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Carphone Warehouse shutters stores, 2,900 redundancies expected

Dixons Carphone has announced that all UK standalone Carphone Warehouse stores will close their doors next month.  The 531 stores,…

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Robots could take half a million UK retail jobs within the next five years

UK retail is set to lose over half a million jobs to robots, according to the 2019 Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO…

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Boots to trial in-store interpretation service

Health and beauty retailer Boots is trialing an interpretation service for non-English speaking pharmacy patients, starting in five stores across…

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Microsoft reports Q4 revenues of £26bn despite gaming slump

Microsoft has revealed its total revenues for the fourth quarter jumped 12% to $33.7bn (£26.7bn), despite struggles at its gaming…

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Laybuy announces partnership with Alexachung

Laybuy, the buy now, pay later service, has announced the fashion brand Alexachung as its second major UK partner. Laybuy…

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Asos brings models to customers’ homes with new Virtual Catwalk

Online fashion retailer Asos has today (14 June) announced the launch of ‘Virtual Catwalk’, its first augmented reality (AR) experience.…

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Microsoft’s flagship store to open on 11 July

International technology and software company Microsoft is set to open its first physical retail store in Oxford Circus, London on…

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O2 increases paternity pay leave package to 14 weeks

Mobile network and phone retailer O2 has announced it will increase its paid paternity leave to 14 weeks for all…

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Laybuy launches in the UK with Footasylum partnership

Laybuy, New Zealand’s largest buy now, pay later service, has officially launched in the UK  with footwear retailer Footasylum confirmed…

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Smartphone now dominant device for buying online

For the first time, shoppers spent more money through their smartphones when accessing UK retail sites than either of the…

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