re moving from sweltering in our jumpers to shivering in summer clothing within a matter of minutes.
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OpinionComment: Are pop-up stores a sign that things are bad?
The phenomenon of the temporary store goes from strength to strength, but is it just a case of fiddling while retail burns?
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GalleryStore of the week: Rapha, Piccadilly, London
Cycling has never had greater currency in the UK than over the last month and most of it, with respect to all of the others involved, is down to one man: Bradley Wiggins.
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GalleryStore gallery: George arrives on the Channel Islands
Asda’s George brand has opened stores on the islands of Jersey and Guernsey as part of its international expansion plans. John Ryan reports on its evolution from supermarket to standalone.
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OpinionComment: No place for class divides today
Imagine getting an email from the bank saying that, as you’ve only got £50 in your account, it’s not worth showing you its full range of services. Or a train company deciding that, because you paid the lowest fare, it won’t tell you what’s in the dining car.