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Tengelmann to switch focus to fresh in move upmarket
Supermarket chain Tengelmann is to revamp its 700 German stores to focus on fresh produce.
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AnalysisThe chain gang
Rival retailers have begun to share lorries to help the environment and reduce costs. And joint distribution centres could be the next step. But logistical practicalities and the competitive nature of the industry are proving to be obstacles to innovation. Katie Kilgallen investigates
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Fashion Academy to use Oracle package
The retailer-backed Fashion Retail Academy is implementing a buying and merchandising system from Oracle Retail in time for its new academic year.
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JJB speeds up report time with new servers
JJB Sports has reduced the time to produce reports by up to half following an IT infrastructure implementation.
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Richer Sounds extends video demos from web to stores
Richer Sounds is to extend its use of video demonstrations from its web site to its stores.
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Fashion Academy to use Oracle package
The retailer-backed Fashion Retail Academy is implementing a buying and merchandising system from Oracle Retail in time for its new academic year.
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OpinionBe eco-logical
Many UK retailers can now count themselves among those leading the way on today’s environmental and ethical issues.
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AnalysisGreen around the bills
Soaring oil and gas prices have focused attention on energy issues. But while green energy can be a good option, it can only be part of the strategy. Mark Faithfull reports
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Sainsbury's counts the cost of web crash
Sainsbury’s was back up and running this week, but the supermarket has remained tight-lipped over the “technical glitch” that forced it to suspend its grocery shopping site.
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AnalysisWhat it says on the tin
A huge amount of effort is going into the development of a carbon label standard. But could such information on products be more misleading than enlightening? Katie Kilgallen reports
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Kesa: The City View
The Anglo-French electricals combine reported a rise in retail profit of 3.1 per cent to 141.3 million in the 12 months to April 30, when revenues rose 14 per cent to 4.51 billion.
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Grocers’ shares tumble as shoppers embrace discounters
TNS data showing rapid market share growth by hard discounters contributed to a fall in the share prices of quoted grocers. Meanwhile, general stores slipped still further as trading difficulties – real and imagined – undermined sentiment.
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Focus raises curtain on new store format
Focus has opened its first new-look store since it was bought by Cerberus for 1 last June.
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Liberty of London opens first standalone store
Liberty of London’s first standalone store opened last week, showcasing the heritage of its iconic parent Liberty combined with modern opulence.
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Topshop goes green
Sir Philip Green’s Topshop chain is this week pushing to prove just how green it is by hosting the first of what will be an annual environmental event focused on recycling called Topshop Wants Your Rubbish, fronted by model Daisy Lowe.
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Arcadia overseas chief takes up Alshaya post
Arcadia’s international managing director Amir Afkami has been appointed chief operating officer of Middle Eastern trading house Alshaya’s retail division.
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Obama tackles Leahy over union row
US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has this week written to Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy ahead of the grocer’s AGM today, urging him to start discussions with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW).
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Opinion
The Retail Week - June 27, 2008
A comment from DSGi chief executive John Browett in this morning’s Times caught my eye. Describing the new training programme for the company’s UK staff announced alongside yesterday’s terrible full-year results, he said: “This is not rocket science, it’s what anyone would do.”
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John Lewis sales down, but Waitrose robust
John Lewis Partnership posted a group sales rise of 2.7 per cent in the week to June 21. Revenues at the eponymous department stores fell 1.2 per cent, but grocery chain Waitrose reported a 5.2 per cent rise.