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Retailers pilot Google’s new indoor mapping function
Ikea, Macy’s and Home Depot are piloting Google’s new indoor mapping functionality to help shoppers find products in stores. Shoppers with Android smartphones will be able to use the tool, which forms part of the newly released Google Maps 6.0. The functionality works like Google’s outside mapping service and can ...
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Toys R Us introduces QR codes to showcase best-sellers
Toys R Us has introduced QR codes to billboards in the New York metro area to encourage mobile shopping. Commuters and travellers will be able to use their mobile phones to scan codes on posters located at airports and 40 transit stations, which showcase some of the retailer’s best-selling items.Toys ...
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NewsStormtroopers visit Dixons Christmas bash
Electricals group Dixons attracted some guests from a galaxy far, far away to its Christmas drinks bash at the Tottenham Court Road store last week.
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NewsIn pictures: Peter Marks drums up Christmas single
The group chief executive of The Co-operative Group and a cast of colleagues have launched a Christmas charity record in aid of Mencap.
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NewsDr Martens to open Scottish store
Dr Martens is to launch its first Scottish store in the St Enoch Centre.
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NewsCostcutter hits acquisition trail
Costcutter is to hit the acquisition trail and launch three new fascias in 2012.
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Headhunter Shipley to leave Odgers
Sue Shipley, one of the best known retail headhunters, is to leave search firm Odgers Berndtson at the end of the year.
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NewsAmazon rewards shoppers who walk out of stores
Online giant Amazon is to reward consumers who leave bricks-and-mortar stores without making a purchase.
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NewsWeekly sales rise 5.7% at Waitrose
Sales at Waitrose rose 5.7% to £112.6m last week, when home and leisure was the best performing category.
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Globus launches first click-and-collect store
Hypermarket operator Globus launched its first click-and-collect store, called Globus Drive, on December 1.The first pilot is in Ensdorf, Saarland, close to the French border. Customers can select from a range of 6,000 products online for collection.Globus has invested e3m (£2.6m) in the standalone warehouse, which will serve up to ...
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NewsRetailers raise a glass to Clarity
Well-known retailers pitched up to toast the success of renowned headhunter Fran Minogue’s launch party for her executive search business, Clarity, at her Maddox Street offices.
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Amazon continues international expansion
Amazon plans to continue its international expansion by launching operations in Latin America in 2013, according to local press. Although the etail giant has not confirmed plans, Kindle content director Pedro Huerto was quoted telling delegates at a book fair in Santiago, Chile, that Amazon expected to enter the region. ...
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Celesio sets sights on Latin America acquisitions
German pharmacy retailer and wholesaler Celesio has set its sights on more acquisitions in Latin America to offset sluggish growth in its home market. Chief executive Markus Pinger revealed the plans and said that he would expect to be ready to expand in 2013 and 2014 – giving the company ...
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NewsWiggle to focus on stores and M&A following sale
Large destination shops on the agenda for cycles etailer following £180m deal.
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NewsEx-Uniqlo man becomes Body Shop UK boss
Cosmetics specialist Body Shop has hired former Uniqlo director Simon Coble as its new UK boss.
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NewsBleak sales growth adds to retail woe
It was another frustrating week for investors in retail companies as food and general merchandise groups put in a lacklustre showing versus a wider market advance.
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NewsSale on cards as profits rise at food specialist Abel & Cole
Profits have surged at grocery home shopping specialist Abel & Cole and the retailer could be put up for sale next year.
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NewsPeacocks 'considering 200 store closures'
Value fashion group Peacocks is considering closing up to 200 stores as part of a restructuring plan.
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NewsWest End sales fall in November
Sales in London’s West End fell in November but are set to bounce back in December.
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NewsTesco director: Big Price Drop is no quick fix
Tesco has warned the market not to judge its Big Price Drop too early as it is a “medium term strategy”.