All News articles – Page 1990
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House of Fraser to link suppliers to data pool
House of Fraser is to ask its suppliers to provide their product information through a data synchronisation service.
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Dunelm supplier switch bolsters EPoS support
Dunelm has seen a threefold improvement in EPoS maintenance support since switching suppliers last year.
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Sainsbury's growth slows
Sales growth at grocer Sainsbury’s has slowed in the past three months as the “challenging economic environment continued throughout the quarter”, the company said.
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H&M's May sales soar
Swedish fashion group H&M achieved 25 per cent sales growth in May, with like-for-likes up 14 per cent on last year.
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Wal-Mart targets Russia
Wal-Mart is considering opening in Russia and surrounding countries as it initiates a new round of international expansion.
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Bish-Jones steps down from Woolies
Trevor Bish-Jones is stepping down as chief executive of Woolworths.
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Tom Tailor signs first UK company-owned store
German fashion retailer Tom Tailor has taken its first company-owned store in the UK and Ireland at the Junction One International Outlet shopping centre in Antrim.
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Asda plans mixed-use Barnet development
Supermarket retailer Asda is preparing to submit plans for a 100 million regeneration of the former Transco site at New Barnet in Hertfordshire.
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Land Securities gets the nod for Liverpool redevelopment
Land Securities has been granted planning permission for a 100 million redevelopment of the St John’s centre in Liverpool.
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Best Buy to roll out Best Buy Mobile to all stores
Best Buy, the US electricals giant that snapped up half of Carphone Warehouse’s retail business last month for 1.1 billion, has announced a drop in first-quarter earnings.
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SRC slams government’s alcohol price proposals
Plans by the Scottish government to raise the price of alcohol in an attempt to control problem drinking have been attacked by the Scottish Retail Consortium.
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Consumer inflation hits 3.3 per cent
Rising food and fuel prices have pushed UK consumer inflation up to 3.3 per cent, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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3G iPhone sparks massive interest
Interest in the next generation 3G iPhone is almost four times than that for its 2G predecessor according to mobile phone retailer O2.
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Park Group shows signs of recovery
Consumer confidence in Christmas savings schemes has begun to return slowly, as The Park Group reported orders for Christmas 2008 up 17 per cent.
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DSGi credit rating cut
DSGi’s credit rating has been cut on the back of its decreasing operating profit margin.
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EBTM profits soar
Multichannel music retailer EBTM has increased its revenue 401 per cent to 6.7 million in its full-year results, driven by acquisitions it made last year.
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Average price of grocery basket up 21 per cent
The price of a shopping basket containing 24 staple items of food has increased by an average of 21 per cent year on year, according to online price comparison site Mysupermarket.co.uk.
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Instore bidder emerges
The owner of Crown Crest Group, a Leicester cash-and-carry and wholesale company, has emerged as the likely bidder for discount variety chain Instore.
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Fifth of M&S shareholders to vote against Rose promotion
Up to a fifth of Marks & Spencer’s shareholders are expected to vote against chief executive Sir Stuart Rose’s promotion to chairman.
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Primark sacks factories found using child labour
Primark has sacked three of it southern Indian factories after they were found to have used unauthorised sub-contracting and child labour to produce its garments.