All Footwear articles – Page 27
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News
The Liberty Centre signs two new retailers
Footwear retailer Office and young fashion chain Republic have taken stores at Romford’s The Liberty Centre.
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Opinion
Blog: Creating a connected retailer
We’re about a third of the way through a nine-month project to install a new integrated multichannel solution for footwear specialist Charles Clinkard, including a merchandising system, point of sale, and CRM.
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News
Inflation rate slows to 2.5%
The rate of inflation slowed to 2.5% in August due to smaller rises in the price of clothing.
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Analysis
Analysis: Keeping up with the evolution of ecommerce
Ahead of next month’s Retail Week Ecommerce Summit, we speak to some of the event’s key speakers for an early insight into where their online focus lies.
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News
LK Bennett appoints new chief executive
LK Bennett, the upmarket clothing and footwear retailer, has appointed Didier Drouet, former chief executive of fashion house Emilio Pucci, as its new chief executive.
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Opinion
Comment: GB leads the way in ecommerce market
In contrast to an irrelevant politician who expressed his displeasure with the Olympic opening ceremony, I thought it was pure genius.
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News
Bluewater attracts new retailers
Forever 21, Mappin & Webb, Crocs and Beaverbrooks have launched stores within Bluewater shopping centre.
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News
Inflation jumps to 2.6% in July
Inflation increased to 2.6% in July, up from 2.4% in June, driven by the clothing and footwear sectors as well as transport fares.
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Analysis
Retail Week on the Road: Midlands
We visit Birmingham, Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Nottingham and Leicester.
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News
July retail sales edge up 0.1%
Like-for-like retail sales were flat in July when the start of extended opening hours for the Olympics combined with the warm weather at the end of the month helped food retailers, the British Retail Consortium–KPMG Retail Sales Monitor.
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News
Retail sales growth eases off in July
Retail sales growth slowed in July to a greater extent than had been expected.
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Analysis
Analysis: What's the best route to international markets?
As trading conditions in the UK remain tough, retailers are looking overseas for growth. We look at the potential and pitfalls of the various routes to international markets.
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News
Wet weather drives online sales jump in June
Online retail sales jumped 13% in June as the wettest weather for over 100 years and Euro 2012 drove sales.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Não do Brasil, Berlin
Não do Brasil is a shoe brand and retail chain specialising in footwear made from recycled materials.
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Analysis
Retail Week on the Road: North East and Yorkshire
We visit Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Doncaster, Harrogate and Leeds.
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News
Jubilee boost for June retail sales
Like-for-like sales jumped 1.4% in June against a 0.6% fall a year ago as the Jubilee weekend drove shoppers on to the high street, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) – KPMG Retail Sales Monitor.
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News
Schuh ahead of pack to take Oxford Street store
Footwear retailer Schuh is understood to be the frontrunner to take over Foot Locker’s large Oxford Street store.
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Analysis
Consumer insight: Gap in the over 60s retail market
The UK’s population is ageing, making the over-60s an increasingly important consumer market. Rebecca Thomson meets consumers from that generation to find out how they shop, what the industry needs to improve and which retailers are winning their custom.
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News
Shop price inflation falls to lowest rate in more than two years
Shop price inflation in June eased to 1.1% from 1.5% in May, hitting its lowest rate since November 2009, according to the British Retail Consortium( BRC) Nielsen Shop Price Index.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Ugg, Glasshouse Street, London
Ugg shops, like its footwear, tend to tread a fairly well-described path and there is almost a sense that, if you’ve seen one, you’ll know exactly what to expect when you encounter the next.