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Sales fall at WHSmith
Bookseller and stationer WHSmith said it was on track to meet targets, despite reporting a fall in like-for-like sales.
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October sales soar at H&M
Group sales at fashion retailer H&M rose 15 per cent last month compared with October last year.
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Advise staff as well as customers
News emerged last week that hosted CRM software vendor Salesforce.com has been subject to a data theft, after an employee fell victim to a phishing attack.
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Agent Provocateur hires web marketing tracker
Luxury lingerie retailer Agent Provocateur has signed up online tracking company Mediaplex to manage its online marketing activity.
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NewsPayment Card Council sets software standard
The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCISSC) will add a standard for payment software applications to its remit.
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Sainsbury's strikes joint venture deal with Land Securities
Sainsbury's has unveiled a joint venture with property giant Land Securities to unlock 113 million worth of freehold assets.
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Land Securities to split into three
Land Securities, the UK’s biggest property company, is to split into three, setting up a separate quoted company for its retail assets.
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Shopping centres are top terror target
Shopping centres are among the top targets for terrorists in the run-up to Christmas, as Gordon Brown warned that attacks could hit “anywhere and from any place.”
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Asda co-operates with OFT over price-fixing inquiry
Asda is co-operating with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), as the long-running investigation into the price-fixing of milk, cheese and butter draws to a close, according to a report in The Daily Telegraph .
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Burberry profits soar
First half operating profits at luxury group Burberry rose 30 per cent to 97.3 million in the six months to September 30.
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Woolworths' quest for £100 million loan fuels demerger speculation
Variety store group Woolworths is reportedly seeking 100 million in new loans against its successful EUK distribution business, adding to speculation that a demerger is on the cards.
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Sainsbury's unveils strong post-bid results
Sainsbury’s posted a rise in profits and sales for the 28 weeks to October 26 – its first results since Delta Two’s bid for the grocer collapsed last week.
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Asda posts strong Q3 as it readies for Christmas
Grocer and general merchandiser Asda achieved “very positive sales results” in its third quarter, according to its parent company Wal-Mart.
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Little Miss Matched eyes 50 UK stores in five years
Children’s clothing retailer Little Miss Matched intends to open up to 50 shops in the UK in the next three to five years, after opening its first store in the UK at Bluewater shopping centre in Kent this summer.
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Inflation surges in October
The annual rate of inflation jumped to 2.1 per cent in October, compared with 1.8 per cent in September, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
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Onlien record for Dixons
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for October showed the rate of annual inflation jumping from September’s 1.8 per cent to 2.1 per cent. The bulk of the increase was due to rising petrol prices, but there was also a substantial upward movement in the price of food, particularly meat and ...
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Opinion
St Pancras is a shopping haven
Last week, the Queen reopened St Pancras station and the new Channel Tunnel rail terminal for Eurostar and said she hoped that people would consider it as a destination and not just as a station.
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Grocers face turkey shortages
Supermarkets could face a shortage of turkeys this Christmas as tests are carried out on a farm in Suffolk where the turkeys are understood to have contracted avian flu.
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Online shopping set to soar this Christmas
Shopping online is expected to double to 14 per cent this Christmas, compared with 7 per cent last year, as consumers defy the credit crunch and continue spending.
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Carrefour mulls India wholesaling venture
Carrefour is considering going it alone in India following its failure to find a suitable partner to set up a joint venture in the country.