All Retail Week UAT articles in October 26 2012 – Page 3
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NewsSelfridges sales in Britain break through £1bn barrier
Upmarket department store Selfridges broke through the £1bn sales barrier in Britain for the first time last year.
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NewsTaskforce created to tackle ailing high streets
Senior representatives from retail, banking, property and local government have come together to create a new taskforce that has been set up following recommendations made in the Portas Review to revive high streets.
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GalleryStore of the week: Piccino, Valencia
Walking into Piccino, a kidswear shop in Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences, is like entering the pages of a children’s book.
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GalleryStore gallery: A new look for classic brand Daks
Daks has revamped its Jermyn Street store, pitting the Japanese-owned retailer against top-end rivals in the capital.
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OpinionComment: Time for etailers to get compliance in order
On 12 October the Office of Fair (OFT) revealed that it had undertaken a large scale audit of websites.
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NewsRobbie Williams to switch on Oxford Street lights
Singer and former Take That star Robbie Williams will turn on London’s Oxford Street Christmas lights on November 5.
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AnalysisTablet launches: What retailers need to know
Retail Week takes a closer look at the raft of tablets hitting the market in the run up to Christmas and asks which retailers are likely to benefit
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NewsAsda's George debuts in Middle East
George at Asda has opened its first store in the Middle East located in the Al Wahda Mall in Abu Dhabi.
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NewsAmazon slips into loss in third quarter
Online retail giant Amazon has posted a third quarter loss, behind Wall Street expectations, as it was hit by a poor performance at online deals business Living Social as well as investment in the Kindle e-reader and distribution centres.
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Hackett profits bolstered by overseas growth
British menswear retailer Hackett posted pre-tax profits of £6.2m in the year to March 31, up from £4.9m, as it looks to grow its international presence in the Far East.
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NewsJohn Lewis weekly sales rise 7%
Sales at John Lewis department stores advanced 7% to £69.4m last week.
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Quidsi to launch two new ecommerce sites
Amazon-owned Quidsi is to launch two new ecommerce sites targeting busy parents.Afterschool.com will offer 50,000 products ranging from baseball bats and ballet shoes to art supplies. Bookworm.com will offer children’s books.Both sites offer free shipping on orders of more than $49 (£30.55). They complement existing Quidsi ecommerce sites, which include ...
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NewsMy-Wardrobe drops menswear offer
Etailer to focus on womenswear from spring 13 as it looks to ramp up overseas ambitions.
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AnalysisProfile: Richard Pennycook, non-executive director, The Hut Group
The Hut Group’s newest board member hopes to use his wide City and retail experience to enable the etailer’s eventual IPO.
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AnalysisMy retail life: David Tarbuck, Kiddicare and Morrisons.com, general merchandise programme lead
David Tarbuck, general merchandise programme lead at Kiddicare and Morrisons.com, tells Retail Week about his life working in retail.
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OpinionComment: The real meaning of multichannel
However you define it, stores and online are what really matters.
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AnalysisCampaign of the week: Ikea, Playin’ With My Friends
Ikea marketing manager Peter Wright says the retailer’s new advert is a “step change” from its previous campaigns.
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AnalysisSites: Boden Vs The Post Office
Zoe Shore, Head of digital, Elmwood UKshares his view of good and bad websites.
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Target to offer price-matching in bid to compete with online retailers
General merchandise retailer Target will offer price-matching during the holiday season to compete with online retailers.The initiative will run from November 1 to December 16 and will include Amazon.com, Walmart.com, Bestbuy.com, Toysrus.com and Babiesrus.com.
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OpinionComment: Argos bids farewell to past in digital shift
The much anticipated strategic review of Argos by its managing director John Walden was delivered this week from the relative comfort of a first-half performance that registered like-for-like sales growth of 0.6%.