All Health & beauty articles – Page 128
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John Lewis sales ‘defiant’
John Lewis has reported a “defiant” week of trading, but remains cautious as it braces itself to come up against tough comparatives from last year.
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Finding light in dark times
Retail is getting tougher in the developed world and this year’s World Retail Congress discussed the challenges facing retailers. Tim Danaher and Katie Kilgallen report from Barcelona
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Perfume Shop to test new-look store in autumn
AS Watson’s niche retailer The Perfume Shop plans to open a new-format store in the autumn.
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Liberty commercial chief exits amid sale confusion
Liberty commercial director James Crespo has left the luxury retailer. His departure comes as confusion mounts over a potential sale of the business.
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Boots’ Pessina vows to accelerate growth
Alliance Boots executive chairman Stefano Pessina has pledged to ramp up earnings by at least 10 per cent a year while he runs the business.
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Body Shop sales rocket
Body Shop – the ethical cosmetics retailer owned by L’Or al – sales increased 7.4 per cent in the first quarter. Sales were up 1.9 per cent on a like-for-like basis.
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The Perfume Shop hires chief operating officer
Fragrance retailer The Perfume Shop has promoted Jo Walker to chief operating officer.
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Retail sales fall for first time in two years
Retailers' like-for-like sales fell for the first time in two years in March, with clothing and footwear sales their worst for eight years.
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Health professional
Eight months ago, Boots UK stores director Simon Roberts took on the job of integrating 2,300 Boots and Alliance stores. Jennifer Creevy finds out how he’s getting on
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AnalysisTesco: The people’s choice
Tesco has been crowned the nation’s favourite once again in Retail Week’s annual consumer poll. Charlotte Dennis-Jones asks how the grocer continues to hold its customers in thrall
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Superdrug names new chief exec
Health and beauty giant Superdrug has announced that internal candidate Jeremy Seigal will replace outgoing chief executive Euan Sutherland with immediate effect.
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Fragrance Shop picks MD
Former Music Zone boss Steve Oliver has been named managing director of Fragrance Shop, the 103-store perfume specialist.
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John Lewis like-for-likes swell at Easter
John Lewis department stores achieved bumper sales lifts this Easter compared with last year.
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Ethical cosmetics launches soar
Shopper interest in ethical cosmetics led to 2,260 product launches in core categories last year.
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Tesco in-store chlamydia test to be launched
Tesco has joined forces with a London Primary Care Trust (PCT) to offer a free chlamydia-testing kit at a London store later this month.
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2028: A Retail Odyssey
Personalised products, refrigerated packaging and automatic grocery deliveries. These are just some of the retail trends forecast for the next 20 years. Charlotte Dennis-Jones reports
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Superdrug on hunt for successors as it parts with two top executives
Health and beauty giant Superdrug has been dealt a double blow this week with the departure of two senior executives.
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Bunny Tears opens doors in New York
A new ethical cosmetics store called Bunny Tears has opened on New York's Fifth Avenue.
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Walgreens widens clothing range to halt falling profits
Pharmacy giant Walgreens is to extend its clothing offer in an effort to broaden its range of private-label goods. The US’s biggest healthcare retailer will introduce the Casual Gear collection in most of its 6,000 stores on April 1.
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Analysis
What does the downturn mean for retailers?
If any retailer remains doggedly optimistic about consumer spending, it’s time to think again. As Katie Kilgallen discovers, in an exclusive poll by ICM for Retail Week, the facts speak for themselves.