More on Me + Em – Page 1373
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News
GameStop sales drop below expectations as it warns on cheap digital games
GameStop posted third-quarter results below expectations after the delayed release of the Assassin’s Creed Unity game and falling software sales.
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Opinion
Comment: Christmas windows are about more than driving sales
If we didn’t have the festive feeling and everything associated with it, Christmas wouldn’t happen. It was the shops wot done it.
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News
Amazon to open east London fashion studio to support clothing growth
Amazon is to open a fashion photography studio in east London next year to support sales in one of the fastest growing parts of its business.
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Gap strikes deal to open online shop on Zalando website
Gap has signed a deal with Zalando to open an online shop on the European fashion website in its first step into multi-branded retail.
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Macy's iPhone app uses image recognition technology
US department store operator Macy’s has released an iPhone app that uses image recognition technology.
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Homebase to close 25 stores by March and sells Battersea freehold for £57m
Homebase expects to close around 25 stores in its current financial year and will sell the freehold on its Battersea property for £57m.
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Fortnum & Mason posts record full-year profits of £3.8m
Fortnum & Mason has reported record full-year pre-tax profits of £3.8m on the back of expansion both in the UK and overseas.
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Analysis
International news analysis: Can Aldi crack China?
German discounter Aldi has said it is examining market conditions for a launch in China at present, but nothing has been decided yet.
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Grocery price war prompts rise in number of food producers going bust
The price war between the supermarkets has precipitated a sharp rise in the number of food producers going to the wall.
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Tesco expects Black Friday to be bigger than Boxing Day for first time
Tesco expects sales on Black Friday to exceed Boxing Day’s for the first time and aims to draw in shoppers with discounts of up to 70%.
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Aldi UK’s top duo to part ways as Matthew Barnes becomes chief executive
The pair, who have taken value retailer Aldi to unprecedented success in the UK, are to be separated following a restructuring.
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Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Aldi, Tesco, Amazon and business rates
Retail news round-up on November 24, 2014: Aldi UK leadership pair part company, Tesco cuts ad spend, Amazon plans new video service, business rates reform urged
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Jacques Vert Group replatforms website to provide one basket for all seven brands
Jacques Vert Group has replatformed its website to cater for the growth of m-commerce and to make it easier to shop across its seven brands.
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Deloitte forecasts shoppers to spend £42.4bn this Christmas
Consumers are forecast to spend £42.4bn this Christmas, a £1.5bn increase on last year, according to statistics released by Deloitte.
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Argos launches digital receipts service across all 750 stores after trial
Argos has introduced digital receipts across all 750 of its stores in the UK and Ireland following a trial earlier in the year.
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Asda to sell quad bikes on Black Friday as it leans on Walmart buying power
Asda plans to leverage the buying power of parent company Walmart as it escalates the range of products available during Black Friday promotions.
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Tesco creates child-friendly news displays to hide inappropriate imagery
Tesco is set to adapt its newspaper displays to avoid front pages being displayed at child height after a campaign by concerned parents.
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Grocery sales to record first full-year decline for a decade
Grocery sales have fallen for the third consecutive month as Nielsen predicts the first sales decline across a calendar year for a decade.
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Analysis
In the news: Barry Williams, the Asda food boss taking on Aldi and Lidl
As he showed off Asda’s selection of premium Christmas eats at a London foodie show, Barry Williams was nursing an injured little finger.
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Tesco app scans Twitter profiles to provide users with gift inspiration
Tesco is seeking to take the stress out of finding Christmas presents by launching an app that trawls social media to generate gift ideas.