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Pets at Home ad drive will groom it for float
Pets at Home is to raise its brand profile with the launch of its first ad campaign next year, as chief executive Matt Davies gears the business up for a float.
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Analysis
Universal appeal
PC World’s marketing chief Niall O’Keeffe has only been doing the job for six months, but he has already got the brand talking to a wider audience. James Thompson learns his secret
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Arcadia rejigs Burton offer as it readies overseas web push
Arcadia is conducting a review of the brands in its Burton Menswear stores in an attempt to shake up its menswear offer.
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Analysis
Can Duddy keep grocers at bay?
Asda chief Andy Bond is the latest in a long list of retailers to have set their sights on stealing a slice of the action from catalogue giant Argos. George MacDonald asks what their chances are
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Debenhams: the city view
The department store group showed off its latest fashion and home lines to analysts on Tuesday.
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Opinion
Will Swann take the bait?
Bookseller and stationer WHSmith’s board revealed on Tuesday just how much they value the services of chief executive Kate Swann.
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Borders plans site relaunch for distinctive feel
Borders is to relaunch its web site in the first quarter of next year, backed by a database of hundreds of thousands of customer e-mail addresses.
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Retail shares plummet as fears grow over consumer spending
General retailers took a knock-out blow over the week when their shares slid almost 6 per cent as worries persisted about the health and direction of the consumer economy.
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Interflora installs smart search to refine results
Interflora has deployed a search tool on its web site that constantly refines results based on past customer behaviour.
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Clinton Cards sales growth hit by lacklustre October footfall
Clinton Cards’ like-for-like sales rose 2 per cent in the 16 weeks to November 18, despite sales slowing in October following a decline in footfall.
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Shoppers split over ways to cut plastic bag use
Shoppers are divided over the idea of restricting free plastic bags, according to an exclusive ICM poll commissioned by Retail Week .
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Blacks allays City fears by hiring external chief
Outdoor specialist Blacks has calmed City fears about a leadership vacuum with the appointment of former Esporta boss Neil Gillis as chief executive.
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Leahy urges retail to ramp up apprenticeship offers
Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy has called on the retail industry to get behind apprenticeships and vastly increase the number on offer.
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Dreams to sponsor ITV1 Christmas programmes
Bed retailer Dreams will sponsor Christmas on ITV1 this year. The retailer will bumper a series of programmes aired from 5pm until 11pm, running from December 1 to January 6.
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Wilkinson goes local with small one-stop format
Hardware and variety store group Wilkinson has moved into neighbourhood retailing with the launch of a small-store format that has 7/11 opening hours.
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Dabs gives PayPal and Google payment methods green light
Dabs.com has given Google Checkout and PayPal the thumbs up, as 25 per cent of shoppers have opted for the new payment methods a month after the computing and electronics e-tailer introduced them.
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Bata mulls its return to the UK high street
Global footwear giant Bata is mulling a return to the UK high street after pulling out of the market more than 40 years ago.
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East wins £4m to revive expansion plan
Fashion retailer East’s financial backers have injected 4 million to reignite growth at the fashion retailer, 18 months after aggressive expansion plans were shelved
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Opinion
The beautiful game turns ugly for retail
Who would have thought that the beautiful game could prove so ugly for retail? But last night Steve McClaren was not alone in contemplating his future after England’s disastrous performance against Croatia knocked them out of Euro 2008.
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John Lewis to open smaller shops to hit growth targets
John Lewis plans to open department stores of half its typical branch size to achieve its ambition of doubling in scale over the next 10 years.