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Casino develops new store model for Naturalia
Casino is developing a new model for its organic products banner Naturalia. A new Paris store will feature enhanced signage with detailed explanations of displays for customers unfamiliar with organic food. The store will be traditional in appearance, with recycled wooden pallets and gravel-look flooring. The design will be applied ...
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Ritz Camera wins court permission to liquidate business
Specialist retailer Ritz Camera has won court permission to liquidate the business after failing to find a buyer. In 2009 the retailer’s founding family bought it out of bankruptcy but has since failed to turn the retailer around.Earlier this month an auction was held with the aim of either selling ...
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JC Penney to bring back its ‘Free haircuts for kids on Sunday’
Department store group JC Penney is bringing back its ‘Free haircuts for kids on Sunday’ promotion from November 4.The retailer believes that the free haircut scheme, for children from kindergarten age up to 12 years old, will help bring new customers into stores as well as attract existing shoppers.
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NewsAnalysis: Signet enjoys sales growth in 2012
Sales have been growing at the jeweller’s UK arm after a tough period.
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NewsKiddicare hails new era as it targets £200m sales
Baby etailer Kiddicare is targeting a rapid rise in turnover to £200m by 2016 as it pushes the button on a radical transformation of its brand and operations.
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NewsJ Crew boss finds London store as he reveals UK plans
J Crew boss Mickey Drexler has revealed he has found the location for its UK debut store.
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NewsWalmart boss Cheeseright: 'Low price is our best loyalty scheme'
Asda’s everyday low prices stance means it does not need to launch a loyalty card, according to Walmart boss David Cheesewright.
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NewsSelfridges Manchester suffers £1m masked raid
Selfridges in Manchester has been raided by masked men who stole £1m of designer watches.
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NewsAsos boss Nick Robertson questions need for physical stores
Asos boss Nick Robertson has questioned what role the physical store will play for the next generation of shoppers.
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NewsOnline sales slump to five-year low in August
Internet retail sales slumped in August as the Olympics distracted Brits from online shopping, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.
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NewsSainsbury's founds new joint venture with Nectar owners
Sainsbury’s has set up a new joint venture company, Insight 2 Communication (I2C), to allow suppliers to advertise across all of the retailer’s communication channels.
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NewsMoss Bros like-for-likes up 5.7% as profits stabilise
Like-for-like sales at Moss Bros rose 5.7% in the first half of the year while pre-tax profit remained stable.
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NewsOcado third-quarter sales up 10%
Sales at Ocado grew 9.9% year on year to £162.6m in the third quarter as the rate of sales growth slowed, as the online grocer battled the negative impact of the Olympics.
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NewsRiver Island takes profit hit to keep prices sharp
River Island pre-tax profits tumbled 25% to £86.9m last year as the fashion retailer absorbed higher costs, rather than pass them on to consumers, and invested in the business.
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NewsEBay ties up with Nectar to offer customer loyalty programme
EBay has partnered with loyalty programme Nectar so its card holders can automatically collect point while shopping on the marketplace.
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Redcoon considers first bricks-and-mortar store
Online electronics retailer Redcoon, owned by Metro controlled Media-Saturn, is considering opening its first bricks-and-mortar store early next year, according to founder Reiner Heckel.Heckel said that consumer electronics and white goods suppliers treat physical store operators as preferred customers when selling products, including newly launched lines, at the expense of ...
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Bookseller Weltbild introduces new ereader
Bookseller Weltbild has introduced a new ereader to its Weltbild and Hugendubel bookstores and ecommerce sites.The ebook Reader 4 Digital Ink is manufactured by TrekStor and supports ebooks in multiple formats.Weltbild is offering 280,000 downloadable ebooks on its site in support of the new device.
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Home Depot to close remaining big-box stores in China
US-based home improvement retailer Home Depot is to close its remaining seven big-box stores in China. However, it will keep a new formats team in the country to continue research and development. In addition, the retailer is retaining two recently opened specialist stores in Tianjin – a paint and flooring ...
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NewsAmazon takes on Apple with music storage service
Amazon is to take on Apple’s iTunes with the launch of a service which enables consumers to save all their music in a Cloud-based system.
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NewsM&S to expand international e-commerce
Marks & Spencer will be trading online in 10 countries by the end of the year.