More on Me + Em – Page 1416
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News
Retail Week Hackathon: Runner up Tesco Labs with the Coffee Lab app
The Tesco Labs team were runners up in the Retail Week hackathon with the queue cutting Coffee Lab app.
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Retail Week Hackathon: Runner up Deloitte Digital with the Fit app
The Deloitte Digital team were runners up in the Retail Week hackathon with their Fit app, which digitised the in-store experience.
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Opinion
Comment: Government must act on business rates and planning if it wants a healthy high street
The plight of our traditional shopping area must remain a priority for this government and the £1 billion package of support for the high street launched last December is to be welcomed.
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Opinion
Comment: Alibaba is the perfect springboard for China ecomm expansion, says M&S
According to reports, Alibaba – China’s ecommerce giant – is set to break records with the largest Initial Public Offering (IPO) in history, as it floats its shares on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Industry joins forces to launch Retail Matters careers campaign
The retail industry has come together to launch a campaign to boost careers in the sector and transform its image as an employer.
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Card Factory to launch stores in Republic of Ireland next year
Card Factory will open a “small number” of stores in the Republic of Ireland next year as it continues its rapid store roll out following its IPO.
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Phones 4u eleventh hour rescue deal ruled out by administrator
Phones 4u administrator PwC has ruled out a last minute rescue plan that would have involved the retailer’s bondholders taking part in a debt-for-equity swap.
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Opinion
Comment: How Burberry and Topshop use technology to put money in the till
London Fashion Week has once again highlighted the relentless convergence between retail and technology.
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Infographic: John Lewis blames warm weather on weekly sales slump
John Lewis blamed the unseasonably warm weather for its sales fall last week, as Waitrose benefitted from it, recording an increase in sales.
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Analysis
Analysis: 99p Stores targets convenience supermarkets with retail overhaul
The budget retailer 99p Stores is undergoing an overhaul and raising its ambitions, chief operating officer Tony Brown tells Retail Week.
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Beales sales fall following store closures
Beales sales slipped in the 19 weeks to September 13 as it closed loss-making stores in the period but it said trading had improved on the first half.
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Scotland rejects independence ending uncertainty for retailers
Scotland has voted ‘no’ in the referendum for independence from the UK, ending uncertainty for retailers operating in the country.
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Sainsbury’s staff realise that King has left the building
Sainsbury’s new chief excecutive Mike Coupe was in for a rude awakening after a staff member mistook him for Justin King.
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Opinion
Comment: Luxury brands must improve their online customer service offer
With ecommerce becoming increasingly prevalent, luxury retailers must improve their online and delivery service or risk losing their customers.
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Interview
Q&A: Nisa finance director, Simon Webster
Simon Webster, finance director of Nisa tells Retail Week about his love of Hamley’s and advice for those starting out in retail.
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Cartoon
Blower’s retail cartoon: Phones 4u’s administration woes
Retail Week’s cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on mobile retailer Phone 4u’s administration and Dixons Carphone offering its staff jobs.
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Analysis
Food hall review: Selfridges Vs John Lewis
Nick Ward, head of creative strategy at Cubo compares the luxuriant offerings of Selfridges and John Lewis’s respective Oxford Street food halls.
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Interview
Interview: Ao.com’s John Roberts on IPOs, hot stone massages and playing Cilla Black
Ao.com’s founder John Roberts tells Retail Week why maintaining the etailer’s culture is more important than its share price.
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News
River Island invests to become 'multi-country, multichannel brand'
Fashion retailer River Island’s profits dipped in its last financial year because of “strong” investment in transforming itself into a “multi-country, multichannel brand”.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Scottish independence, Game and Phones 4U
Retail news round-up on September 19, 2014: