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• Phase Eight Opens Second Glasgow Store

  22-08-2024 19:00 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Phase Eight is delighted to announce the opening of its latest store in Braehead Shopping Centre in Glasgow on Wednesday 21st of August 2024.  The opening marks the brand’s... View Article
  
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• Oriflame launches robot-operated warehouse in the UK

  22-08-2024 18:34 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Leading Swedish beauty brand Oriflame has partnered with Active Ants, a multi-warehouse network, to launch its new UK warehouse today, offering a more accurate and faster... View Article
  
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• Can Waitrose’s new store concept help it find its stride again?

  22-08-2024 16:43 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  There are certainly some dedicated Waitrose fans. Some avid shoppers even started queueing as early as 3:15am on Wednesday morning to catch a first glimpse of the upmarket grocer’s new look John Barnes store on Finchley Road.
  The north London supermarket, which has been closed for six weeks, is the second out of 150 that will receive a makeover as part of a £1bn investment, that will also see it open up to 100 new convenience shops.
  The revamp comes as Waitrose looks to drive growth
  
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• JD Sports sales jump after strong growth in US

  22-08-2024 16:31
  UK sportswear retailer’s quarterly results boosted by the opening of 85 stores this year
  
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• England’s Euro run helps JD Sports beat sales expectations

  22-08-2024 15:18
  
  Share price jumps more than 8% after big improvement on previous quarter assisted by popularity of replica shirtsBusiness live – latest updatesStronger-than-expected sales of replica England football shirts as the men’s national team made it to the final of Euro 2024 helped JD Sports to beat UK trading expectations over the summer.Shares in the retailer were up more than 8% on Thursday, making the company the top riser on the FTSE 100 index, as analysts said its performance was reass
  
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• ‘Murky’ loyalty schemes do not always offer genuine discounts, Which? reveals

  22-08-2024 14:08 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Retailer loyalty card discounts do not always offer shoppers genuine savings, a new Which? study has revealed, as the consumer champion called for action to tackle the “murky and confusing” pricing practices.
  Which? investigated the prices of nearly 12,000 products across Boots, Co-op, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Superdrug and Tesco, and exposed some “very questionable non-member prices” and some deals it branded “an outright rip-off”.
  Some products were fou
  
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• Asda bank holiday superstore strike called off

  22-08-2024 14:05 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Asda workers at the supermarket’s Brighton Hollingbury superstore have called off their second round of strike action to consider an offer from the supermarket.
  GMB, which represent the employees, confirmed it has suspended the planned 24-hour walkout due to take place from 10pm on Friday (23 August) to 10pm on Saturday (24 August) and will discuss the offer next week.
  Workers at the Asda Hollingbury supermarket first walked out over Spring Bank Holiday at the end of May in a dispute for b
  
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• ‘Does it have a Gail’s?’ How a bakery became middle-class England’s most powerful political bellwether

  22-08-2024 13:00
  
  Seats hosting the upmarket chain were key to the Lib Dems’ Tory-ousting strategy in July’s election. But, after recent protests, Gail’s is much more controversial than it seems‘It’s only my second time in here,” laughs Victoria Collins, the new Liberal Democrat MP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted, as she nibbles a chocolate-chip muffin in her local branch of the upmarket bakery chain Gail’s.“There are a lot of other great coffee shops apart from Gail&
  
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• Waitrose to open up to 100 convenience shops in next five years

  22-08-2024 10:03 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Waitrose is increasing its investment in its store portfolio with plans to open up to 100 UK convenience over the next five years. The supermarket will... View Article
  
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• Wilko to return to London with new Uxbridge store

  22-08-2024 09:39 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Wilko is to make a return to London with the launch of a new store in Uxbridge this autumn. The household goods and garden retailer will... View Article
  
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• JD Sports posts second quarter sales increase despite volatile market

  22-08-2024 09:14 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  JD Sports has seen its like-for-like sales increase by 2.4% in its second quarter as organic sales rose by 8.3%. While like-for-likes in the 13 weeks... View Article
  
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• JD Sports sales rise amid global expansion but warns of ‘volatile’ market

  22-08-2024 09:02 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  JD Sports has posted a 2.4% rise in second-quarter underlying sales, smashing analysts’ expectations, but said it was cautious on its outlook for the rest of the year as the global macro environment remains “volatile”.
  Like-for-like sales at the sports fashion retailer rose 2.4% in the 13 weeks to 3 August 2024 following a 0.7% year-on-year decline in the first quarter.
  The business said the trading improvement was “driven primarily by the strength of our multi-brand oper
  
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• New managing director appointed at Boots Retail Thailand

  22-08-2024 08:46 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Boots Retail Thailand has appointed Mark Koprowski as its new managing director. Possessing over 20 years’ leadership experience in retail business management, new business model development,... View Article
  
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• Frasers Group set to buy another shopping centre

  22-08-2024 08:43 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Frasers Group is ramping up its property acquisitions with plans to add another shopping center to its portfolio.
  The Mike Ashley owned group is in the process of acquiring Fremlin Walk, an outdoor shopping center in Maidstone, from M&G Real Estate.
  The 350,000 sq ft complex, which opened in 2005, houses retailers such as H&M, Boots, JD Sports, and Pandora, generating an annual gross income of £4.3m.
  This autumn, a multi-brand anchor store featuring Frasers, Flannels, and Sports D
  
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• Shein considers selling shares to public amid £50bn London listing controversy

  22-08-2024 08:36 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Shein is considering selling its shares directly to the British public amid controversy around its possible £50bn stock market flotation on the London Stock Exchange.
  The fast fashion retailer is understood to be in the early stages of examining a possible sale to retail investors alongside City institutions, The Telegraph reported.
  Typically, companies will sell large amounts of their stock to banks, pension funds and asset managers when they list on the stock market, with individual inve
  
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• H&M Group to close online fashion outlet Afound

  22-08-2024 08:20 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  H&M Group is to close its online fashion outlet Afound this autumn due to insufficient demand. The platform offers customers reduced prices on past and present... View Article
  
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• Bots are plaguing online retail – how do we get rid?

  22-08-2024 08:20 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Bots are creating big problems for retailers, as online fraud surges. Our latest report, Protecting brand and revenue, explores how we can stamp this out.
  More and more it seems that, as new technology emerges, so does the techniques that criminals use to cause harm to your business. For every emerging new software that promises to revolutionise how we sell, there’s a new threat that online retails have to navigate.
  The threat of the day is scraper bots – sophisticated programmes des
  
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• Big UK retailers accused of ‘dubious discounts’ on loyalty card offers

  22-08-2024 07:00
  
  Boots, Superdrug and Tesco among those with ‘some questionable non-member prices’, Which? findsBoots, Superdrug and the big supermarket chains have been accused of “murky and confusing” practices on loyalty card offers that may not be as good as they appear.Boots was responsible for one of the most egregious examples of what the consumer group Which? called “dubious discounts” highlighted by its investigation into the pricing history of almost 12,000 products
  
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• Are luxury loyalty schemes worth it?

  22-08-2024 06:00
  In the third of a new series, we ask: what are the benefits of loyalty?
  
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