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High Street
Carpetright in talks with largest investor Meditor over potential sale
Carpetright has announced it is in talks with its largest investor Meditor over a potential sale of the business, as…
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What retailers can learn from the success of Downton Abbey
The film adaptation of the award-winning period drama, Downton Abbey, made its highly anticipated debut in cinemas recently. The film,…
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Can intelligent retail improve the shopping experience?
You would be hard pressed to find a retailer who doesn’t want greater insight into what is happening within its…
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Shopping Centres
Sales and footfall up at Westfield’s UK centres
The owner of the Westfield shopping centres, Unibail-Rodamco (URM), has reported a 5.2% increase in tenant sales at its UK…
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High Street
Mothercare appoints KPMG as advisers
Mothercare has appointed ‘Big Four’ accountancy firm KPMG as advisers to help assess its options for its embattled retail business.…
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Advice
How retail businesses can reduce electrical consumption
Energy remains one of the largest in-store operating costs for UK retailers; and with electricity prices in particular continuing to…
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Amazon Q3 profits fall 25% amid rising shipping costs
Online retail giant Amazon has reported a 25% fall in Q3 net income to $2.1bn (£1.6bn) despite a 24% increase…
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People Moves
85,000 retail jobs lost in the last year
Third-quarter retail employment fell by 2.8% year-on-year, the equivalent of around 85,000 jobs, marking the 15th consecutive quarter of decline…
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How the barcode is continuing to impact the retail world
In our daily lives we hardly give the barcode a second thought. We only really come across it when we’re…
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