More on Me + Em – Page 2991
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Celebs join Comet’s 75th birthday book
Jimmy Choo co-founder and celebrity high flyer Tamara Mellon has been snapped up by electricals retailer Comet to grace the pages of a book celebrating its 75th anniversary.
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Boots revamps site to offer live medical advice
Boots has this week relaunched its web site with a strong focus on medical advice.
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Blacks to target cash-strapped Brits staying in UK for holidays
Blacks chief executive Neil Gillis is bullish about next year, because he believes the downturn will prompt consumers to holiday in the UK.
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Campaign for carpet to pile on other flooring
The carpet industry’s Fun On The Floor campaign, designed to promote the value and appeal of carpet, could be extended to other types of flooring, such as vinyl, according to Carpetright.
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Liberty drives marketing in bid to reach new customers
Liberty will embark on a major marketing assault to recruit new customers and counteract the effects of the wider slowdown in consumer spending.
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John Lewis still on growth trail despite delays
John Lewis will work with developers and councils to help remedy delays to developments caused by the credit crunch and said its ambitious expansion plans remain unchanged.
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Grocers gear up to cash in on Organic Fortnight
Grocers are preparing for the start of the Soil Association’s Organic Fortnight tomorrow in the wake of figures released last month that showed organic food sales had slowed because of the credit crunch.
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Original Factory defies gloom with profit hike
Original Factory Shop has bucked the downward trend with a profit jump of 16.4 per cent to 7.7 million in its full year to March 31.
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Opinion
Act tough now and win later
As famed former Marks & Spencer boss Sir Richard Greenbury points out on page 23, retailers have had a good run. Such a good one, in fact, that many of today’s senior retailers won’t have worked through a recession. Not many of us here at Retail Week have either.
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Urban Outfitters set to bring Anthropologie to Regent Street
US fashion retailer Urban Outfitters is poised to bring its sister brand Anthropologie to London’s Regent Street, sending a clear signal that the UK remains an important European launch pad despite the slowdown in the economy.
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Christmas in the balance
Sector braced for toughest season since the 1980s, with December like-for-like drop expected.
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Shop Direct avoids strike with pay deal
Home shopping business Shop Direct has averted strike action, after staff members voted in favour of a revised pay offer.
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Opinion
How labelling can give retailers the edge
For any football fan, the Holy Grail is going to Wembley. As you can imagine after the emotional highs and lows of watching my team, Cardiff City, get to the Cup Final for the first time since 1927 (even I wasn’t around then), I was not thrilled by the prospect ...
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Opinion
An opportunity for shoppers
Retailers need to counter the despondency that the media is instilling in their customers.
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Analysis
Is this really the worst of times?
As Alistair Darling’s sobering comments on the downturn hit home, George MacDonald asks industry experts what truth lies behind the figures and what the impact will be for retail.
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Casino boss says profit surge will hit rivals
Casino chairman and chief executive Jean-Charles Naouri has vowed that the French grocer is well-equipped to square up to competitor Carrefour, as it revealed a 9.8 per cent uplift in profits.
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Sears should merge brands, say analysts as profits sink
Sears will have to merge its Sears and Kmart brands if it is to compete against rivals, say experts, after profits plunged at the US retailer.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Dylan’s Candy Bar, New York
Located on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Dylan’s Candy Bar has been a New York retail fixture since 2001, providing a distinctly upscale take on selling confectionery and making it fun.
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Charity shops boom as shoppers seek value
Charity shops are defying the downturn as consumers shun the high street for second-hand bargains, reporting a profit hike of 7.4 per cent to 106.7 million.
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Kaboodle to launch UK site in overseas expansion drive
US social shopping web site Kaboodle is to launch in the UK next year as part of intern-ational expansion.