More on Me + Em – Page 2762
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NewsMatalan to create 1,800 new jobs
Value retailer Matalan has revealed plans to hire 1,800 new staff.
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NewsHMV posts sales rise and strikes digital deal
Entertainment group HMV notched up a 1.7% rise in like-for-like sales at its eponymous UK and Ireland business in the 18 weeks to August 29.
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NewsDebenhams cuts costs with IT helpdesk automation
Debenhams has cut the costs of running its IT helpdesk by 25% with the deployment of a service management system that has allowed it to automate some processes.
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OpinionIs self-serve a selfish strategy?
The number of UK stores with self-checkouts is expected to double in the next three years. But will this service strategy benefit shoppers or is it all about the retailers’ bottom lines?
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NewsMothercare picks planning system for international business
Mothercare has selected a pre-season planning application from Torex to support its growing International division.
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NewsM&S on verge of appointing headhunter for chief executive search
Marks & Spencer is on the verge of appointing a headhunter to begin its search for a new chief executive to replace Sir Stuart Rose next year.
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NewsAugust footfall steepest decline in seven months
Footfall on the UK high street fell 4.1% in August as high temperatures kept shoppers out of stores.
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NewsDSGi reports ‘encouraging’ start to its year
DSG International has reported an “encouraging” start to the year with total group sales down 6% in Sterling and like-for-like sales down 6%.
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NewsShopping centre offers short-term deals to attract retailers
A new initiative to draw in retailers has been launched by bosses at the Triangle Shopping Centre in Manchester.
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NewsAmerican Apparel advert banned
A “provocative” fashion advert for American Apparel featuring a model showing part of her nipple has been banned because the model looked like a child.
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OpinionOne for the price of two at DSGi
The PC World and Currys stores in Fulham will soon disappear in favour of a single co-branded “Megastore.” The obvious question is: Why would you do this?
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NewsMore retailers expected to go bust in 2010
The number of retail businesses going bust is set to continue next year as rising unemployment is expected to continue to impact consumer spending.
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Styles & Wood unveils sharp half-year profit fall
Styles & Wood, the property services company that headed Retail Week’s top shopfitter league in 2008, has unveiled a dramatic loss for the half-year to June 30.
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OpinionShopping centre openings: The end of an era?
This autumn’s shopping centre openings are going to be the last for a while - the question is, will we see many more of their ilk again?
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NewsClarks chief executive Peter Bolliger to retire
Clarks has announced its chief executive Peter Bolliger will retire next year.
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NewsMorrisons freezes fuel prices
Morrisons is to temporarily freeze the price of its fuel despite the Government’s 2p a litre rise in duty from Wednesday.
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NewsMajestic Wine halves minimum spend rule
Drinks specialist Majestic Wine has halved the minimum amount of bottles customers must buy to six.
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OpinionMake do and mend the Waitrose way
John Lewis this morning published an updated version of its famous wartime Make Do And Mend pamphlet, but sister supermarket chain Waitrose is showing customers its own way of dealing with the recession.
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NewsArcandor boss in multi-million euro pay off
The chief executive of insolvent German retailer Arcandor is in talks to step down from his role on Tuesday and pocket up to €15m for six months’ work.
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NewsJohn Lewis to sell updated version of wartime pamphlet Make Do and Mend
John Lewis is to publish its own updated version of the famous wartime pamphlet, Make Do and Mend, as it takes advantage of the frugality revival in the recession.