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AnalysisDigital strategy: Online advantage
Web discounts have grabbed customer attention over Christmas but exploiting the online world to its fullest could prove make or break in this tough economic climate. Joanna Perry reports
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Analysis
People: Promote your enthusiasm
The new year hangover will be as long as it is harsh, so how can retailers enthuse staff and inject confidence into the business? Charlotte Hardie explains how positivity is the way forward.
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AnalysisNew Waitrose format: How convenient
Waitrose has finally moved into the convenience market with its first c-store in Nottingham. John Ryan takes a tour to find out how the grocer plans to differentiate itself in the sector.
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Carphone Warehouse staff support tool given the thumbs-up
Carphone Warehouse has declared the roll-out of an application to support its branch managers a success.
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Opinion
A poor Yuletide but no wipeout
A week into the new year but - at least by the time Retail Week went to press - few formal profit warnings so far.
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Dunelm still confident despite turmoil in homewares sector
Homewares retailer Dunelm posted a 5.6 per cent drop in like-for-like sales for the 26 weeks to December 27 but insisted it is in “very robust shape” to weather the downturn.
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Debenhams upbeat as it defies market woes
Department store group Debenhams will continue to reduce SKUs and maintain tight stock control after defying forecasts to report better than expected Christmas trading.
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City's frosty outlook thaws as retailers keep the blues at bay
Retail stocks headed so far south last year they neared the stock market's equivalent of the Antarctic. As the January reporting season kicked in it brought news of like-for-like sales declines but in many cases met admittedly low expectations and there were hopes of a thaw in attitudes to the ...
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Analysis
Why we're backing UK retail
Retail may be going through tough times but it remains one of the country’s greatest business success stories. George MacDonald highlights why the industry is so important to the UK
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My-wardrobe Christmas sales rocket
E-tailer My-wardrobe.com has reported a sparkling Christmas with sales up 210 per cent like for like in December.
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Iceland sales growth tops 14 per cent
Frozen food chain Iceland stormed ahead of market averages in the 12 weeks to December 27 with sales growth in excess of 14 per cent.
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Waterford Wedgwood poised for rescue by US private equity
Waterford Wedgwood, the china and crystal retailer and wholesaler that went in to administration on Monday, is set to be rescued by US private equity firm KPS Capital Partners.
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Signet suffers poor Christmas
US jeweller Signet has said it expects profits to be within market forecasts despite revealing that like-for-like sales slumped over the Christmas period.
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Opinion
Backing UK Retail
Backing UK Retail is about the whole industry putting its differences aside to demonstrate how important this industry is to the economy, to society, to the very fabric of this country. Throughout January, in print and online, Retail Week will be highlighting retail’s vital role.
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Sofa Workshop on brink of administration
Sofa Workshop is teetering on the brink of administration as it faces financial difficulties in the tough economic climate.
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Theory introduces store sales data dashboard
International fashion brand Theory is using a sales dashboard called SkyPAD to view product sales performance across its international chain at store level.
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Wal-Mart reveals Asda had strong December
Asda parent Wal-Mart revealed the UK grocer reported one of its strongest ever Christmas trading seasons, despite its international sales dipping 10.4 per cent in December.
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OpinionMarks & Spencer: margins & errors
Marks & Spencer boss Sir Stuart Rose appeared irked yesterday by journalists’ questions about the retailer’s lacklustre Christmas trading figures. Why, he complained, hadn’t the results from Debenhams and Next come under such scrutiny?
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Interest rate cut to record low of 1.5%
Interest rates have been slashed to a historic low of 1.5 per cent.