More on Me + Em – Page 700
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GalleryIn pictures: How Dobbies is planting new seeds of growth
After its recent acquisition of 31 Wyevale Garden Centres made Dobbies the biggest garden group in the UK, Retail Week visits its new-look destination store in Edinburgh to talk to boss Graeme Jenkins and chair Andrew Bracey about their vision for the business.
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NewsArcadia CVA on knife edge as Intu rejects revised deal
Arcadia’s biggest landlord operator Intu has rejected the retailer’s revised CVA proposal, but the Topshop owner remains hopeful of salvaging its controversial deal ahead of the second vote on Wednesday.
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NewsSelect CVA gets green light from creditors
Select has secured approval for its second CVA in just over 12 months as 87% of creditors backed its latest proposal.
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NewsGovernment urged to act as 79,000 retail jobs lost
The BRC is pointing the finger at the government’s “sky-high business rates” for the continued decline in retail jobs across the country.
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NewsQuiz axes Zalando partnership as return rates soar
Quiz has cut ties with German etail marketplace Zalando after return rates selling via the platform rocketed.
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NewsSports Direct mounts legal challenge to Debenhams CVA
Debenhams has confirmed that it has received a legal challenge to its CVA from Sports Direct, which boss Terry Duddy has slammed as “an unnecessary distraction”.
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NewsFarfetch poaches Zalando executive for new data role
Farfetch has announced a wave of new appointments to strengthen its management team, including the creation of two new roles.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is vertical farming grocery's future or fad?
After unveiling two separate deals in the vertical farming space, Ocado continues to place itself in the vanguard of grocery distribution and consumption.
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NewsQuiz profits wiped out as discounting takes toll
Fashion retailer Quiz has reported a slump in full-year profits but maintained it can “return to sustainable profitable growth”.
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NewsTed Baker warns on profits amid ‘extremely difficult conditions’
Fashion retailer Ted Baker has suffered in a harsh trading environment and warned that full-year profits will come in at between £50m and £60m.
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NewsJohn Lewis merges home improvement businesses
John Lewis & Partners is to merge its home improvement businesses Home Solutions and Opun as part of a push to “create a truly differentiated home improvement offer”.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How can we close the ethnicity pay gap?
While diversity is often touted as being top of the agenda for businesses, the statistics tell a different, rather more depressing, reality.
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NewsBoux Avenue raids M&S to complete top team
Boux Avenue, the specialist lingerie retailer owned by tycoon Theo Paphitis, has completed its senior management team with a hire from category market leader Marks & Spencer.
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AnalysisInfographic: 44 retailers reveal transformation priorities
Store estates will shrink in the future, with a shift towards building community hubs, Facebook will defy the naysayers to deliver the most value and new tech such as in-store robotics will be in demand.
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NewsTesco to hike pay of store and warehouse workers
Tesco is to hike the pay of its shopfloor and warehouse workers by more than 10% across the next two years.
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GalleryStore gallery: Lush's tech-fuelled Tokyo flagship
Lush has unveiled its new Japanese flagship store in Shinjuku Station, Tokyo, which will boast four floors and a shoppable window.
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AnalysisJohn Lewis 'tears up rule book' with new chair White
Even in an industry where surprise hires have, strangely, become less surprising, Sharon White’s appointment as chair of the John Lewis Partnership, succeeding Sir Charlie Mayfield, is a leftfield choice.
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NewsAldi tests paper and compostable bags in plastic crackdown
Aldi is trialling paper and compostable bags in a bid to remove more than 33 million plastic bags from its estate.
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DataRetail weather: Stormy start to summer
The retail weather forecast from Saturday June 15 to Friday June 21, 2019