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• Boots stores at risk amid cost-cutting drive

  28-05-2019 22:33 via ft.com
  Group reviewing underperforming outlets and being ‘realistic’ about the future
  
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• Boots could close up to 200 stores, leading to hundreds of job losses

  28-05-2019 20:12
  Retailer reviewing UK portfolio as it battles discounters and online specialistsBoots could close up to 200 stores over the next two years, resulting in the loss of hundreds of jobs, as the retailer battles competition from discounters and online specialists.The health and beauty chain is reviewing its portfolio of nearly 2,500 shops as its US parent company attempts to cut $1bn (£790bn) in costs worldwide, partly to offer customers lower prices and better services. Continue reading...
  
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• Walmart pledges to ‘pick up the pace’ in tech with new hire

  28-05-2019 19:18 via ft.com
  Google exec drafted in as tech chief
  
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• Boots could close up to 200 branches in UK

  28-05-2019 16:55 via theretailbulletin.com
  Health and beauty retailer Boots could close up to 200 stores over the next 12 to 18 months according to reports.
  
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• Last call for Retail Customer Engagement and VIP lunch

  28-05-2019 15:04 via theretailbulletin.com
  With just over a week to go until THE retail customer engagement conference of the year, time is running out for you to secure your place and join the 125 retailers attending Retail Customer Engagement on 5 June.
  
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• Administrators for Select launch bid to rescue business

  28-05-2019 15:01 via theretailbulletin.com
  Administrators for the Select fashion chain have filed proposals for a Company Voluntary Arrangement as they look to cut property costs for the business.
  
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• Stop Advertising to Your Customers - Start building relationships with them

  28-05-2019 14:40 via theretailbulletin.com
  75% of retailers consider omni-channel communication an essential part of their business strategy. Where do you stand?
  
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• Last call for Retail Customer Engagement and VIP readers lunch

  28-05-2019 11:41 via theretailbulletin.com
  The excitement is building! With just over a week to go until THE retail customer engagement event of the year, you’d better act now to secure your place.
  
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• John Lewis to invest £21 million in revamping Peterborough store

  28-05-2019 11:39 via theretailbulletin.com
  John Lewis & Partners is to invest £21 million in refurbishing its 93,000 square foot department store in Peterborough.
  
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• Cybertill Case Study: One year on: Barnardo’s captures more Gift Aid with Cybertill

  28-05-2019 11:32 via theretailbulletin.com
  Partnering with leading charity technology company, Cybertill, Barnardo’s has future-proofed its retail operation
  
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• Last call: join us at Retail Customer Engagement

  28-05-2019 10:31 via theretailbulletin.com
  The excitement is building! With just over a week to go until THE retail customer engagement event of the year, you’d better act now to secure your place.
  
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• El Corte Inglés to sell its Los Arcos and Bahía Sur stores

  28-05-2019 09:50 via theretailbulletin.com
  Spanish department store chain El Corte Inglés has reached an agreement with  Castellana Properties to sell its Los Arcosstore in Seville and its Bahía Sur store in Cádiz for €36.8 million.
  
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• Zara owner to appoint Carlos Crespo as new chief executive

  28-05-2019 09:38 via theretailbulletin.com
  Zara owner Inditex is to promote its chief operating officer Carlos Crespo to the role of group chief executive.
  
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• John Lewis embarks on click and collect trial with the Co-op

  28-05-2019 09:38 via theretailbulletin.com
  The John Lewis & Partners department store chain has teamed up with the Co-op to launch a trial click and collect service in six Co-op food stores.
  
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• Waitrose to open new fulfilment centre in Enfield

  28-05-2019 09:37 via theretailbulletin.com
  Waitrose & Partners has acquired a 110,000 square foot property in Enfield for use as a customer fulfilment centre.
  
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• JD.com to build direct online retailing system for manufacturers

  28-05-2019 09:37 via theretailbulletin.com
  Chinese online retail giant JD.com has launched a new initiative in which it will build a direct online retailing system for manufacturers.
  
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• Cheap and cheerful: why there’s more to Primark’s success than you thought

  28-05-2019 09:00
  While Debenhams and LK Bennett go the wall, sales are up at Britain’s most popular fashion retailer. But it’s not all down to price …On a sunny morning in Birmingham city centre, Charlene Powell is standing guard over four carrier bags.They are not all hers, she says hastily. She has come shopping with her mum, but between them they have done well out of their trip to the city’s new Primark megastore, a five-floor retail palace that was named by Guinness World Records as
  
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• Q&A: Rachel Tonner, Head of Marketing, Cybertill

  28-05-2019 02:03 via theretailbulletin.com
  Head of Marketing at Cybertill, Rachel is a retail specialist with a passion for technology, consumer behaviour and customer experience.
  
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