All Electricals articles – Page 87
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AnalysisRetail Week's 25th anniversary: The stores that transformed the retail landscape
The past 25 years brought constant innovation of stores. John Ryan looks at some of the most groundbreaking formats during the period.
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AnalysisRetail Week's 25th anniversary: Two decades of births, marriages and farewells
New arrivals and mega-mergers have shaped the industry, while some well-known names have disappeared.
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Dixons full-year results: What the analysts say
Dixons today reported a 15% increase in underlying pre-tax profits. Retail Week rounds up the City’s reaction to the results.
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OpinionComment: Nick Bubb on 25 years of dramatic change in retail
Retailing in 25 years time will be very different, but it will change as dramatically as it has in the last 25 years?
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OpinionComment: Continued innovation key to Dixons future
Dixons has a strong management team and are very solid operationally, but it now needs to transform the brand and the customer’s experience and perception.
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NewsDixons reveals it is a 'winner' in its full-year results
Dixons chief executive Sebastian James says the brand is becoming “a winner” after returning to growth in its full-year figures.
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AnalysisRetail Week's 25th anniversary: 25 moments that defined retail
We take a look at some of the landmark moments in retail over the last quarter-century. Do you remember when..?
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AnalysisAnalysis: The etail tax proposal - who's leading the debate
The retail industry is set for a major split over calls for an etail tax that would even the cost burden between online retailers and their bricks and mortar rivals. Retail Week looks at which retailers are leading both sides of the debate.
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NewsInfographic: John Lewis sales fall 5.2% after tough comparables
John Lewis sales fell 5.2% to £59.84m last week as the retailer suffered from tough Jubilee comparables and seasonal variations.
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NewsShop prices deflate for the first time in more than three years in May
Annual shop price inflation in May slipped 0.1% from a 0.4% increase in April, the first time it has deflated for more than three and a half years.
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NewsIn focus: May retail sales figures from the BRC
UK retail like-for-like sales rose 1.8% in May, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC)-KMPG Retail Sales Monitor. Retail Week drills down into how each of the individual categories performed.
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In numbers: The retail sector's contribution to the UK's public purse
Retailers have been hit by surging tax bills driven by increasing corporation and property taxes, according to the PwC survey of the Hundred Group of the UK’s largest businesses.
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AnalysisCampaign of the week: Appliances Online, AO, Let’s Go
Appliances Online’s first TV advertising is an off-the-wall comic campaign that should help build brand awareness for the pure-play electricals retailer.
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NewsInfographic: John Lewis reports an 8.8% sales increase
John Lewis has reported “solid” trading as sales jumped 8.8% last week to £64.97m, while Eurovision parties give Waitrose a boost
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AnalysisIn numbers: April's footfall and shop vacancy level
The number of empty shops across the UK hit an all-time high in April while shopper numbers bounced back to growth, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC)/ Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor.
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NewsRetail Week Rising Stars deadline extended to May 24
The deadline for entries for the Retail Week Rising Star Awards 2013 has been extended meaning retailers have one more week to recognise those people that make a difference to their organisation.
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NewsInfographic: Warm weather hits John Lewis sales while spurring growth at Waitrose
Warm weather dented John Lewis’ sales last week while the more clement conditions boosted performance at sister retailer Waitrose.
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NewsCurrys cashes in on Ferguson departure
Last year, retailers could make the most of national events such as the Olympics to get the public spending, but 2013 brings no such occasions.
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NewsMaplin profits dip by 33.6% as it eyes international growth
Maplin’s profits took a hit in the first year of its investment plan for growth as the retailer marks out countries for overseas expansion.
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OpinionNick Bubb's Verdict: Dixons - If only France and Southern Europe didn't exist
Dixons’ sterling progress in the UK and Nordics continues to be undermined, alas, by poor trading in Southern Europe and its French business Pixmania.