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Pharmacy Chain 36.6 reports preliminary consolidated sales drop
Pharmacy Chain 36.6 reported preliminary consolidated sales dropped 13.1 per cent in the first half of the year to RUB11.63bn (£222.1m).The company’s retail sales slumped 17.4 per cent on the year to RUB8.8bn (£168m).At the end of June the company had 1,036 pharmacies in 29 Russian regions. It opened six ...
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NewsSpotify attracts high profile investors
Spotify, the digital music download service, is close to securing new funding from investors including the charitable foundation of Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing.
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Lotte Group to enter Vietnam retail market
South Korean retailer Lotte Group will enter the Vietnam retail market with the opening of a department store in Hanoi in 2013.The group’s fourth international store will be opened by its Lotte Department Store subsidiary, at the 65-storey Hanoi City Complex. The retailer will invest KRW350bn (£171, 375) in the ...
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Vente-privee enjoys a sales increase
Private sales website Vente-privee has enjoyed a sales increase of 40 per cent in the first half of this year. Sales rocketed to £290m for the period as shoppers took advantage of goods with more than 70 per cent off normal retail price.The Paris-based retailer, which launched a UK site ...
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Eldorado’s like-for-like sales slump
Electricals retailer Eldorado’s like-for-like sales slumped 21.7 per cent in the first half of this year.Total sales plummeted 29.4 per cent to RUB39.6bn (£782.1m), compared with the same period last year. The retailer revealed it grew EBITDA to RUB2.7bn (£53.3m) compared with a loss of RUB1.9bn (£37.5m) last year.Eldorado operates ...
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NewsJoules eyes Dubai as it plans overseas stores
Lifestyle and fashion retailer Joules has set its sights on international expansion as its sales continue to soar.
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NewsJaeger to make Hong Kong debut
Fashion retailer Jaeger is extending its international reach with plans for its first Hong Kong opening in September.
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Costco to invest in New South Wales expansion
Costco – the US-based international chain of membership warehouses selling food, general merchandise and electricals – plans to invest Aus$120m (£59.8m) in expanding into New South Wales, Australia.It will open its first discount warehouse in the region at Auburn in western Sydney. Costco, which may open more stores in the ...
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Book Depository to take on US market
Online retailer The Book Depository has revealed a 50 per cent hike in revenue to £62m in the year to June 30 as it lays out plans to take on the £9bn US book market.
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Best Buy is trials sale of discounted laptops with internet contracts
Electricals giant Best Buy is trialling the sale of discounted laptops with internet contracts, echoing a similar initiative used by joint-venture partner Carphone Warehouse in Europe.Customers at selected stores can buy lower priced laptops if they sign up for two years with a broadband provider. Best Buy chief executive Brian ...
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Avon plans job cuts
Mail order and door-to-door beauty specialist Avon is planning to cut 1,200 jobs over the next four years in a major cost-saving drive.The retailer expects to take on a second-quarter charge of about $90m (£54.5m) for its restructuring plan. The overhaul – which includes focusing on streamlining the business and ...
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NewsAmazon takeover to open Zappos up to new markets
E-tailer Zappos has been a household name in the US for some time. The shoe specialist has been on a phenomenal growth path, with sales skyrocketing from $1.6m (£969,820) in 2001 to more than $1bn (£606.1m) last year.
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Metro considers alternatives to merger
Metro is considering alternatives to formally merging its Kaufhof department store chain with Karstadt, the department store retailer owned by insolvent group Arcandor.Metro is examining the possibility of renting selected properties directly from owners once Karstadt goes into bankruptcy. A Metro spokesman said the retailer was interested in acquiring the ...
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Savola Group to buy all Géant hypermarkets in Saudi Arabia
Saudi-based Savola Group, owner of Panda retail group, has agreed to pay SR440m (£71.1m) to buy all 11 Géant hypermarkets in Saudi Arabia owned by the Fawaz Alhokair Group, a Casino franchisee.The acquisition will enable Panda to increase its share of the Saudi retail market and lift turnover by 13 ...
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Top property agent to head Apple growth plans
Apple is expected to ramp up its European property strategy by appointing a leading agent to head its growth plans.
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Loblaw to acquire T&T Supermarket
Grocer Loblaw is to acquire Canada’s largest Asian food retailer, T&T Supermarket, comprising 17 stores and four distribution centres.The retailer will add about C$500m (£280.1m) in sales to Loblaw’s business, which is paying C$225m (£126m) for the deal, which is expected to complete before the year end.Like-for-likes at Loblaw rose ...
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Bharti Retail to open up to 100 EasyDay stores
Bharti Retail plans to open between 75 and 100 EasyDay stores in 25 cities in northern India by the end of this financial year.The retailer said it will focus on a mixture of small and medium-sized formats in “tier 1 and tier 2” cities.Bharti Retail is also planning to open ...
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OpinionDigital screens - retail has seen it all before
Asda’s newly opened future store in Keighley, Bradford, is trialling a digital signage system from Amscreen that has been designed to influence purchase decisions at the point of sale.In Amscreen’s promotion of the deal, which includes a video of the system it’s posted on its website, it describes the system ...
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Nordstrom gets scientific with sizing distributions
US department store retailer Nordstrom is to introduce an Oracle Retail application to improve the size distribution of clothing in its stores.
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NewsScott Wheway appointed chief of Best Buy Europe
Best Buy Europe – the European joint venture between Carphone Warehouse and US electricals giant Best Buy – has appointed former Tesco and Boots executive Scott Wheway as chief executive.