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OpinionGoogle Local Shopping
For many online shoppers, Google is the first port of call when thinking about making a purchase.
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AnalysisWord Cloud: Mary Portas: High Street Review
A word cloud of the Portas review into the state of the UK high street.
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News
Saks Fifth Avenue relaunches SaksPOV website
Upmarket department store group Saks Fifth Avenue has relaunched the SaksPOV website after five months of development.SaksPOV offers shoppers insight on fashion, culture and art and includes multimedia content, Saks brand coverage and lifestyle pieces. Saks Direct chief marketing officer and president Denise Incandela said: “We will use SaksPOV as ...
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NewsPortas sets out new high street vision
Mary Portas has called for a “shift to a new, multi-functional, social high street”.
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Schlecker closes 400 stores
Drugstore operator Schlecker had to close about 400 stores in November and a further 200 will follow this month, according to Spiegel.Chief executive and owner Anton Schlecker is said to have already invested a double-digit million euro sum of the company’s private assets to restructure the chain, which lost its ...
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NewsBRC welcomes efforts to tackle business rate rises and parking
Prioritising action on business rate rises and parking in the Portas Review is “exactly right”, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) believes.
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NewsWickes like-for-likes plummet over past eight weeks
Wickes like-for-likes have plummeted 6.8% over the past eight weeks.
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NewsLandlords embrace Portas' call for them to invest in high street
Landlords have embraced Mary Portas’ recommendation to allow them to become high street investors.
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NewsPwC questions timescale and practicality of Portas review
The timescale and practicality of implementing Mary Portas’ recommendations need to be addressed, PricewaterhouseCoopers has said in response to the Portas Review.
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NewsMaking out-of-town trading difficult will not save the high street, warns CBRE
Property giant CBRE has warned the Portas’ measures will not be sufficient to save the high street.
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NewsGovernment response to Portas review planned for Spring, reveals Cameron
Prime Minister David Cameron vowed that the Government would do “all that we can” to ensure our high streets thrive and it will respond to Mary Portas’ recommendations in the Spring.
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NewsRetailers including Asda and Morrisons overturn OFT tobacco price-fixing decision
A consortium of retailers have overturned a controversial decision from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) over tobacco price-fixing.
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AnalysisMary Portas: High street review - What are your views?
What are your views on the Portas Review? Please share them in the comment section below.
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NewsGo Outdoors and Mountain Warehouse join Sports Direct in race to buy Blacks
Sports and outdoor specialists including Sports Direct, Go Outdoors and Mountain Warehouse are lining up to takeover up-for-sale retailer Blacks Leisure.
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NewsHamleys changes gender-oriented store layout
Hamleys has changed its ‘girls’ and ‘boys’ store layout but says it is coincidental to a campaign on Twitter accusing it of operating “gender apartheid”.
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NewsPortas reveals her 28 recommendations to revive the high street
Mary Portas has revealed her 28 recommendations to revive the high street.
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NewsCarpetright reports first half loss
Carpetright has reported a first half pretax loss of £800,000 against a £9.8m profit last year as the “very challenging trading environment” hit performance.
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NewsPortas Review to be published this morning
Mary Portas is expected to focus on planning and parking reforms when she reveals her plan to revive the high street this morning. The report is due to be published at 10.30am. Visit Retail-week.com to find out her key recommendations and share your views.
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NewsRetail Week Conference goes interactive as sponsor The Cloud offers free internet for all
Retail Week Conference is to become a digital forum next year as headline sponsor, wifi provider The Cloud, supplies free internet for all at the event.
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NewsIdeal Shopping poaches M&M Direct's IT chief
Ideal Shopping has poached M&M Direct’s IT chief John Allen who becomes the TV shopping channel’s new IT director.