More on Me + Em – Page 3034
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Tesco prepares for AGM showdown
Top retailer Tesco’s fears that its AGM will be turned into a “circus” look likely to become a reality as a raft of campaigners attempt to hijack the agenda.
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Grocery giants launch all-out price war
Grocery giants Tesco and Asda have fired the first shots in what is likely to be an all-out price war as credit crunched consumers cut back on shopping.
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Land of Leather poised for £15m rescue deal
Sofas retailer Land of Leather is to launch incentives for key staff through a programme of options and awards once its 15 million share placing has been completed.
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Primark poaches New Look's Marchant
Primark has poached senior New Look director Paul Marchant as chief operating officer.
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Sourcing guidelines to be ramped up after child labour outcry
Retail supply chain alliance the Ethical Trade Initiative (ETI) is to overhaul its sourcing guidelines as the need to promote ethical trade climbs up the industry agenda.
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DSGi launches broadband deal to take on Carphone
DSGi is to go head on against rival Carphone Warehouse in the mobile broadband and laptop arena by launching an initiative called Get Connected.
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Trading trauma forces Ilva into administration
Ilva has become the latest big-ticket retailer to hit the buffers as the downturn bites.
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Robert Dyas changes tactics on promotions
Private equity-backed hardware and home store Robert Dyas is to switch its promotional strategy to attract more regular shoppers rather than one-off visitors.
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BRC reinforced as multichannel retailers join
The British Retail Consortium has pulled off a coup with the recruitment of five multichannel retailers, extending its reach and reinforcing its authority as retail’s representative body.
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House of Fraser eyes luxury brand tie-ups
House of Fraser is understood to be in talks with luxury French fashion brands Louis Vuitton and Hermes to open shop-in-shops in its Glasgow store.
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HMV social networking gets closer to full launch
Entertainment retailer HMV will next week move a step closer to the launch of its social networking web site, Getcloser.com.
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Opinion
Store manager’s diary: Liverpool launch has been inspiring for staff
It’s a really exciting time at John Lewis at the moment. We are moving full swing into the biggest period of expansion that we have undertaken to date, doubling the size of the business over the next decade.
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Opinion
How good will Best Buy be?
How typical of a journalist to accentuate the negative and eliminate the positive, but here goes.
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AnalysisRole of honour
Glamorising job titles is an easy way for employers to make roles sound more appealing, especially to new recruits, but do they serve their purpose of motivating staff, asks Liz Morrell
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Analysis
The message is clear
Consumers are not yet using their mobile phones to do all their shopping, as some forecast, but retailers are still finding them a powerful tool. Joanna Perry investigates
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Well suited
Claudio Del Vecchio has a long-standing affection for Brooks Brothers and planned its turnaround when he was just a customer. Now that he is chief executive, the sky’s the limit. By Amy Shields
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Analysis
Foot on the pedal
Halfords’ bold poaching of David Wild from Wal-Mart indicates that it is serious about boosting its overseas presence. But that doesn’t mean it will take its eye off the UK. George MacDonald assesses the new chief’s likely impact
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Robert Dyas changes tactics on promotions
Private equity-backed hardware and home store Robert Dyas is to switch its promotional strategy to attract more regular shoppers rather than one-off visitors.
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Cash-strapped consumers are trading down
Shoppers are less likely to treat themselves and are increasingly choosing value retailers or retailers’ own-label brands, according to an ICM poll carried out exclusively for Retail Week .
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Waitrose ads celebrate homegrown ‘heroes’
Waitrose has this week launched the latest instalment of its national in-store Food Heroes campaign to raise the profile of specialist British food producers.