All Retail Week articles in Ocotber 25 2013 – Page 3
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News
Topshop opens in Paris' Galeries Lafayette
Topshop is to open in France today with a concession in the upmarket Galeries Lafayette department store in Paris.
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Primark to extend compensation for victims of Bangladesh factory tragedy
Primark plans to extend compensation for victims and their families affected by the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh in April that killed more than 1,100 people.
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Asos boss Nick Robertson gives away £2.8m to staff
Asos founder and chief executive Nick Robertson has awarded staff £2.8m in a special bonus which he is covering personally, Retail Week has learned.
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Debenhams full-year profits fall 2.7% as it remains 'cautious' of recovery
Debenhams revealed a profit fall in its full-year figures as it remains “cautious” for the year ahead.
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Retail employment growth slows in third quarter
Retail employment in the third quarter grew at its weakest rate in 2013, rising just 1%, but retailers aim to step up staffing levels for Christmas.
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Gallery
In pictures: London’s first designer outlet opens in Wembley
London’s first designer outlet opened its doors today next to Wembley Stadium.
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Opinion
Comment: Imagining failure can lead to retail success
Retailers will by now be well advanced planning for next year. To most of us planning is a tedious necessity - ‘failure to plan is planning to fail’.
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Tesco eyes global fashion dominance for F&F brand
Tesco has unveiled audacious ambitions to be “the world’s leading retailer for affordable fashion” that will take it toe-to-toe with the largest clothing specialists.
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Analysis
Analysis: Retailers’ fight to stop shopper loyalty waning
Technology has made it easier for consumers to shop around, but retailers are hitting back and using digital innovations and traditional techniques to amass loyal followings.
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News
BRC takes business rates fight up a gear as it hires adviser
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has appointed Ernst &Young to step up its bid to reform the business rates system.
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Argos to unveil 'digital stores' as multichannel grows
Multichannel retailer Argos is poised to unveil a new-model store designed to reflect its shift to digital commerce.
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Asos and Primark still in talks to make online trial work
Asos and Primark have not given up hope on their online trial becoming a long-term arrangement as the pair attempt to make it profitable.
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Opinion
Comment: Apple’s issue with the HMV app is no surprise
The spat that broke out between HMV and Apple over the iOS version of the Hilco-owned retailer’s music app has inevitably been positioned as a clash between old and new.
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Opinion
Comment: The technology trends and start-ups retailers need to know about
When 3 major UK retailers went bust right after Christmas last year in early January 2013, we should have all known that something fundamental was changing in people’s buying behaviour.
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Analysis
Video: Tesco F&F COO Richard Collins - ‘We can stand up against any competition’
Tesco said its new F&F store in West Kensington puts the grocer’s own brand clothing label toe-to-toe with high street fashion rivals.
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Opinion
Nick Bubb’s verdict: Marks & Spencer Food - bags of offline potential?
Even former boss Stuart Rose thinks that M&S Food needs to get online, but management think that there’s still lots to go for offline.
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News
Sainsbury’s Brand Match advert banned by watchdog
Sainsbury’s has been forced to make amendments to a marketing campaign for its Brand Match price matching service.
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News
Boxpark founder takes pop-up business rates plea to Westminster next week
Boxpark founder Roger Wade is set to speak to government next week to encourage it to waive business rates for pop-ups.
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Gallery
In pictures: Tesco unveils first dedicated womenswear F&F store
Tesco has today opened its first dedicated womenswear shop-in-shop for its F&F clothing brand as the grocery giant looks to turn up the heat on high street fashion rivals.
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Opinion
Comment: Bonmarché's prospects post IPO
Following Bargain Booze owner Conviviality’s successful flotation on AIM, clothing retailer Bonmarché is the next retailer likely to list on the junior market.