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Walmart to reorganise its ecommerce business
Walmart is to reorganise its ecommerce business in several key markets. It has disclosed the departure of two senior online executives as part of a strategy to better integrate online retailing with local bricks and mortar operations.Raul Vazquez, who was in charge of ecommerce initiatives in developed markets, including the ...
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NewsIn Focus: Tesco
Updating Retail Week Knowledge Bank’s Tesco profile is no mean task, as befits the world’s third biggest retailer.
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NewsNew Look’s marketing director joins Monsoon
New Look has suffered another senior departure after group marketing director Joe Irons jumped ship to join Monsoon Accessorize.
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NewsSports retailers’ reputations intact despite ‘looter effect’
Sports retailers, including JD Sports, will not be damaged by their association with ‘looter fashion’, Oriel analysts are confident.
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NewsFrench Connection stands confident
French Connection struck a confident note in an update last week when it reported UK like-for-like growth, increased year-on-year demand for its winter wholesale collections and that first-half profit would meet expectations.
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NewsOcado’s lack of update raises City eyebrows
Broker Panmure has questioned why Ocado has not updated the City after the online grocer’s joint broker Goldman Sachs slashed its operating profit forecasts for the next three years.
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NewsGame multichannel deal pleases the sceptical City
A further push by Game into multichannel retail was welcomed by analysts, but the City wants to see the games specialist to “dramatically” reduce its store numbers.
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NewsRetail bearing up but grocery volumes weak
Although retailers bore the brunt of last week’s riots, the sector kept its head above water despite lagging the All-share index.
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NewsBirmingham looters may receive shop bans
Birmingham rioters could be banned from the city’s shops for an undecided length of time after looters caused carnage there last week.
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NewsAurora’s Bovill heads to Jacques Vert
Womenswear retailer Jacques Vert has hired former Aurora Fashions IT chief John Bovill as its new commercial director.
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NewsBlacks chairman to build bridges with Mike Ashley
Peter Williams tries to restore stability and make peace with frustrated shareholder
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NewsHome Retail starts search for its new Argos boss
Home Retail Group has formally begun the search for a new managing director of its flagship Argos business with the appointment of headhunters.
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NewsTesco’s Amazon-style site due to launch in January
Tesco is gearing up for the launch in January of its Amazon-style online marketplace offer, which will target customers through previous buying habits and Clubcard data.
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NewsPoundworld’s credit insurance pulled despite 500% profit rise
Discount chain highlights continued performance and supplier support as Euler Hermes stops cover
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NewsClarks sets target of 100 overseas franchise store openings a year
Clarks is accelerating overseas growth with plans to open 100 franchise stores a year outside the UK.
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NewsSuperdrug gives its loyalty card a £1m points push
Superdrug is launching its first ‘Super Weekend’ promotion today, giving away more than £1m worth of bonus points.
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NewsCaitlin Moran rolls her sleeves up for change
Moaning on Twitter is fast becoming a national pastime but few of us have enough sway to turn our off the cuff rants into action.
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NewsAbercrombie & Fitch offers money to Jersey Shore star to stop wearing its clothes
Abercrombie & Fitch has offered a “substantial payment” to stop Michael Sorrentino, star of hit reality TV show Jersey Shore, from wearing its clothes.
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NewsLife & Style bought out of administration
Fashion and homewares chain Life & Style has been bought out of administration by Sue Townsend, former director of academic bookseller Blackwell.
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NewsM&S names partner to build multichannel platform
Marks & Spencer has appointed technology firm SapientNitro to create its own multichannel platform as it bids to increase multichannel sales to between £800 and £1bn by 2014.