More on Me + Em – Page 692
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News
Carpetright secures £60m lifeline through share issue
Carpetright has secured the £60m it needs to fund its CVA and restructuring costs via a share issue.
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News
WHSmith travel sales rise as high street dips
WHSmith’s travel sales rose in its third quarter as it developed a new smaller format for high street stores.
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Opinion
Opinion: Retail lessons from Apple’s $1trn valuation
Tech giant Apple stands on the cusp of being the highest valued American company ever, close to a capitalisation of $1trn.
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Cartoon
Retail cartoon: Lush kicks up a stink
Retail Week cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on Lush’s controversial #SpyCops campaign
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News
AO overhauls top team ahead of brand and services push
Electricals etailer AO World has reshaped its top management as it seeks to make the most of existing business strengths and chase new opportunities.
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News
AO.com full-year losses widen despite sales rise
AO.com has slipped further into the red despite increased sales as Britain’s Got Talent marketing costs and the weak pound bit into its bottom line.
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News
Quiz profits and sales soar in 'excellent' year
Quiz has posted a leap in full-year profits and sales, bolstered by a rapidly growing customer base and its successful float.
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May retail sales rebound at highest rate since 2014
Retail sales in May registered the sharpest increase year on year since January 2014, spurred by warm weather, The Royal Wedding and strong grocery sales.
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Analysis
In pictures: China’s Alibaba and JD.com reinvent stores
Retailers are looking East, not West, for the future of retail. John Ryan goes to China to see the tech-enabled stores of ecommerce giants Alibaba and JD.com.
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Analysis
Vodcast: are retailers investing in the wrong areas?
Retailers need to shift tech investment away from front-end capabilities and focus on back-end capabilities, former House of Fraser CIO Julian Burnett has warned.
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News
Matalan posts profit rise after full-price sales focus
Matalan has recorded a rise in full-year profits after achieving an 11.7% uplift in full-price sales.
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Opinion
Opinion: In Barcelona, shoppers are voting with their feet
“The people have spoken”, the clarion call of the Daily Mail, among other organs, is the mantra of people who voted for Brexit, airbrushing out the inconvenient detail of the millions of people who voted the other way.
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News
John Lewis buys Opun to boost service credentials
The John Lewis Partnership has snapped up home improvement business Opun as it ramps up efforts to strengthen its services proposition.
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Data
Retail weather: Mixed forecast but remaining warm
The retail weather forecast from Saturday June 9 to Friday June 15, 2018: A mixture of rain and sun
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Opinion
Opinion: Lush #SpyCops campaign has whiff of folly
From a retailer’s perspective, Lush’s #SpyCops campaign had disaster written all over it from the moment it went live.
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Opinion
Opinion: Why is Poundworld in trouble now?
There’s a lot more to being a successful discounter these days than having shelves laden with cheap stuff.
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News
Poundworld closing in on rescue deal with Alteri
Former Austin Reed owner Alteri Investors is closing in on a deal to rescue embattled Poundworld.
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News
Tesco shareholders urged to rebel over boss Lewis’ pay
Tesco’s shareholders have been urged to vote against boss Dave Lewis’ “excessive” pay and bonus package at its AGM next week.
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News
House of Fraser insists CVA plan ‘on track’
House of Fraser has insisted it is “on track” with plans to launch a CVA and secure new investment despite an alleged battle with its lenders.
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News
Agenda: WH Smith, Quiz, Joules and AO update the market
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with updates from WH Smith, Quiz and Joules on the agenda, plus the latest BRC retail sales figures, all on the agenda.