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Blacks installs kiosks to offer travel advice
Outdoor specialist Blacks is testing an in-store kiosk that gives customers travel and healthcare advice, as well as product recommendations for foreign travel.
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M&S pilots reviews and video on its site
Marks & Spencer is experimenting with product videos and ratings and reviews on its e-commerce site.
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Fresh & Easy workers push for union talks
Workers at Tesco’s US chain Fresh & Easy have appealed to the retailer to organise full union representation for its staff.
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Holland & Barrett buys Julian Graves
Holland & Barrett’s parent company NBTY Europe has bought its high street competitor Julian Graves from Icelandic investor Baugur.
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Sainsbury's extends welfare pork range
Sainsbury’s has more than doubled its range of higher welfare pork as it claims demand for affordable meat raised in better conditions has soared.
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Tesco complaint against Asda upheld
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint by Tesco against a national price comparison advertising campaign by Asda.
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Inditex second-quarter profits rise
Fashion giant Inditex, owner of the Zara chain, has posted a surge in first-half sales and profits.
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Woolworths unveils record first-half losses
Woolworths has revealed record first-half losses before tax of 99.7 million for the 26 weeks to August 2, compared with a 63.8 million loss posted at the same point last year.
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Tesco launches into discounter arena
Tesco has today launched its biggest package of money-saving measures since the launch of its iconic Value range in a bid to become Britain’s biggest discounter.
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Grocery sales climb 5.8 per cent
Grocery sales rose 5.8 per cent in the past 12 weeks on the same period last year, according to the latest figures from Nielsen.
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Crunch drives sales at discount grocers
Grocery sales rose 7.3 per cent in the 12 weeks to September 7, according to the TNS Worldpanel grocery market share figures, as inflation fuelled sales.
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Carphone Warehouse deal to add $3.2bn to Best Buy sales
US electricals giant Best Buy expects its European venture with Carphone Warehouse – Best Buy Europe – to generate sales of US$3.2 billion ( 1.8 billlion) in the second half, it revealed today. However, the strength of the dollar is likely to dent the business’s performance when incorporated into Best ...
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Asda's Bond says food price inflation has peaked
Asda chief executive Andy Bond is confident that food price inflation has peaked, as the grocer launches over 5,000 price cuts across its ranges.
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Stoke-on-Trent scheme gets go-ahead for extension
Property regeneration specialist St Modwen has been given the green light to proceed with retail-led extension works to the Norton Park District Centre in Stoke-on-Trent.
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Leeds centre snaps up three top retailers
Three retailers have been handed the keys to new stores in the redeveloped Allders building in Leeds.
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Industry lobbies Government to improve UK planning system
The British Property Federation (BPF) has made a set of recommendations to the Government to make the UK planning system more efficient.
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Mamas & Papas to enter Russia
Maternity and nursery retailer Mamas & Papas has signed a franchise agreement to enter Russia.
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Inflation climbs to 4.7 per cent in August
The annual rate of inflation rose to 4.7 per cent in August, an increase on the previous month’s 4.4 per cent rate, following hikes to food and energy bills.
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Tesco targets discounters with low-cost food offer
Tesco has launched a new low-cost food line in its supermarkets as it gears up to take on discounters Aldi and Lidl.
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Debenhams sales hold firm
Department store group Debenhams has reported a 0.9 per cent dip in like-for-likes for the year to August 30.