All Retail Week UAT articles in October 30, 2009
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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AnalysisBeat the postal strike
Subscribers to Retail Week magazine can receive a digital edition of any issue affected by the postal strike by e-mail.
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OpinionThe writing was already on the wall
Threshers owner First Quench has plunged into administration. Where does that leave its some 6,200 staff?
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NewsThreshers owner First Quench makes 81 redundancies
Threshers owner First Quench Retailing has made 81 redundancies at head office following its collapse into administration last night.
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NewsInstore narrows losses and delists from stock exchange
Value retailer Instore has narrowed its pre-tax losses in its first half as it reveals it is to delist from the stock exchange.
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NewsConsumer confidence rises in October
Consumer confidence improved again in October, when sentiment reached its highest level since January 2008.
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NewsStrong start for John Lewis home store
John Lewis’s new format home store in Poole has got off to a strong start, with sales 30% above expectations.
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NewsPatrick Lewis appointed to Ocado board
Patrick Lewis, partners’ counsellor at the John Lewis Partnership, has been appointed to the board of online grocer Ocado.
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NewsShop Direct fires warning shot at Alworths
Shop Direct has sent a legal letter to Alworths over the use of its name as the group argues it is too similar to Woolworths.
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NewsSelfridges stages pop-up panto in window
Selfridges staged a star-studded pop-up panto in the windows of its Oxford Street store in London yesterday as it unveiled its pantomime-themed Christmas displays.
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GalleryStore of the week: Tesco – My Narodni Prague
Tesco has opened its second department store in the Czech Republic, after its debut in the northern city of Liberec in March.
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AnalysisWhat it’s like to work at Poundland
Inside view from head of human resources Sonia Sharples.
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DataICM Poll: Royal Mail strike
In an exclusive poll for Retail Week, ICM Research interviewed a random selection of 2,050 adults aged 18 and over between October 23 and 25, 2009 about the impact of the postal strike.
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NewsJD Sports picks system to forecast store sales
JD Sports is to introduce technology to allow it to forecast store sales and make decisions about store investment opportunities.
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Spencer’s to focus on hypermarkets and private labels to improve profitability
Food and general merchandise retailer Spencer’s is to focus on hypermarkets and private labels in an attempt to improve profitability.The retailer, which is owned by Indian conglomerate RPG Group, will invest INR1bn (£12m) in rolling out 10 hypermarkets and 15 small-format stores this financial year. It also wants to double ...
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Walmart to focus on international growth and store revamps
Walmart has outlined its growth plans for next year, intending to focus on international growth and store revamps in its domestic market.In the US, Walmart will continue to focus on store revamps. By next month Walmart US will have completed Project Impact remodels at more than 30% of its 3,538 ...
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AnalysisEnergy reduction: The green gauge
The introduction of a carbon reduction scheme next year will force large retailers to think harder about how they use energy but it will also save them money, says Sara McCorquodale.
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NewsPostal strike to drive shoppers from web
Half of shoppers intend to shop less online or by mail order if post strikes continue in the run-up to Christmas.
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OpinionRetail surgery: Ensuring minimum disruption during the postal strikes
The Royal Mail strikes will severely affect our online fulfilment. How can we keep track of everything and ensure minimum disruption?
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NewsWaterstone’s denies distribution trouble
Waterstone’s managing director Gerry Johnson has attempted to pacify the City by breaking his silence over problems at the bookseller’s centralised distribution centre, as analysts remain divided on the impact it will have on the business.
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OpinionCan retailers deliver the goods?
The postal strike has cast the spotlight strongly back onto the doorstep and with it the abiding challenge of ecommerce; the ‘Last Mile’, that final hurdle of fulfilment for pure-play and multichannel alike.