More on Me + Em – Page 1323
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News
Sports Direct to offset click-and-collect charges with £5 voucher
Sports Direct is charging for click-and-collect but will give customers who use the service a money-off voucher to avoid making a loss.
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Retail Diary: Marc Bolland, Nick Robertson and their Chequers retreat
Retail Diary: Ann Summers gets physical, Marc Bolland and Nick Robertson’s Chequers retreat, and relief as Tesco pass over Archie Norman.
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Analysis
Collar Club is the latest start-up to enter the subscription-service market
Consumers are turning to subscription retailers for products and services. Nick Hughes speaks to the founder of Collar Club about the trend.
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FMCG price inflation in Europe hits lowest level for four years
Price inflation for fast moving consumer goods such as toiletries and soft drinks in Europe has hit its lowest level for four years, according to Nielsen.
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Dell launches bitcoin payments in the UK following US trial
Dell has become the largest ecommerce company to accept bitcoin in the UK after striking a deal with bitcoin wallet firm Coinbase.
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Retail sales jump 5.4% in January as store prices fall at record rate
Retail sales in January rose 5.4% year on year as shoppers took advantage of falling store prices that dropped at record-breaking rates.
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Opinion
Blog: Information is vital to reducing abandoned baskets
New research from Hermes suggests providing consumers with more information before checkout could reduce the number of abandoned baskets.
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Lush like-for-likes jump 9.1% after global expansion into emerging markets
Lush has reported like-for-like sales jumped 9.1% in 2014 after expanding into emerging markets around the world.
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Opinion
Comment: Why London Fashion Week is important for retailers
London Fashion Week has kicked off, but why is the catwalk showcase becoming increasingly important for retailers?
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Analysis
Video: Will e-ink price labels take off in the UK after Sainsbury's trial?
Sainsbury’s is testing electronic shelf-edge labels in its Old Street store some 15 months after Tesco ran a similar trial.
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Analysis: What can be learned from the exodus of chief executives?
The bosses of retailers including House of Fraser and Monsoon are dropping left, right and centre, so what exactly is going on?
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Waitrose beats Aldi to win back favourite supermarket accolade
Waitrose has managed to keep customers happy on price and quality to win best supermarket in a consumer poll, only just beating reigning champion Aldi.
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Infographic: Valentine’s Day drives sales at John Lewis
Beauty, lingerie, flowers and bubbles drove sales at John Lewis Partnership’s stores as shoppers spent their cash on loved ones for Valentine’s Day.
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Breakfast Briefing: Waitrose named best supermarket, Fat Face talks ecommerce and more
Retail news round-up on February 20, 2015: Waitrose beats Aldi to be named named best supermarket, Fat Face talks about its cloud-based ecommerce website and more
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Sainsbury's Christmas campaign fourth most complained about ad of 2014
Sainsbury’s ad featuring a First World War Christmas truce football match was the fourth most complained about ad of last year.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Halfords' new Cycle Republic store in London
Bike shop design is easy, isn’t it? John Ryan pedals by to take a look at Halfords’ new Cycle Republic store in London.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Ahold strives for a market ambience in its supermarket designs
Market ambience is at the heart of supermarket design at the moment, but Dutch grocery giant Albert Heijn takes the idea and runs with it.
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News
Walmart boss Doug McMillon raises wages of 500,000 US workers
US retail giant Walmart has revealed plans to give more than 500,000 of its hourly workers a pay rise this year.
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Asda to revamp its branding for first time since 2002
Asda boss Andy Clarke has unveiled plans to revamp the supermarket giant’s branding for the first time in more than a decade.
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Analysis
Comment: Asda can be positive going into 2015 grocery 'battlefield'
Asda’s figures for the 2014 calendar year are not bad in light of the extreme voucher-heavy competition over the Christmas trading period.