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Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield posts 14.5% profit rise after Westfield acquisition

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield has reported a 14.5% jump in H1 profits boosted by its recently acquired Westfield shopping centres. Europe’s largest property…

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Moonpig owner acquires Dutch gift retailer

Photobox Group, the parent company of card and gift retailer Moonpig, has acquired Dutch online cards and gifting retailer Greetz.…

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Superdrug launches in-store Botox and filler service

High street health and beauty store Superdrug has launched an in-store Botox and fillers service at its flagship on the…

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Sainsbury’s trials ‘till-free shopping’ at south London store

Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s is trialling a new ‘scan, pay and go’ scheme at its Clapham North Station Local store, enabling…

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Lush to offer free coffee

Cosmetics retailer Lush is to offer free coffee in an attempt to cut down on single use coffee cups. Customers…

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How independent retailers can use packaging to connect with customers

Putting a figure on the number of independent retailers is no small feat. According to the British Chambers of Commerce,…

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Footfall drops in July as customers avoid high street in heatwave

The heatwave drew customers away from the high street in July, as footfall fell by 10.8% compared with the same…

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How to future proof your SEO strategy in a voice search world

By 2020, 50% of all searches will be done via a virtual assistant or voice search device. In 2015, the…

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Selfridges open ‘Christmas Shop’ four months before the festive period

Selfridges has opened its ‘Christmas Shop’ four months before the festive period, with the department store claiming the decision was…

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The end of the High Street as we know it? Part II

Like many other Retail Sector readers, I found Kareena Uttamchandani’s post this week about the end of high street fascinating…

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