More on Me + Em – Page 3029
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Qataris increase stake in Sainsbury's
The Qatar Investment Authority has upped its stake in Sainsbury’s to 26 per cent.
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Carpetright to up staff communication
Carpetright will roll out a store communications system to its 550 shops and concessions in the UK and Ireland.
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Halfords adds shopper Q&A function online
Halfords is letting customers ask product questions and answer each other’s on its web site.
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Tesco to deploy staff scheduling to stores
Tesco is to roll out a workforce scheduling system to its stores.
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FL Group buys stake in Baugur
Icelandic investment vehicle FL Group has acquired a 39 per cent stake in Baugur under the new name Stodir.
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Opinion
The Retail Week – July 4, 2008
The magic has well and truly evaporated from the retail Camelot created at Marks & Spencer by Sir Stuart Rose.
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Ideal appoints Aujila to board
TV and online shopping channel Ideal Shopping Direct has appointed Pamela Aujila to its board as commercial director.
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Analysis
Raise your site
Some retailers are reaping the benefits of e-recruitment, but many others struggle to master its operational and accessibility basics. Fine-tuning the technology is crucial, finds Katie Kilgallen
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Flying Brands to shut Greetings Direct after US move flops
Home shopping group Flying Brands is to shut its Greetings Direct business after its US launch failed.
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John Lewis sales slide 8%
John Lewis has posted an 8.3 per cent fall in sales at its eponymous department store business for the week to June 28.
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Baugur move to UK looks likely
Baugur, the Icelandic investor that controls swathes of the UK high street, is expected to announce today its intention to move to the UK.
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Iceland eyes Somerfield shops to drive growth as profit flies
Iceland has confirmed it wants to snap up as many as 30 Somerfield stores to further its expansion as it revealed a 4.5 per cent increase in profits.
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Sales decline spurs Beales to rethink brand
Department store chain Beales is to undertake a repositioning after it suffered a 6.4 per cent drop in like-for-like sales.
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Argos staff hold strike ballot as 4% pay increase rejected
Distribution staff from Home Retail Group’s Argos demonstrated at the company’s AGM this week ahead of a strike ballot in protest at the 4 per cent pay increase offered by the retailer.
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Mounting JJB buy-out talk fuels share activity
Sports retailer JJB’s shares have been fluctuating amid growing market speculation that it could be the target of a management buy-out.
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DSGi: the City view
There were few surprises in John Browett’s first set of full-year results as chief executive of DSG International but, although the results were well-flagged, Browett struggled to convince the City that better times lie ahead.
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NewsGerard Darel wins funds for growth
French fashion retailer Gérard Darel is aiming to double its turnover following the acquisition of a majority stake in the retailer by private equity house Advent International.
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Opinion
The online agenda is changing
Online retail sales in the UK are set to triple by 2012 and retailers are creating increasingly sophisticated transactional sites to compete for part of this.
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Opinion
Is electricals leaving consumers behind?
It was Intel co-founder Gordon Moore who pointed out that the number of transistors that could be put on integrated circuits appears to double every two years.
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Wal-Mart transforms logo as part of image overhaul
Wal-Mart is to revamp its logo and unveil its new-look branding on US store fascias from this autumn.