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AnalysisSouth Africa’s Pick n Pay seeks to follow Tesco’s lead
South Africa’s second-largest grocery retailer Pick n Pay has launched a premium private-label line.
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InterviewQ&A: Blacks - the turnaround
Retail Week meets with Blacks Leisure chief executive Julia Reynolds and executive chairman Peter Williams as they unveil their plan to turnaround the struggling retailer.
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NewsParkway shopping centre opens
Parkway, the last new shopping centre to launch before a development hiatus until 2013, opened its doors in Newbury today.
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AnalysisProfile: Darcy Willson-Rymer
The former Starbucks man is no stranger to turnarounds, but does he have what it takes to give the flagging Clinton Cards a shot in the arm, Tiffany Holland reports.
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NewsRetail sales down year-on-year, CBI reports
Retail sales fell in the year to October, the CBI Monthly Distributive Trades Survey showed, and sales volume was the lowest since May 2009.
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NewsVideo: Debenhams virtual pop-up stores
Debenhams has unveiled virtual pop-up stores at some of the UK’s most famous landmarks including Trafalgar Square.
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NewsStruggling Clintons suffers profit plunge
Greetings card retailer Clinton Cards has suffered a slide in full-year profits but is embarking on a turnaround programme and has agreed a credit extension with lenders.
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NewsAmerican Apparel loses chief development officer after seven months
Beleaguered US fashion chain American Apparel has lost its chief development officer after just seven months in the post.
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NewsSharpest fall in retail employment since 2009
Retail employment dropped by 0.8% in the third quarter of 2011, representing the steepest decline since the British Retail Consortium (BRC) Bond Pearce Retail Employment Monitor began in 2009.
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NewsToys R Us gears up for Christmas
Toys R Us is gearing up for the crucial Christmas trading period with a new ad campaign and the opening of six new shops.
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OpinionJack Wills - Britain’s answer to Abercrombie & Fitch?
Is Jack Wills Britain’s answer to Abercrombie & Fitch? Can it successfully challenge the latter in its home territory or, indeed, elsewhere in the world?
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NewsBooths eyes 10 new stores in Northwest
Northern grocer Booths plans10 new stores as it plans to roll out its new store format across its portfolio.
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NewsDebenhams launches online-only lines to drive multichannel plan
Debenhams is to launch online-only product categories as part of new chief executive Michael Sharp’s strategy to transform it into a “leading international, multichannel retailer”.
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NewsKurt Geiger acquisition boosts Jones Group profits
US brand house Jones Group has posted a 42.4% increase in profits for its third quarter, helped in part by the acquisition of premium UK footwear retailer Kurt Geiger earlier this year.
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NewsBlacks like-for-likes plummet as turnaround plan is unveiled
Blacks like-for-likes plummeted 7.2% in its first half as new boss Julia Reynolds unveils her turnaround strategy.
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NewsHalloween sales growth slows
Sales growth in Halloween products is expected to slow this year as consumers rein in their spending in the tough climate.
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NewsAustin Reed flagship is ‘future of the brand’
Austin Reed has opened its new flagship store on Regent Street, which chief executive Nick Hollingworth described as a “stake in the ground” representative of the future of the fashion retailer.
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Carrefour’s ELC speaks out against activist investor
Carrefour’s European Labour Committee (ELC) has spoken out against activist investor Knight Vinke’s proposal to elect a new chairman for the company.It claimed that the plan was aimed at dismantling the group. The ELC said that it wants “stability” and affirmed its support for the Carrefour Planet format, which it ...
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Media-Saturn to cut jobs at its headquarters
Metro Group-controlled Media-Saturn is to cut 61 of 139 jobs at its headquarters. The electronics retailer said the decision has been prompted by the economic crisis that has led to a drop in consumer confidence, the rise of internet sales and the cost structure of the headquarters.The retailer’s board is ...
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NewsIt is a Kobo, not a Kindle
WHSmith was promoting its Wi-Fi touchscreen Kobo e-reader last week, but it seemed that not all of the store staff were clued up on its product.