All Mothercare articles – Page 10
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NewsDigital receipts firm yReceipts raises funds from click-and-collect pioneer
YReceipts has received investment from backers including the former Argos ecommerce director credited with inventing click-and-collect.
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NewsUPDATED: Mothercare raises £100m as shareholders take up underwritten rights issue
Mothercare has raised £100m that it will invest in its digital transformation and a business overhaul after underwriters found subscribers for the rump of its rights issue.
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OpinionComment: Does beacon technology improve customer experience?
To beacon or not to beacon, that is the question. As retailers roll out beacon technology, is it really enriching the customer experience?
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NewsMothercare launches rights issue after shareholders back digital plan
Mothercare’s rights issue has gone live after shareholders overwhelmingly supported the plan to raise £100m for a digital transformation.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Amazon, Mothercare and Ocado
Retail news round-up on October 10, 2014: Amazon plans to open first physical store, investors back Mothercare’s rights issue, Ocado launches Sizzle website, and Carl Icahn urges Apple to buy more stocks.
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OpinionComment: Tesco and M&S need retail revolution rather than evolution
Tesco and Marks & Spencer’s must undergo dramatic change as the UK retail scene adjusts to hard discounters and online challenges.
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AnalysisMarks & Spencer launches M&S Baby: What do retailers need to know?
Marks & Spencer launched its M&S Baby brand this week. Retail Week looks at what retailers need to know about the new brand.
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NewsMothercare to trial beacon technology early next year
Mothercare will start trialling beacon technology in its stores next year as it continues to develop its mobile offer.
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NewsDebenhams brings Mothercare and Monsoon into stores to woo shoppers
Debenhams is bringing high street names Mothercare and Monsoon to its stores as the retailer vies to woo shoppers without promotions.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Tesco, Co-op and Debenhams
Retail news round-up on October 7, 2014: Tesco chairman mulls resignation, TPG considers buying Tesco’s Dunnhumby and Debenhams hands floor space to Mothercare and Monsoon.
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OpinionComment: Will digital innovation turn Mothercare around?
Following Mothercare’s plans to become a digitally-led business, will the retailer be able to understand its customers digital demands?
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NewsMothercare to reveal new store designs this autumn as it bids for recovery
Mothercare will trial two new store designs this autumn as boss Mark Newton-Jones seeks to revive the retailer on the back of a £100m rights issue.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The six key elements of Mothercare's strategic plan
Mothercare hopes to raise £100m from a rights issue and has identified six key areas for investment. Retail Week looks at exactly where the money will be spent.
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OpinionComment: Mothercare's rights issue will allow focus on customers
Tight cost control is a retail basic but on its own it’s rarely enough to build a business and persuade the shopper to open her purse.
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NewsMothercare to raise £100m from rights issue to invest in digital transformation
Mothercare is seeking to raise about £100m by launching a rights issue as part of an ambition to make the company a “digitally led” business.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How food offers are transforming retail destinations
Retail destinations are being transformed by new food and beverage outlets. Retail Week asks whether food really can serve up more retail sales.
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NewsMore than 100 British businesses sign open letter calling for business rates reform
The big four grocers are among more than 100 of Britain’s biggest companies that have called for the controversial business rates system to be overhauled in an open letter published today.
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AnalysisAnalysis: UK retailers expand horizons for international stores
China may be a hot market, but UK retailers’ overseas store choices demonstrate their international expansions will be even further afield.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Can retail's big-hitters sooth a troubled maternity market?
Maternity specialist retailers are facing turbulent times as online retailers and supermarkets are stealing their market share.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Lovelock latest big-hitter to enter maternity market fray
Retail veteran Derek Lovelock is the latest retail big hitter to vie to bring stability to the turbulent mother and baby market after taking the helm at Mamas & Papas.