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NewsSainsbury’s looks beyond China for further emerging markets
Sainsbury’s is to explore other emerging markets alongside China as it seeks to outline long-term growth opportunities for the business.
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NewsFeelunique.com guns for growth in bid to dominate online beauty
Etailer Feelunique.com is gunning to become the “household name for beauty products” as it lays out its growth strategy for the next five years.
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NewsAsda pushes Provenance
Asda has launched the first of its Christmas ads, featuring Scottish beef supplier Adrian Ivory.
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NewsLa Senza to widen appeal and target M&S customers
Lingerie chain La Senza is shifting its strategy to directly target older M&S customers in order to grow its market share.
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NewsFat Face starts rolling out ranges after overhaul of its product offer
Lifestyle retailer Fat Face has overhauled its product offering as part of new chief executive Anthony Thompson’s turnaround strategy.
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NewsDFS vows to continue its spending on advertising
Sofa giant DFS has said it will continue to spend heavily on marketing under its new owners.
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NewsMorrisons' Christmas ad campaign focuses on value
Christmas journey Morrisons has this week launched its Christmas ad campaign with the strapline ‘More Christmas for less’.
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NewsMatalan launches its first TV ad campaign for four years
Value fashion and homewares retailer Matalan has launched its first TV advertising campaign for four years.
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NewsForever 21 opens its first UK store in Birmingham
US fast fashion giant Forever 21 opened its doors to the British public today at the Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham.
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NewsBrightHouse eyes best Christmas since 2007
Rent-to-own electricals and furniture retailer BrightHouse is looking forward to its best Christmas for three years after revealing another strong trading performance in its first half.
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NewsMorrisons like-for-likes grow 1.3%
Morrisons expects shoppers to treat themselves at Christmas and then for the focus to return to value in 2011.
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NewsBolland’s plan for M&S can restore £1bn profit
Bolland outlines aim to exploit the brand, develop multichannel and up overseas growth
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NewsWaitrose Q3 like-for-likes up 4.4%
Waitrose has reported like-for-like sales for its third quarter were up 4.4%, driven by new customers and larger basket sizes.
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NewsFormer New Look boss Phil Wrigley invests in etail start-up
Former New Look boss Phil Wrigley has invested a “six figure sum” into a new online retail venture that claims to “turn retail logic on its head”.
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NewsCharles Kay steps down from Netto UK
Charles Kay, managing director of Netto UK, has stepped down from the business, just six months after the hard discounter was sold to grocer Asda.
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NewsNew boss for TJ Hughes as Tennant steps down
TJ Hughes chief executive Sue Tennant will leave the discount department store group at the end of the year, five months after private equity backers Silverfleet pulled a sale of the business.
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Media-Saturn to open first store in China
Metro Group-owned consumer electronics retailer Media-Saturn will open its first store in China, in Shanghai, on November 17 this year. The store will have a sales area of 145,320 sq ft.Media-Saturn chief executive Roland Weise confirmed that the retailer was planning to grow its local network to 10 stores in ...
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Lidl given the go-ahead for acquisition of Tengelmann's discount stores
The Romanian competition authorities have formally given their go-ahead for the acquisition of all of Tengelmann’s 105 Plus discount stores in Romania by Lidl. The office stated that the transaction would have no negative effects on competition in the national grocery market.For Lidl, the decision means that it will expand ...
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Fnac to expand into Northern Africa and South America to move sales away from France
PPR-owned electronics retailer Fnac aims to generate half of its sales outside of France by 2015 as it expands in Northern Africa and South America. Chief executive Christophe Cuvillier said: “We’re looking to expand in other countries. The priority internationally is to grow where we already are.”Fnac will open its ...
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Whole Foods Market like-for-likes increase 7.1%
Grocery retailer Whole Foods Market has reported sales for the full year ended September 26 increased 12% to $9bn (£5.56bn), with like-for-likes increasing 7.1%. EBITDA increased 29% to $713.6m (£440.9m). These results included Federal Trade Commission-related legal costs of $2.5m, compared with $14.7m in the prior year and a gain ...