More on Me + Em – Page 199
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News
ProCook swings to loss despite ‘good strategic progress’
ProCook has swung to a half-year loss after suffering a slide in sales against tough comparatives.
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Retail Voice
How to jump on the electric vehicle charging bandwagon
As electric car sales continue to motor ahead, Diebold Nixdorf’s Reint Jan Holterman examines how retailers can benefit from this booming market and drive sales.
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Analysis
The Big Shop Barometer: Data reveals who is really winning grocery’s festive price war
Big four giants Tesco and Asda have closed the price gap on Aldi as grocery retailers battle to secure sales during the crucial Christmas trading period.
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Analysis
Analysis: How are retailers mitigating the downfall of the pound?
What does a weakened pound mean for UK retailers? Who is feeling the pinch most? And what can they do to mitigate the problem?
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News
Supermarket shoplifiting soars amid cost-of-living crisis
Shoplifting from supermarkets has surged 16% in the run-up to Christmas as the ongoing cost-of-living crisis piles pressure on consumers.
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News
Sosandar swings to profit and hails ‘record’ Black Friday sales
Sosandar has swung to a half-year profit and delivered a bullish update on current trading as it targets sales momentum.
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Poundland owner Pepco ramps up investment in stores as profits rise
Poundland owner Pepco Group plans to accelerate its store expansion plan after posting an increase in profits.
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Opinion
Peter Williams: ‘Fenwick move from Bond Street is sad but inevitable’
The news that the Fenwick store on Bond Street will be closing in 2024 marks yet another moment in the shrinking of the department store sector.
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Interview
Interview: Primark US boss Kevin Tulip on finally cracking America
Watching huge names like Marks & Spencer, Tesco and Sainsbury’s shutter or sell their US venture would be enough to put almost anyone off trying to achieve the American dream, but Primark US boss Kevin Tulip is charging ahead with his
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News
Monsoon eyes new store openings as profitability recovers
Womenswear retailer Monsoon is bucking the gloom hanging over retail with plans to open new stores in 2023 after returning to profitability this year.
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News
Tesco begins hunt for new chair as John Allan prepares to stand down
Supermarket chain Tesco is drawing up succession plans for long-serving chair John Allan as he prepares to step down from his role in 2024.
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News
Superdry boss Dunkerton in talks over potential buyout
Superdry boss and co-founder Julian Dunkerton has held talks with private equity backers with an eye to a potential buyout of the company.
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Innovation of the Week
Innovation of the Week: JD Sports turns store into huge AR game
Innovation of the Week is a subscriber-only series highlighting retail initiatives that have caught the eye of our analysts
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Gallery
Store gallery: Inside Nothing’s high-tech Soho playground
London-based tech start-up Nothing opened its first bricks-and-mortar store on December 10.
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Opinion
‘Retail’s recent wave of IPO companies look like beached whales’
The performance of the wave of retail initial public offerings (IPOs) in the past couple of years has been the worst advert imaginable for the industry.
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News
Primark to open 10 new stores before Christmas
Primark owner ABF has announced it is to open 10 new stores before Christmas.
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News
Roger Whiteside to take on senior non-exec role on Card Factory board
Former Greggs chief executive Roger Whiteside is taking on a senior non-executive role on the board of Card Factory.
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News
Morrisons strikes warehouse sale and leaseback deal for £220m
Morrisons is said to have entered a sale and leaseback deal to accelerate the rollout of its convenience store format.
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News
Cash retail payments halved last year as ecommerce sales soared
Cash accounted for just 15% of all transactions in 2021, the latest figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) have revealed.
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News
In the Style launches strategic review as it swings to loss
Fashion brand In the Style has launched a strategic review of the business after its chief executive stood down and the business swung to a loss.