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NewsBest Buy aims to ‘take a significant share’ in UK
Best Buy wants to take “significant” UK market share when it debuts with its big box format in the UK in spring 2010.
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NewsSara Weller: retailers will expect multichannel ventures to pay their way
Argos managing director Sara Weller has highlighted the opportunities and challenges retailers face as they attempt to strengthen multichannel operations.
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NewsMarc Bolland: Morrisons well positioned for downturn
Morrisons chief executive Marc Bolland has revealed that the grocer is well positioned to steer through the downturn and that it would also succeed when the economy starts to pick up.
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Unilever's Dave Lewis: understanding nervous consumers key to downturn success
Unilever’s UK and Ireland chairman Dave Lewis has said that understanding customers and their redefined assessment of value will be essential in retaining customers through the downturn.
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Restructuring officer installed at Jessops
HSBC is understood to have placed a chief restructuring officer at Jessops as the downturn continues to take its toll on the camera specialist.
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More Original Shoe Company and Qube stores close
More Original Shoe Company and Qube stores have been closed by their administrators with the loss of 121 jobs.
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Brad Anderson: Accelerating international expansion to capitalise on global growth opportunities
Accelerating international expansion to capitalise on global growth opportunities Taking advantage of the economic situation to grow your business across borders Identifying the best partners to work with along the way Beating the home-grown competition Brad Anderson, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive, Best Buy
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Business rates rise is 'complete madness' says Boots UK head
Alliance Boots health and beauty chief executive Alex Gourlay has slammed the Government over its proposals to increase business rates, branding the rise as 'complete madness'.
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Kingfisher to reward store managers with company shares
Home improvement giant Kingfisher is to reward high-performing store managers with shares worth up to six months of their salary.
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Tesco finds small consumer changes adding up
Customers are becoming much more disciplined in the way they shop, and it’s a trend that’s here to stay, Tesco UK marketing director Carolyn Bradley asserted today at the Retail Week Conference.
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Business rates raise is 'complete madness' says Boots UK head
Alliance Boots health and beauty chief executive Alex Gourlay has slammed the government over its proposals to increase business rates payments for retailers, branding the rise as 'complete madness'.
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Best Buy confirms no UK debut until 2010
Best Buy chief executive Bob Willett has confirmed the retailer will not make its UK debut until spring 2010 at the earliest.
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Phil Wrigley: price rises 'a bit of an inevitability'
Product price rises will be an inevitable consequence of the deepening recession, said New Look executive chairman Phil Wrigley at the Retail Week conference.
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Value retailers confident despite mid-market discounting
Value retailers believe that they are still able to differentiate themselves from mid-market retailers who are discounting heavily and increasing their promotional activity.
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NewsJustin King: Sainsbury's keen to debunk recession 'myths'
Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King has opened the Retail Week Conference by debunking what he says are three of the biggest myths of the current recession.
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Dobbies to relaunch website for online sales push
Garden centre chain Dobbies will relaunch its website this summer in a major push to increase online sales and drive shoppers to its stores.
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Boden invests in warehouse system to support growth
Boden is planning to replace the warehouse management system within its UK warehouse, following the successful adoption of technology used in its US operation.
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NewsCarphone Warehouse to roll out system for loss prevention
Carphone Warehouse is poised to introduce a system to minimise shrinkage and business risk in the UK following its adoption in the eight other European countries it operates in.
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Blacks trading 'in line with expectations'
Blacks Leisure has updated the City this morning and said that trading since the Christmas period has been in line with management expectations.
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Kingfisher chairman Peter Jackson to retire
Kingfisher chairman Peter Jackson is to retire from the company in June, the home improvement retailer has announced today.