More on Me + Em – Page 1075
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News
LloydsPharmacy may have to sell stores to clear Sainsbury's deal
LloydsPharmacy could have to sell stores as a result of competition concerns as it looks to acquire Sainsbury’s pharmacy business.
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Amazon profits and sales increase driven by its cloud software offer
Amazon’s sales and profits increased in the first quarter driven by sales of its own product ranges and its AWS cloud software.
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Westfield tests augmented reality personal shopping experience
Westfield is trialling technology that allows shoppers to buy items from a personal stylist in their hotel room via an interactive mirror.
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Consumer confidence hits 15-month low as Brexit anxiety grows
UK consumer confidence has fallen into negative territory for the first time since last January as Brexit uncertainty takes hold.
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Opinion
Retail surgery: The cost of unauthorised use of endorsements
What’s the cost of unauthorised use of celebrity endorsements?
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Video
The Retail Week: BHS fallout, Amazon's UK boss and upcoming grocery results
In the week that BHS went into administration the team discusses the fallout, changes at Amazon and what to expect from grocers next week.
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Analysis
Infographic: BHS jobs under threat plus fashion sales fall
The week in words and numbers, April 29, 2016: 11,000 BHS employees stand to lose jobs plus key quotes from this week’s news stories.
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Breakfast briefing: Retail news on BHS and Amazon
Retail round-up on April 29, 2016: Property tycoon wants to save at least three-quarters of BHS's 164 stores and Amazon swings to first-quarter profit.
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MPs launch inquiry into Arcadia's sale of BHS to Retail Acquisitions
MPs have launched an inquiry into the sale and acquisition of BHS, following its collapse into administration earlier this week.
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Analysis
Analysis: What went wrong for collapsed chain Austin Reed?
Austin Reed, famed for bringing ready-to-wear suits to the high street when it was founded in 1900, went into administration this week.
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BHS administrators “continue to seek sale as going concern”
The administrators tasked with finding a buyer for department store BHS have said they are continuing to try and sell it as a going concern.
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Opinion
Opinion: The CMA has made big headlines, but little impact
The competition watchdog’s latest jab at supermarket pricing tactics may have made headlines, but it hasn’t made much of an impact.
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Opinion
Opinion: 'Administration rules cost me £1m. It’s time to reform them'
Suppliers are the big losers when retailers go into administration, maintains one businessman with first-hand experience.
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Report Store
Technology and the Role of the Store Associate
An evolving retailer-customer relationship
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Asda partners with TV chef James Martin to beef up marketing push
Asda has teamed up with TV chef James Martin as the grocer accelerates efforts to rejuvenate its Save Money Live Better slogan.
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Analysis
Analysis: Turning virtual reality into a tangible retail tool
From tardis car showrooms to try before you fly holidays, augmented reality is making its presence felt in the retail industry.
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Topshop collaborates with John Lewis partner on wearable tech initiative
Topshop has launched a tech initiative that will allow start-ups to develop a wearable tech product in collaboration with the retailer.
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ScS promotes sales and HR bosses to managing and customer directors
ScS has promoted its sales director and long-time employee to managing director and its HR chief to corporate services director.
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Analysis
Analysis: The role of store associates in the digital age
Retail Week and Manhattan Associates investigate the role of technology in the evolving retailer-customer relationship in a new report.
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Fears mount over apprenticeship levy as CBI calls for 'radical rethink'
The CBI will call for a “radical rethink” of the government’s apprenticeship levy as it claims firms are being “kept in the dark”.