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The Retail Week: Bunnings moves, Christmas fallout and Asda job cuts

By George MacDonald, Roland Bodenham, Chris Brook-Carter and Charlotte Hardie2016-01-22T07:00:00+00:00

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The team discusses the week’s top retail news as Bunnings announces its plans to replace Homebase and Asda reveals job cuts.

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Follow the links below for more news and analysis on the stories mentioned in The Retail Week – January 22, 2015.

  • Home Retail agrees £340m Homebase sale to Australian retailer Wesfarmers
  • Asda to axe hundreds of head office jobs amid ‘structural change’
  • Opinion: How retailers can learn from Christmas to boost their online offers
  • Leo McKee: Adapt to survive the changing shape of retail

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