More on Me + Em – Page 553
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News
Trafficking gang used slaves to supply top UK grocers
Retailers including Tesco, Marks & Spencer and Asda were supplied goods from supply chains that used slaves from the UK’s largest human trafficking network.
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Debenhams’ CVA opponent drops legal challenge
Property investment firm M&G Real Estate has withdrawn its court action against Debenhams’ CVA.
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Data
Retail weather: Seasonable, with showers later
The retail weather forecast from Saturday July 13 to Friday July 19, 2019
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News
Matalan warns on margins as discounting rises
Matalan has reported a rise in first-quarter sales and earnings but cautioned that price-cutting is taking a toll on margins.
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Green’s overseas assets targeted by pensions watchdog
Sir Philip Green’s overseas assets could be plundered by The Pensions Regulator as it bids to secure payments promised to the Arcadia pension scheme.
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Tesco to launch 750 c-stores in Thailand expansion push
Tesco is preparing to fire the starting gun on an ambitious expansion plan in Thailand that will see it open 750 convenience stores over the next three years.
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Asos could axe 100 jobs as profits crash
Asos is poised to axe around 100 jobs at its London head office as the business grapples to revive slowing sales.
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Data
Data: Online to eat up half of retail sales by 2028
Online shopping will account for more than half of all retail sales in the UK within the next 10 years, new research has predicted.
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Analysis
Analysis: Is a Halloween Brexit retail’s worst nightmare?
As the two remaining candidates for the Conservative Party leadership both pledge to leave the EU on October 31 come what may, retailers are growing increasingly anxious about the Halloween deadline.
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News
Monsoon Accessorize to cut up to 50 roles
Monsoon Accessorize will make up to 50 staff redundant as part of ongoing efforts to restructure the business.
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Moonpig owner Photobox to cull over 5% of jobs
Photobox Group is streamlining its brands and putting 42 roles at risk of redundancy as it reorganises its personalised gifting businesses under two separate arms, Retail Week can reveal.
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Agenda: Ocado, Superdry and Dunelm update the market
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days with updates from Ocado, Superdry and Dunelm on the agenda.
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News
Amazon’s Deliveroo deal could face CMA probe
Amazon’s investment into online food fulfilment business Deliveroo has been thrown into doubt by the competition watchdog.
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Sainsbury’s boss Coupe gets shareholder backing at AGM
Sainsbury’s under-pressure boss Mike Coupe has been unanimously backed by the grocer’s shareholders, despite suffering a bruising AGM.
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Sports Direct’s Mike Ashley loses second key ally
Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley has lost a second key ally in the space of a week after the retailer’s company secretary stepped down.
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Opinion
Move of the Week: ‘Beating heart’ of Pret A Manger steps down
It will very soon be the end of an era at Pret A Manger, following the news that Clive Schlee will step down as chief executive at the end of September after 16 years leading the business.
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Opinion
Opinion: Online retailers must face up to inconvenient truths
Online retail sales growth slowed to 0.6% in the 12 weeks to June 2, versus 8% in 2018. While we can point to the weather as being partly to blame, I think there are a few larger trends at play here.
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Analysis
In pictures: Boots vs the beauty titans
Can Boots’ new Covent Garden store help it compete with beauty brands and department stores? John Ryan reports.