More on Me + Em – Page 545
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News
Apple profits drop amid slump in iPhone sales
Apple has suffered a drop in quarterly profits sparked by a further decline in sales of iPhones.
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News
Travis Perkins firms up plans to offload Wickes
Travis Perkins has firmed up plans to offload DIY chain Wickes – and hopes to complete the demerger within the next year.
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Intu launches ‘transformational’ strategy as rental income slumps
Shopping centre owner Intu has launched what it has dubbed a “transformational” five-year strategy as it bids to arrest tumbling rental income and asset values.
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Next ups profit guidance as second-quarter sales rise
Next has increased its full-year profit guidance after reporting a rise in sales during its second quarter.
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Analysis
Analysis: The weird and wonderful world of Wish.com
Great search functionality? Not really. Big-name brands? Not so many, although growing. Speed-of-light fulfilment? Definitely not. Why exactly is Wish.com the most downloaded app in the world?
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News
Consumer confidence rallies as shoppers show ‘resilience’
Consumer confidence edged up in July, with increases recorded across all but one measure.
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News
Retailers in ‘stiff competition’ drives shop prices down
Shop prices fell slightly during July amid “stiff competition between retailers”.
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News
John Lewis sales impacted by heatwave
John Lewis Partnership’s total weekly sales were impacted by last week’s “extreme” weather conditions.
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Opinion
Leader: Who will dare challenge Mike Ashley?
Whatever else he may be, Sports Direct tycoon Mike Ashley is commendably plain-spoken.
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Cartoon
Retail cartoon: Sports Direct's all-singing, all-dancing new model
Patrick Blower’s take on Mike Ashley and his mechanics “putting a beautiful, shiny new car on the outside” of Sports Direct’s retail engine.
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News
Greggs sales and profits climb in ‘exceptional first half’
Greggs has recorded a jump in its interim profits as demand rose driven by the popularity of its new vegan sausage roll.
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News
Sports Direct auditor to quit over €674m tax bill bombshell
Sports Direct’s auditor Grant Thornton told regulators that it intended to quit due to concerns regarding the disclosure of the retailer’s 11th hour Belgian tax bill.
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Retail Voice
The case for seamless, not soulless, store experiences
Retail influencer Natalie Berg examines the rise of the experiential store and why customer experience is fast becoming the new currency in retail
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News
Morrisons drafts in analytics experts to boost loyalty credentials
Morrisons has struck a partnership with analytics expert IRI as it bids to better understand its customers.
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Opinion
Opinion: How retailers can win in the age of convenience
UK retail sales experienced their “worst June on record” according to the British Retail Consortium. Small surprise then that retailers and brands are testing and trialling new ways to drive growth.
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News
Hammerson eyes leisure and co-working space as future anchors
Hammerson is looking to leisure concepts, contemporary fashion brands and co-working space as future anchors for its flagship schemes, as it continues to alter its tenant mix away from retail.
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Data
Retail weather: Heat building through the week
The retail weather forecast from Saturday August 3 to Friday August 9, 2019
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News
Sainsbury’s eyes delivery tie-up with Uber Eats
Sainsbury’s has held talks with Uber Eats about launching a delivery service enabling customers to order convenience staples.