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NewsInflation in June slightly down on May
Inflation in June stood at 4.2%, down from 4.5% the previous month, according to the Office of National Statistics.
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NewsJune retail sales less bad than feared
Retail like-for-like sales fell 0.6% year-on-year during June but increased 1.5% in total, helped by the early launch of Sales.
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AnalysisThe great space race
Supermarkets are opening up new stores at ever faster rates, but is there much space left in the crowded market and are there enough sales to support the growth? Rebecca Thomson reports
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NewsBoots' Tim Stacey joins DFS in new online role
Sofa giant DFS has appointed Boots UK’s director of healthcare services and solutions Tim Stacey as its online and business development director.
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NewsCath Kidston poaches Claire's Stores boss to be chief executive
Quintessentially English fashion and homewares specialist Cath Kidston has named Kenny Wilson chief exective.
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NewsMulberry founder to open shopping village
Roger Saul, the founder of Mulberry, is to open a designer shopping village alongside the luxury brand’s Somerset-based factory later this month.
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NewsHMV appoints former Waterstone's man as commercial director
HMV has appointed former Waterstone’s commercial director Michael Neil to the same position at the entertainment group.
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NewsSports Direct staff in line for £87.5m pay-out
Sports Direct staff are in line for a pay bonanza this week as £87.5m is set to be dished out under its staff incentive scheme.
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NewsHigh street profit warnings soar
Listed retailers issued more profit warnings in the first six months of the year than the whole of 2010 and double the number of 2009.
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NewsAmazon to open new UK fulfilment centre
Online giant Amazon is to open a 700,000 sq ft fulfilment centre in Rugeley, Staffordshire.
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NewsBody Shop profits up by a third
The Body Shop has lifted profits by a third to £45.6m in the year to January 1, according to documents filed at Companies House.
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NewsN Brown signs Flintoff as new face of Jacamo
Former cricket ace Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff has signed up to be the new face of N Brown menswear brand Jacamo, which is aimed at big and tall men aged between 30 and 45.
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NewsGarden Centre Group sales up 8% in first half
The Garden Centre Group, formally known as Wyevale, has revealed an 8% jump in revenues to £152m in the six months to June 30.
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OpinionShoppers want service, not self-service.
A US retailer has called time on self-service checkouts, but is this the right thing and will there come a point when we embrace the potential speed that DIY transactions offer?
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OpinionThe challenge of multichannel pricing
Multichannel retailers have converged on a simple axiom for pricing across channels: in-store prices and web prices must be the same
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GalleryDudley. Now more?
Asda has opened its first batch of high street stores following its Netto purchase. John Ryan reports on the Dudley store and how it has already become a hit with local shoppers.
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OpinionThe Power List is an anti-climax
The Retail Week Power List has been issued and frankly I feel it’s an anti-climax.
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OpinionRetail surgery: In light of new EU regulations on the use of cookies, how can I avoid breaking the law?
We use internet cookies to log our online user preferences. In light of new EU regulations on the use of cookies, how can I avoid breaking the law?
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GalleryIn pictures: M-local from Morrisons
Grocer Morrisons today opened its first convenience store as it prepares to chase growth in the fast growing market in which rivals Tesco and Sainsburys have already established powerful positions.