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Opinion
Location, location, location
It’s always easy to be wise after the event, but the demise of Ilva in the UK has to be seen as an accident waiting to happen.
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News
Redundancies loom at Styles & Wood
The UK’s largest shopfitter Styles & Wood is to make almost a quarter of its head office workforce redundant in a move calculated to bring the company’s cost base into line with the shrinking requirements of its UK retail clients.
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PM calls on consumers to curb food waste
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called on UK consumers to stop making “unnecessary” food purchases, in an effort to curb almost £1 billion of food wasted each year.
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Argos staff vote to strike
Argos distribution staff have voted to strike over pay after rejecting a 4 per cent offer from the chain’s parent, Home Retail Group.
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OKA enjoys first-half growth
Furniture and interiors retailer OKA Direct has bucked the downward trend in the homewares sector to report 24 per cent year-on-year growth for its first half.
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Stylo makes board appointment
Shoe retailer Stylo has today announced the appointment of Terry Bond as a non-executive director.
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Rose faces investor rebellion
More than a quarter of Marks & Spencer investors could this week abstain or vote against Sir Stuart Rose’s elevation to executive chairman.
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John Lewis enlists staff to appear in ad campaign
John Lewis will launch the second phase of its latest ad campaign today. For the first time in the department store’s 144-year history, it will feature employees.
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Opinion
Store manager’s diary: Preparing for the Sale’s tricky balancing act
This has been an extremely busy week with my team and I am working hard to prepare for the imminent launch of the summer Sale. It’s our second biggest Sale of the year so it’s critical that I have a clear plan of action, with accountabilities and deadlines that take ...
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NewsWorse to come
As M S like-for-like sales plunge, fears grow industry may never fully recover from downturn
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Carpetright to desert expensive retail parks
Carpetright is aiming to shift 90 per cent of its store portfolio from high-rent A1 retail parks to bulky-goods parks to better weather the economic downturn.
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PC World facelift to be rolled out
DSGi will roll out its revamped PC World shop format to the entire 160-store chain as it aims to reinvigorate flagging sales at the computing brand.
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Opinion
It’s bad, but it’ll get worse
No offence to Beales, but it’s come to something when it’s capitalised at three times as much as the two quoted sofa retailers.
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News
N Brown goes from strength to strength as sales rise again
N Brown has recorded another sales lift as good weather in May helped push up turnover 12.3 per cent in the 17 weeks to June 28.
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HMV profits rocket in first turnaround year
HMV Group delivered a strong set of full-year results, but warned that growth could slow in the next year.
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French lingerie brand hunts for first UK site
French lingerie retailer Soleil Sucr is planning to break into the UK market with its first store opening.
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Analysis
Aim to please
The latest Customer Satisfaction Index shows that retail is doing something right. But, as the harsh climate demands excellence, which retailers are standing out for service? Katie Kilgallen reports
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Analysis
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AnalysisManchester: Still ahead of the game
Can Manchester hold on to its slot as the leading retail light of the Northwest or is Liverpool stealing a march after the opening of the mammoth Liverpool One scheme? By John Ryan
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Opinion
Competitiveness is key for M&S
No apologies for returning to the biggest story of the week, the trials of Marks & Spencer. After all, food is at the root of its problems.