WHSmith buys Gadget Shop brand

Tue, 7th September 2010

WHSmith buys Gadget Shop brand

WHSmith has bought gadget and gift brand the Gadget Shop from toy retailer The Entertainer.

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Tue, 7th September 2010

Sports Direct enjoyed World Cup Boost

Total group sales increased to £408m for the 13 weeks ending 25 July 2010 from £375m a year earlier.

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Tue, 7th September 2010

Debenhams launches surprise in-season Sale

Debenhams has launched a four day Sale Spectacular on new autumn stock, a highly unusual move for the department store.

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Tue, 7th September 2010

Back to School boosted retail sales rise but confidence remains fragile.

UK retail sales values were up 1.0% on a like-for-like basis from August 2009, when sales had fallen 0.1%. On a total basis, sales were up 2.8% against a 2.2% increase in August 2009.

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Tue, 7th September 2010

Tesco director Lucy Neville-Rolfe joins ITV board

Tesco corporate and legal affairs director Lucy Neville-Rolfe has joined the board of ITV, the UKs biggest commercial broadcaster.

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Tue, 7th September 2010

H&M proposes global employee incentive scheme

Swedish fashion retailer H&M is launching a major global employee incentive scheme to encourage staff and reward loyalty.

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Tue, 7th September 2010

Strong first quarter for Sports Direct

Sports Direct had a strong first quarter despite a poor performance from the England team in the football World Cup with sales up 8.8% to £408m in the 13 weeks to July 25.

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Tue, 7th September 2010

Ocado sales up 30%, but shares fall in early trading

Ocado has revealed strong sales growth this morning in its first trading update as a quoted company, but its shares fell following the update.

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Tue, 7th September 2010

Retail sales rise in August

Retail sales rose 1% like-for-like in August and 2.8% in total, the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor showed.

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Tue, 7th September 2010

Sales rise at Ocado

Ocado Group said gross sales increased 29.5% to £126.5m for the 12 weeks to 8th August (2009: £97.7m), with average orders per week for period of 92,834.

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Mon, 6th September 2010

Best summer for years on the high street

Growth across board as Autumn ranges hit the shelves

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Mon, 6th September 2010

How will LEP impact retailers?

Retailers support the drive for more business involvement in local decision making, but have concerns about how plans to devolve power could impact on national businesses.

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Mon, 6th September 2010

Mobile Advertisers Forecast to Spend $1.8 Billion on Location-Based Campaigns in 2015

Location-based advertising is still in its infancy, but according to a new study from ABI Research, businesses are primed to spend $1.8 billion on it in 2015 as part of their overall mobile marketing budgets.

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Mon, 6th September 2010

Survey reveals demand for mobile commerce and shopping

Majority of respondents would use their mobiles to buy big-ticket items

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Mon, 6th September 2010

Consumers are seeking out retailers on Facebook and Twitter in growing numbers

83% of consumers buying online at least once a week

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Mon, 6th September 2010

UK tackles online payment fraud head on

Shopping online has never been more secure for UK consumers thanks to strategies put in place by retailers to beat card crime

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Mon, 6th September 2010

Lidl UK boss steps down

Lidl UK managing director Frank-Michael Mros is understood to have stepped down from his post.

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Mon, 6th September 2010

Food for thought: Online food retail's future depends on label standardisation

Every six months or so, the cycle of food labelling rumours re-surface, with reports that the FSA are once again suggesting a change in food labelling. The most recent of these was the suggestion of including traffic light labelling on products, a proposal which has since been dropped.

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Mon, 6th September 2010

BRC seeks assurances on local enterprise partnerships

The British Retail Consortium has welcomed opportunities for business to become involved in local decision making but warned that localism should not be allowed to harm national companies.

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Mon, 6th September 2010

John Lewis profits to bounce back

John Lewis is expected to say that profits at the department store chain have returned to pre-recession levels when it updates on its half-year results this month.

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