All General merchandise articles – Page 242
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Instore directors stand down
Three Instore directors have resigned as part of a deal between shareholders Seaham Investments and Tradegro.
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Consumer spend to slow to 0.5% next year
Consumer spending growth in the UK will slow to just 0.5 per cent next year as households face high energy and food prices and falling property values.
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Carrefour hypermarket sales slide
International retail giant Carrefour is to speed up the pace of change after second quarter sales slipped at its French hypermarkets.
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Opinion
Woolies needs a merry Christmas
From Cardiff to Cheshunt, Paddington to Paisley, retail’s bunkers are readying themselves for the year’s biggest blowout – Christmas. Retailers that depend on second-half performance for the bulk or entirety of their profits – and there are plenty of them – will be chewing their nails in anxiety, because the ...
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M&S shareholders back Rose
Shareholders have showed their emphatic support for Sir Stuart Rose voting 94.1 per cent in favour of his re-election as executive chairman at this afternoon’s AGM. Rose has staunchly defended his promotion to the dual role of Chairman and chief executive with the board voicing their support for the move. ...
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Shop price rise for June stays below inflation
June shop prices were 2.5 per cent higher than last year but below overall inflation, according to the BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index.
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Argos staff vote to strike
Argos distribution staff have voted to strike over pay after rejecting a 4 per cent offer from the chain’s parent, Home Retail Group.
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John Lewis enlists staff to appear in ad campaign
John Lewis will launch the second phase of its latest ad campaign today. For the first time in the department store’s 144-year history, it will feature employees.
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NewsWorse to come
As M S like-for-like sales plunge, fears grow industry may never fully recover from downturn
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Analysis
Aim to please
The latest Customer Satisfaction Index shows that retail is doing something right. But, as the harsh climate demands excellence, which retailers are standing out for service? Katie Kilgallen reports
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Analysis
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Halfords adds shopper Q&A function online
Halfords is letting customers ask product questions and answer each other’s on its web site.
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FL Group buys stake in Baugur
Icelandic investment vehicle FL Group has acquired a 39 per cent stake in Baugur under the new name Stodir.
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Ideal appoints Aujila to board
TV and online shopping channel Ideal Shopping Direct has appointed Pamela Aujila to its board as commercial director.
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Flying Brands to shut Greetings Direct after US move flops
Home shopping group Flying Brands is to shut its Greetings Direct business after its US launch failed.
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John Lewis sales slide 8%
John Lewis has posted an 8.3 per cent fall in sales at its eponymous department store business for the week to June 28.
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Wal-Mart transforms logo as part of image overhaul
Wal-Mart is to revamp its logo and unveil its new-look branding on US store fascias from this autumn.
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Sales decline spurs Beales to rethink brand
Department store chain Beales is to undertake a repositioning after it suffered a 6.4 per cent drop in like-for-like sales.
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Opinion
The online agenda is changing
Online retail sales in the UK are set to triple by 2012 and retailers are creating increasingly sophisticated transactional sites to compete for part of this.
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Argos staff hold strike ballot as 4% pay increase rejected
Distribution staff from Home Retail Group’s Argos demonstrated at the company’s AGM this week ahead of a strike ballot in protest at the 4 per cent pay increase offered by the retailer.