More on Me + Em – Page 558
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Analysis
Analysis: Why New Look and Carpetright’s CVAs are working
Despite their recent surge in popularity for cash-strapped retailers, CVAs are known to be a notoriously unreliable way of saving a business.
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Analysis
Succession or sale: Why has River Island hired Will Kernan?
River Island’s appointment of Will Kernan as chief executive struck an unexpected note last week.
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News
M&S launches food marketing campaign with ITV Weather
Marks & Spencer has launched a promotion with ITV Weather to highlight its fresh food credentials.
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News
Sports Direct opts for town centre with freehold acquisition
Sports Direct has acquired the freehold of a former TJ Hughes building in a town centre, relocating from a nearby out-of-town retail park in the process.
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News
Gear4Music swings to full-year loss despite sales increase
Online music retailer Gear4Music registered “disappointing” full-year losses despite soaring sales and “rapidly gaining market share”.
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News
Grocery sales rise marks three years of growth
Grocery sales have risen 1.4% year on year, representing three years of continuous growth, the latest Kantar data revealed.
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New Look celebrates return to ‘underlying profitability’
New Look is back in the black on an underlying basis after its turnaround programme bore fruit.
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Carpetright reports ‘year of two halves’ as turnaround continues
Carpetright has posted reduced annual losses and said there has been strong like-for-like growth in the new financial year.
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Amazon Prime Day to run over 48 hours for first time
Amazon’s annual Prime Day deals extravaganza will be extended this year to run over a 48-hour period for the first time.
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Analysis
Analysis: How technology can save the high street
Hard times on the high street have been thrown into stark relief in the wake of news that Boots may close as many as 200 stores, while a CVA at Arcadia will result in about 50 closures.
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Analysis
75 retailers reveal their AI investment plans
AI is a top investment priority for retailers and the majority have pinpointed the business areas where they believe it will deliver the biggest ROI, exclusive Retail Week research reveals.
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Retail Voice
Unlocking ROI from in-store investments
In-store tech can help to meet the needs of modern consumers, but investments in innovation must also boost the bottom line.
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News
Edinburgh Woollen Mill suffers profit fall
Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group has posted a decline in full-year profits as it confronted challenging trading conditions.
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News
AO poaches Electrolux’s Mark Armstrong for new division
AO.com is launching a business-to-business division with Mark Armstrong as its new head of sales for the house builders division.
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Comet ex-directors face legal action over failed deal
Former directors of collapsed electricals chain Comet, including WHSmith’s upcoming chief executive Carl Cowling, face legal action from liquidators.
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News
Carrefour sells China business to Suning.com
Carrefour has become the latest big Western retailer to beat the retreat in China after agreeing to sell its business there.
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News
Boots to scrap plastic bags in all stores by 2020
Boots plans to replace plastic carrier bags with paper alternatives across 53 stores today, with the entirety of its store estate to switch over by next year.
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Data
Retail weather: Demand for summer products rises
The retail weather forecast from Saturday June 29 to Friday July 5, 2019