More on Me + Em – Page 575
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Yoox Net-a-Porter launches shoppable Instagram accounts
Yoox Net-a-Porter is launching a service that will allow its customers to purchase products directly through its Instagram accounts.
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Yours Clothing profits soar despite Brexit 'shadow'
Plus-size retailer Yours Clothing has posted soaring full-year profits despite “the cloud of Brexit casting its shadow”.
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Google launches tool to help retailers boost customer experience
Google has launched a new online tool aimed at helping retailers improve their customer experience across channels.
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Julian Richer hands control of Richer Sounds to staff
Richer Sounds founder Julian Richer is gifting control of the electricals business to staff, who are in line to receive significant cash bonuses.
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Walmart's Judith McKenna: We're focused on Asda's future
Walmart International boss Judith McKenna has insisted the business is committed to driving Asda’s strategic plan following the collapse of its proposed merger with Sainsbury’s.
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Amazon partners with Next for click-and-collect
Amazon has partnered with Next to launch a click-and-collect service desk called Counter.
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Supermarkets could be fined for food waste, Gove says
Environment Secretary Michael Gove has urged supermarkets to commit to halving food waste by 2030 or risk facing Government fines.
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Landsec losses widen despite sales increase
Landsec recorded widening full-year losses against a backdrop of what boss Robert Noel described as “well-publicised difficulties in the retail market”.
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Cotswold Outdoor owner's CVA approved
Cotswold Outdoor owner Outdoor & Cycle Concepts has won approval for its CVA by a majority of over 97% of creditors.
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Just 3% of retailers think business model fit for next five years
Only three in every 100 retailers think their business model and customer proposition will remain relevant over the next five years.
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Analysis
Analysis: Is Westfield delay making Croydon a retail graveyard?
Westfield and Hammerson’s new £1.4bn Croydon mega-mall was heralded as a catalyst for regeneration. However, construction is delayed, the scheme is ‘under review’ and traders are being forced to shut up shop. Hugh Radojev investigates
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M&S seeks to end ‘it doesn’t fit’ worries with digital investment
Marks & Spencer has taken a stake in a specialist clothes-fitting technology company as part of its drive to enhance its digital capabilities and bolster its appeal to fashion shoppers, Retail Week can reveal.
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Holland & Barrett to name new chief executive
Holland & Barrett is poised to appoint former Travis Perkins director Tony Buffin as its new chief executive, Retail Week understands.
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Shop Direct launches agile customer service innovation team
Shop Direct has appointed a specialist, 20-strong team of advisers to help drive innovations across its customer service division.
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Boots full-year profits slide as sales dip
Boots has recorded a fall in its full-year profits as its sales and margins were eroded by stiff competition from its rivals.
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Tech. Cast: How to avoid retail’s ‘graveyard’
Retail Week and World Retail Congress SVP Chris Brook-Carter on how businesses can remain relevant in a multichannel world and avoid toppling into retail’s “graveyard”.
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Select to launch CVA proposal this week
Select has confirmed it will launch a CVA at some point this week after falling into administration earlier this month.
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Tesco to cull brands as Dave Lewis repeats call for online retail tax
Tesco is preparing for another round of sweeping cuts to the number of brands it stocks on its shelves, as boss Dave Lewis reiterates calls for an online sales levy to even the playing field for bricks-and-mortar retailers.
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Data
Retail weather: Cooler, wetter conditions on the way
The retail weather forecast from Saturday May 18 to Friday May 24, 2019