More on Me + Em – Page 699
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News
Retail footfall tumbles at 'unprecedented' rate
Retail footfall dropped sharply in April as wet weather spurred declines in shopper numbers across high streets, retail parks and shopping centres.
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News
Mothercare to seek fresh investment for rescue plan
Mothercare is set to tap up investors to bolster its restructuring plan with the launch of equity share placing alongside its full-year results this week.
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News
Poundworld parent TPG parks CVA plan in favour of sale
Poundworld’s owner has halted plans for a possible Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) after receiving expression of interest from prospective buyers.
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Opinion
How to nurture staff within your business
Jill Maples, HR director at Hermes, reveals how the company retains staff, giving them an incentive to develop their skills and take on exciting opportunities.
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Opinion
Opinion: HMRC’s Iceland probe shows warped priorities
Because life is short, and resources aren’t unlimited, we all have to decide on our priorities.
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Analysis
Analysis: Does the CVA need a restructure of its own?
It was an unprecedented step – and one that consequently sent tremors pulsing through the retail and property industries.
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Retail Voice
Three reasons why stores need to digitise
The digitisation of the store is essential in a competitive market where retail trends are being driven by the tech-enabled, hyper-connected consumer.
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News
Agenda: Asda, Mothercare and Burberry update the market
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with updates from Mothercare, Gear4Music and Asda on the agenda.
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News
The Hut Group obtains £600m loan to drive acquisitions
The Hut Group has secured a £600m revolving credit facility to supercharge its acquisition warpath and bolster its tech capabilities.
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Future Leaders
How Deliciously Ella went from blogger to brand owner
Deliciously Ella – the keynote speaker at Retail Week’s Be Inspired conference – shares her journey from blogger to businesswoman and gives advice for budding entrepreneurs.
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News
MPs launch new inquiry into health of high streets
Parliamentarians are to consider how to breathe new life into high streets that are suffering as online shopping grows and cost pressures increase.
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News
Pennycook: ‘Apprenticeship levy isn’t working’
BRC chairman Richard Pennycook has called for reform of the apprenticeship levy, which he said is “not working”.
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Video
The Retail Week: Is this a new dawn for fashion?
On this week’s episode of The Retail Week, the team discuss the latest BRC retail sales and Next’s quarterly results and ask, is it a new dawn for fashion?
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Future Leaders
Be Inspired: What makes Sir Ian Cheshire ‘batshit’ crazy?
Sir Ian Cheshire said that his time as a retail chief executive at B&Q was peppered with one very particular frustration.
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Retail Voice
Encourage consumer spending by delighting shoppers
How retailers can ensure this year’s projection of consumer spending comes to fruition
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Analysis
Analysis: What’s behind Walmart’s pounce on Flipkart?
Only a week after lining up a deal for Asda with Sainsbury’s, US titan Walmart has made the biggest acquisition in its history with the capture of India’s Flipkart.com.
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Cartoon
Blower’s retail cartoon: House of Fraser’s CVA plan
Retail Week cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on House of Fraser’s CVA plan
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News
House of Fraser Group racks up £44m loss
House of Fraser Group swung to a £43.9m pre-tax loss last year as the Brexit vote, terrorist attacks and online competition weighed on the embattled department store business.
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News
Superdry full-year profits up but store sales stutter
Superdry’s shares took a tumble after store sales struggled in its most recent quarter.
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News
Morrisons boss Potts shrugs off Sainsbury’s-Asda deal
Morrisons boss David Potts has insisted the grocer is “well placed” to drive further growth, even if the proposed mega-merger between Sainsbury’s and Asda goes ahead.