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• Fosun banks on Chinese shoppers for fashion revival

  09-12-2019 23:00
  Group targets world’s top luxury market with acquisition of overseas brands
  
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• Tesco: shops on the block

  09-12-2019 15:20
  Disposing of Asian operations would mean disposing of some of the UK-based retailer’s finest returns
  
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• My Argos £99 spa birthday experience proved useless

  09-12-2019 08:00
  
  No one told us we should have kept the original receipt and it doesn’t say so anywhereIn October 2018 I bought a £99 Activity Store experience voucher (spa day and afternoon tea for two) for my wife’s birthday from Argos. It was valid until 1 December this year. Last month she tried to use it on its website but was told that without the original receipt this was not possible. I had thrown it away – who keeps receipts from a year ago? I contacted the store directly (no hel
  
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• Rainy November adds to high street gloom as shopper numbers fall

  09-12-2019 01:01
  
  Drop of 4.3% compared with same month last year is twice the decline rate at retail parksHeavy rain heaped more pressure on UK shopkeepers in November, with high street retailers hit hardest by declining shopper numbers.The number of visitors to high streets fell by 4.3% in November compared with the same month last year, twice the rate of decline of retail parks, which fell by 1.8%, according to new figures from Springboard, a data company.What’s the problem? Continue reading...
  
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• The Entertainer offers daily Christmas quiet hour

  09-12-2019 01:00 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  The Entertainer is running a daily Christmas quiet hour in its 171 stores across the UK. The initiative aims to create a calmer shopping environment for... View Article
  
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• Tesco reviews options for Asia businesses

  09-12-2019 01:00 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  The Tesco supermarket chain has begun to review options for its businesses in Thailand and Malaysia. The review could result in a possible sale of the... View Article
  
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• Retail footfall down 3.4% in November

  09-12-2019 01:00 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  UK retail footfall dropped by 3.4% in November as heavy rain towards the end of the month meant fewer shoppers visited stores. The figures from data company... View Article
  
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• N Brown appoints new financial services CEO

  09-12-2019 01:00 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  N Brown, the online clothing and footwear retail group, has appointed Daniel Joy  as financial services chief  executive.  Due to join the business on 6 January, he will... View Article
  
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• Morrisons found to be cheapest supermarket for Christmas dinner food shop

  09-12-2019 01:00 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  A new study has found that Morrisons is currently the cheapest supermarket for a Christmas dinner food shop. Online price tracking website Alertr tracked 18 of the most... View Article
  
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• London Designer Outlet reports strong Black Friday trading

  09-12-2019 01:00 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Wembley’s London Designer Outlet saw its revenue climb by 7% year-on-year over the Black Friday weekend. In addition, there was a 6.8% uplift in like-for-like sales.... View Article
  
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