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Analysis
Tesco's swoop for Booker: what the analysts say
Tesco unviled plans to buy wholesaler Booker this morning. We look at how the City and retail watchers reacted.
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Video
The Retail Week: Tesco, Booker and French Connection
The Retail Week team sit down to discuss the big moves in the industry, including Tesco’s merger with Booker and the trouble at French Connection.
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News
Tesco's Lewis downplays Booker deal competition concerns
Tesco boss Dave Lewis has shrugged off suggestions that competition authorities could hamper its proposed merger with food wholesaler Booker.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Waanders In de Broeren, the Netherlands
A 15th-century church in the north of the Netherlands turns bookshop Waanders In de Broeren into a Mecca for bibliophiles.
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News
Shop Direct owners the Barclays mull share sell-off
Shop Direct owners the Barclay brothers are considering selling off their stake in the business, in a deal that could value the etailer at £2bn.
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News
Tesco to buy wholesaler Booker in £3.7bn deal
Tesco and food wholesaler Booker have unveiled plans to merge in a deal that values the Londis and Budgens owner at £3.7bn.
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News
Retail Diary: Maplin, Poundland and umbrella drones
Maplin’s Meakin takes the business by the horns and Poundland helps Sainsbury’s chairman ‘live well for less’.
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News
Retailers braced for Chinese New Year sales rush
Retailers are poised for a bumper sales weekend as tourists prepare to celebrate Chinese New Year.
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Opinion
Retail surgery: How can retailers offset warehouse risk?
How can retailers offset warehouse risk?
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Analysis
Infographic: A Burberry boost and Chocolate thiefs
The week in words and numbers, January 27, 2017: Angus Thirwell says there’s nothing new about Hotel Chocolat’s copycats, and Burberry post a boost.
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News
Consumer confidence rises at quickest rate since August
Consumer confidence has grown at its quickest rate since August, as shopper sentiment continues to rally following the shock of the Brexit vote.
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Analysis
Agenda: Ocado, Joules, Carpetright, ScS and Conviviality
This week brings another busy week of updates with Ocado, Conviviality, Joules, Carpetright and ScS all reporting.
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Analysis
Analysis: The battle over deliveries gets personal
Personalisation is key in the delivery war as multichannel retailers take a more personal approach. Lindsay Clarke investigates.
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News
Breakfast briefing: UK retail sales, Shop Direct and more
Retail news round-up: UK retail sales drop in January, Barclay brothers seek Shop Direct sale, and increased revenues at Jimmy Choo.
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Interview
Pocket Shop steams into WHSmith's travel heartland
The launch of Swedish bookseller Pocket Shop in the UK has caused some ructions, according to its boss Anna Borné Minberger.
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Analysis
Analysis: How Holland & Barrett is staying healthy
Holland & Barrett has opened a 6,000 sq ft flagship in London, with a fresh focus on health and beauty, sports nutrition and vegan nails.
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Analysis
WHSmith: 225 years old and still going strong
WHSmith earned a gold star from the City this week as it posted a better-than-expected 1% increase in group like-for-likes.
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News
Hammerson toasts festive sales rise at UK shopping centres
Hammerson posted an increase in sales across its UK shopping centres in December, as athleisure, electricals and department store retailers drove performance.
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News
Today in retail: Is the Christmas jobs dip just a blip?
Although the majority of retailers defied expectation with strong Christmas trading, the fall in retail jobs during the period painted a less festive picture.