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NewsBargain Booze passes on Budget beer cuts before new TV ads air
Off-licence chain Bargain Booze is to pass on Chancellor George Osborne’s price cut on beer duty ahead of an Easter marketing push.
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NewsTesco increases amount paid to dairy farmers as milk costs rise
Tesco is to pay its dairy farmers more for milk after the price of production rose due to volatile feed prices and unpredictable weather.
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NewsMoss Bros store growth "hamstrung" by high business rates
The Government must tackle high business rates, which are stunting store growth at Moss Bros, said chief executive Brian Brick.
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NewsLand Securities' Buchanan Street extension opens in Glasgow
Land Securities has opened its Buchanan Street development in Glasgow today, following the debut of its Trinity Leeds centre yesterday.
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NewsGlobal pop star Beyoncé is the new face of fashion retailer H&M
Global pop star Beyoncé is the new face of Swedish fashion retailer H&M and will appear in television and print ads for the retailer.
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NewsDepartment store Debenhams hires Argos multichannel director
Debenhams has poached Argos ecommerce boss Ross Clemmow to replace Simon Forster who exited late last year.
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NewsJohn Lewis revenue dips 0.3% as fashion sales plunge
Department store John Lewis sales dipped 0.3% in the week to March 16 as the cold snap led to a 10% drop in womenswear revenue.
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NewsMoss Bros pre-tax profits rise to £3m but sales slow in 2013
Menswear retailer Moss Bros’ full-year pre-tax profits jumped £2.1m to £3m but sales have slowed in the first weeks of its current year.
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Jerónimo Martins opens first stores in Colombia
Portuguese retail conglomerate Jerónimo Martins has opened its first five stores in Colombia, in the cities of Pereira, Santa Rosa de Cabal and Armenia.The outlets operate under the new Ara banner and are neighbourhood discount stores located in residential areas. Their average sales area ranges from 3,230 sq ft to ...
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Grocer Rewe Group records sales climb
The country’s second largest grocer Rewe Group’s sales climbed 2.7% to E49.7bn (£42.55bn) in its 2012 financial year.Turnover rose 2.4% in its domestic market and 3.6% abroad. The group’s store base shrank 1% to 15,538, mainly due to adjustments of the network, particularly for chains Penny in Germany and Billa ...
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NewsWaitrose poaches Ocado executive to become omnichannel boss
Waitrose has poached a senior Ocado executive to become its first head of omnichannel delivery as the grocer aims to offer a seamless customer experience across all of its channels.
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French sports retailer Oxylane’s Decathlon to enter Austria
French sports retailer Oxylane’s Decathlon could buy Austrian retailer Sport Eybl to enter the country, according to reports in local trade magazine Format.The retailer has 52 Sport Eybl and Sport Experts stores in Austria, and is reportedly up for sale.
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NewsVideo: Retailers herald Trinity Leeds opening
Retail Week talks to store groups that have opened shops today at Trinity Leeds including Superdry, New Look and Mamas & Papas.
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NewsOnline, not stores, key to overseas growth, says Next boss
Next has shunned opening stores overseas in favour of pushing its online operation as it prepares to launch its Chinese website this year.
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NewsVideo: Trinity Leeds is already a success, says owner Land Securities
As Trinity Leeds, the only major shopping centre to open this year, opens its doors, Retail Week speaks to owner Land Securities’ executive director Richard Akers about the scheme.
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NewsVideo: Trinity Leeds opening shows retail is 'alive and kicking', says Sir Stuart Rose
Former Marks & Spencer boss Sir Stuart Rose has said the opening of Trinity Leeds shopping centre today shows “retail is alive and kicking”.
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NewsCo-op boss Peter Marks insists the retailer is in 'great shape' despite profit fall
The Co-operative Group chief executive Peter Marks has insisted that the company is in “great shape” despite plunging profits.
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NewsHilco sole bidder for collapsed HMV as deal nears
Restructuring firm Hilco remains the only bidder in the frame for collapsed entertainment retailer HMV as its future looks to be determined in the next few days.
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NewsAsda withdraws corned beef containing 50% horse meat
Asda has withdrawn tens of thousands of its own brand corned beef tinned products after discovering they were 50% horse meat.
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NewsArcadia online order value rockets after personalisation improvements
Arcadia has increased its average online order value by 67% and the average number of products per order by 66% after it introduced personalisation software.