Poundworld launches wholesale website

Mon, 21st May 2012

Poundworld launches wholesale website

Poundworld has launched a wholesale website to cater for small retailers in what it believes is an untapped market.

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Mon, 21st May 2012

Debenhams kickstarts summer discounting frenzy

Debenhams is set to kick off what is expected to be a frenzy of discounting across the high street with the launch of its Summer Spectacular tomorrow.

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Mon, 21st May 2012

Canon may invest up to £10 million in Jessops

Camera giant Canon is understood to be on the brink of investing in Jessops to help prop up the struggling camera retailer.

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Mon, 21st May 2012

Consumers still lack confidence

The BRC-ATCM-Springboard Retail Footfall Monitor shows Q1 footfall down.

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Mon, 21st May 2012

Etailer Notonthehighstreet gets £10m investment

Notonthehighstreet.com has inked a deal with some of Europes largest technology venture capital firms for a £10m investment.

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Mon, 21st May 2012

Shop Direct Group signs further ten year deal with Norbert Dentressangle

One the UK's leading providers of e-fulfilment and reverse logistics solutions extends contract for the warehousing of 'two-man' products.

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Mon, 21st May 2012

IKEA to boost effectiveness of its global IKEA Family loyalty programme

Despite admitting it runs a relatively unsophisticated loyalty programme, IKEA has many millions of loyal members who enjoy the benefits of its IKEA Family members' programme, and this is likely to grow as the company is now focusing on improving the way it operates the scheme. By Glynn Davis

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Mon, 21st May 2012

Footfall drops 2% in first quarter

Footfall has dropped 2% in the first quarter of 2012 as the wet weather and changes to the calendar impacted shopper behaviour, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC)/Springboard-ACTM Footfall Monitor.

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Mon, 21st May 2012

Waterstones signs Kindle deal

High street bookseller Waterstones has signed a commercial agreement with Amazon to launch new e-reading services and Kindle digital devices through its UK shops.

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Mon, 21st May 2012

British Land increases profits despite difficult retail climate

British Land increased its pre-tax profit by 5.1% in 2011 despite challenging market conditions for the retail sector.

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Mon, 21st May 2012

Burberry awarded £63 million damages in counterfeit case

Burberry, the iconic luxury clothing brand, has been awarded £63 million in damages by a US court in a judgement case against Chinese internet counterfeiters.

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Mon, 21st May 2012

Which? criticises supermarket sandwich labelling

A Which? investigation has criticised retailers for failing to use a 'traffic light' system of nutrition labelling on sandwich packs.

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Mon, 21st May 2012

Waterstones inks deal with Amazon to sell Kindle

Waterstones has signed a deal with Amazon to sell its Kindle e-reader.

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Mon, 21st May 2012

Wet weather hits retail footfall

The BRC/Springboard-ATCM Footfall and Vacancies Monitor for February to April 2012 shows footfall in the three months to April was 2.0% lower than a year ago, worse than the 1.8% increase in the previous three months.

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Mon, 21st May 2012

Asda appoints new chief merchandising officer and food trading director

George clothing managing director Andrew Moore has been appointed as Asda's chief merchandising officer.

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Mon, 21st May 2012

Asda reports 'gloomy' shopper sentiment

An Asda poll of its customers has revealed a gloomy picture with shoppers feeling pessimistic about budgets and spending.

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Sun, 20th May 2012

The Retail Round up - The Sunday Papers

Murky world of buyers who bypass the High Street turns ugly as Nike goes into battle over 'fake' trainers, M&S board members to receive bonus for boosting sales despite missed targets, TUI Travel and Thomas Cook draw contingency plans in case of Greece's exit from the euro, UK retail sales falter as Marks & Spencer misses targets. High street haggling really does pay, Rents grind down Starbucks, European pain likely to trouble Vodafone, Dr Martens awaits private equity tie-up, From M&S to whisky - China's middle class snap up western goods, Former Farepak board lined up for punishment - but Glencore's investors are free of their shackles, Goldfinger checks in to rescue ailing Jurys Inn chain, Jeweller hooked on 20 big spenders, Battle for control at Punch pubs, Rain drenches retail revival hopes

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Fri, 18th May 2012

Morrisons completes in-store bakery revamp

Morrisons is relaunching its in-store bakeries and has introduced new packaging to display the products. 

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Fri, 18th May 2012

John Lewis reports strong bank holiday trade

John Lewis benefited from strong bank holiday trade last week as sales closed 16.6% higher than the same week last year.

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Fri, 18th May 2012

John Lewis reports strong trade bank holiday trade

John Lewis benefited from strong bank holiday trade last week as sales closed 16.6% higher than the same week last year.

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