More on Me + Em – Page 2537
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NewsPets at Home hires Wilkinson buying boss
Pets at Home has poached Wilkinson’s head of buying Peter Pritchard as its new trading director.
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NewsWaterstone’s shop-in-shop a first for Fopp
HMV-owned music chain Fopp opened its first shop in Waterstone’s in the book chain’s Gower Street store in London on Saturday.
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NewsMultiyork appoints Indira Thambiah as chairman
Privately owned furniture group Multiyork has appointed former Argos multichannel chief Indira Thambiah as its new executive chairman.
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NewsValue sector warning from M&Co as it doubles profits
The fashion retailer has defied the recession but says price increases will challenge value retailers
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Analysis
Grow your own engineer
Tesco’s apprenticeship scheme ensures bespoke training for employees. Liz Morrell reports
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AnalysisNet-a-Porter: Casting the Net
Net-a-Porter chief executive Mark Sebba tells Lisa Berwin about the challenges of running a business that just keeps on growing
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AnalysisNo retailer is an island
Island retailers face particular challenges, but these have helped them to head off the mainland multiples
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AnalysisPaul Marchant
The former New Look man seems to have fitted in well in the unique setting of Primark
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AnalysisApple: The tech company transforming retail
The fanfare surrounding Apple’s Covent Garden store is the latest example of how it is not only driving technological innovation but transforming retail as well. By George MacDonald
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AnalysisOnline delivery options
Online customers expect a first-class delivery service and many won’t spend without one. So what are retailers doing to satisfy shoppers?
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AnalysisRenewed interest in Middle East’s thriving retail scene
There seems to be a renewed interest from many of Planet Retail’s clients in the potential being offered by the Middle Eastern market, and to a lesser extent, the longer-term opportunities presented by Africa.
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AnalysisPaula Nickolds
John Lewis home buying director Paula Nickolds answers questions about her career in retail.
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OpinionConcrete evidence of retail’s worth
The UK should be a place “where starting an enterprise or creating a job - even just one job - is genuinely valued by society”. That was Vince Cable speaking a couple of months ago. So how much value should be attached to 22,000 new jobs?
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OpinionDealing with disaster
It’s how we learn from our mistakes and plan accordingly that defines us
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OpinionRetail outlook on the edge of a precipice
Rather like the summer weather, dark clouds have gathered over retail over the past fortnight.
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OpinionFlat outlook for retail shares
Next chief executive Simon Wolfson put the cat among the retail share price pigeons last week with a frank summary of current trading conditions and the shape of things to come.
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GalleryDer Bäcker Ruetz, Kematen in Tirol, Austria
If you venture into the Austrian Tirol you can get a sense of the traditional baker that has more or less vanished at everywhere but the top end in the UK.
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GalleryThe Danish Tiger roars into Croydon
Variety retailer Tiger has set itself apart from the competition with a simple but effective design. John Ryan visits its Whitgift Centre store
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NewsNew Arnotts chairman plans brand shake up to appeal to core customer
The new chairman of Irish department store Arnotts, Mark Schwartz, has laid out plans to change the offer of the shop to appeal to its core customer.