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OpinionPutting Asda into context
Being the best in an area is sometimes better than reigning supreme overall.
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NewsAmazon to acquire online rival The Book Depository
Amazon has reached an agreement to acquire fast-growing online bookseller The Book Depository.
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AnalysisArgos launches £4m ad campaign to promote same-day collection
Multichannel retailer Argos is to launch a £4m advertising campaign, including TV, radio and online, to promote its same-day collection service for online orders.
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NewsForever 21 to open new flagship at Lakeside
US fashion giant Forever 21 is to open a store at Lakeside, Essex, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsAquascutum to open stores in Milan and Rome
Luxury British fashion brand Aquascutum has pushed the button on expansion plans and is set to open its first stand-alone stores overseas in the next year.
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NewsKnight Vinke urges Comet demerger rather than sale
Knight Vinke, the activist investors with a 20% stake in Kesa, has urged the electricals group not to sell UK chain Comet.
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NewsWaitrose targets London for convenience store format
Supermarket chain Waitrose is to open 20 “Little Waitrose” convenience stores in and around London over the next 18 months as it goes head-to-head with Marks & Spencer on the high street and Ocado online.
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NewsGarden Centre Group up for sale
Garden Centre Group (GCG), formerly known as Wyevale, is due to be put up for sale by its main lender Lloyds Banking Group next month.
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NewsSelect set to open 30 new stores
Young fashion chain Select is set to bolster its store portfolio with 30 store openings this year.
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NewsMoonpig in exclusive sale talks with Photobox
Moonpig is in exclusive sale talks with online photo business Photobox, which is interested in acquiring the online greetings card retailer.
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NewsCSL sales up as it plots South East expansion
Sofa retailer Csl has reported like-for-like sales growth of 6% in the nine weeks to June 26 amid a punishing big ticket trading environment.
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NewsNext nets £65m as it sells its customer service business Ventura
Fashion chain Next has sold its third party customer service business Ventura to support services company Capita for £65m.
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NewsBrightHouse EBITDA jumps despite economic gloom
Rent to buy electricals and furniture retailer BrightHouse has defied the economic gloom by posting a 16.4% rise in underlying EBITDA to £39.7m in the year to March 31.
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GallerySuper markets
Food retail store design thinking says that supermarkets lack character and that if elements of traditional markets can be put into them, all will be well. But is this viable? John Ryan reports
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AnalysisLining up an Olympic opportunity
With less than three months before opening, Rebecca Thomson visits Westfield Stratford as it prepares for the 2012 games to commence
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AnalysisDeveloping employees’ strengths
Waitrose is to produce development plans for every one of its staff. Rebecca Thomson reports
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OpinionThe importance of promotions
At the supermarket recently a staff member on the public address system announced the latest offers available.
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OpinionRetail surgery: Should retailers provide multichannel offers?
Is it now essential for retailers to provide a multichannel offer?
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NewsAl Fayed returns to retail by snapping up etailer Cocosa
Former Harrods owner Mohamed al-Fayed has made a return to retail by acquiring online retailer Cocosa.
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NewsJane Norman’s former life
Sometimes the wires get crossed even in the rocket-scientist world of the City bankers.