All News articles – Page 2051
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Sainsbury’s eyes Middle East for international comeback
Grocer in talks with possible franchise partners to expand beyond its UK base.
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Jagtiani reignites Debenhams bid speculation
Retail tycoon Micky Jagtiani has renewed speculation that he may yet make a bid for department store Debenhams.
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Amazon hires finance boss as it rethinks its offer
Amazon UK has appointed a financial director to boost its senior team as it considers new categories for 2008 including food and digital downloads.
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Halfords sales growth slows as boss quits
Motor accessories retailer Halfords has posted a slowdown in the rate of its like-for-like sales growth, as it emerged that its chief executive is leaving.
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Halfords boss quits to join Coles
Halfords chief executive Ian McLeod has quit to join Australian grocer Coles as managing director.
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Shop price inflation climbs 1.2 per cent
Shop price inflation in the UK was 1.2 per cent higher in January compared with the previous year, up from 1 per cent in December.
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Littlewoods uses web monitor to enhance sites
Littlewoods Shop Direct has improved its web sites after studying data from an external performance monitoring service.
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NewsLa Senza hits the mark with web campaign
An online ad trial by La Senza using social networking and sports web sites has been a resounding success.
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Retailers under pressure to meet card security standard
Payment card schemes and acquiring banks are stepping up a gear in their demand that retailers become compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCIDSS).
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Disney makes Portugal debut
The Disney Store has opened its first store in Portugal at the Colombo shopping centre, Lisbon.
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EBay bans negative feedback on buyers
EBay has banned negative comments from sellers on its site.
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Competition Commission to update on remedies next week
The Competition Commission will publish its hotly anticipated report on remedies next week as the inquiry into the 120 billion grocery sector enters its final stages.
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Tesco slammed over cheap chicken welfare
Tesco has come under fire from animal rights campaigners for slashing the price of whole chickens to less than 2, because of concerns over the birds’ welfare.
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Morrisons' market share soars
Supermarket group Morrisons’ resurgence continues unabated, according to the latest grocery market share data from TNS Worldpanel.
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Kinnaird buys Envy for £1
John Kinnaird has bought Alexon’s struggling menswear division Style Menswear for £1, as revealed by Retail-week.com ( January 18 ).
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Tesco staff to share £174 million
About 51,000 Tesco employees will share 174 million, after the supermarket’s latest Save As You Earn scheme matured last week.
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M&S puts squeeze on suppliers
Marks & Spencer was reported today of demanding bigger price discounts from its suppliers, only a couple of weeks after its sales fell.
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Cheshire could earn £16m over four years
Kingfisher boss Ian Cheshire could earn more than 16 million over the next four years in salary, bonus and shares if he succeeds in turning around the DIY and home improvement group.
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Sports Direct strikes deal to enter China
Sports Direct International has struck a deal with apparel retailer ITAT Group in China to supply some of its portfolio of brands to ITAT’s larger stores.
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Carpetright hit by slowdown
Carpetright has reported an increase in total sales of 3.9 per cent at its UK and Ireland division for the third quarter, although like-for-like sales fell 4 per cent.