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Tesco takes aim at Ocado with new online grocery initiative

08-09-2024 22:53 via retailgazette.co.uk

Tesco is launching a new ecommerce initiative to compete with Ocado, aimed at helping international supermarket chains develop their online operations.
The venture, called Transcend Retail Solutions, is led by the supermarket giant’s strategy director Oliver Vogt and offers both software and hardware to enable global grocers to fulfil online orders directly from their stores, The Sunday Times reports.
In addition to its technology solutions, Transcend also provides consultancy services. Th

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French Connection signs new Very partnership as it expands UK stores

08-09-2024 22:41 via retailgazette.co.uk

French Connection is set to launch on Very this AW24 season as it continues its expansion across the UK.
The new partnership will bring the fashion retailer’s AW24 womenswear collection to Very’s online platform.The wholesale collaboration will also expand to include menswear, starting with the SS25 collection next year, Drapers reported.
Very, which recently appointed former Asos and Matches CEO Nick Beighton as a non-executive director, joins French Connection’s roster of UK-

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The Body Shop saved in deal to keep 133 stores open

08-09-2024 22:29 via retailgazette.co.uk

The Body Shop has been rescued from administration, in a deal that will keep 133 stores open.
The former boss of Molton Brown has been named chief executive at the ethical beauty retailer which has been acquired by a consortium led by the British cosmetics tycoon Mike Jatania.
The move is expected to save over 1,000 jobs, with Jatania’s investment company Aurea understood to have no immediate plans to close any more stores.
The Body Shop currently employs 1,300 people.
Back in February, t

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Brat summer to goth winter: Beetlejuice revival prompts sartorial spookiness

08-09-2024 14:00

From the red carpet to M&S and Primark, ghoulish themes are set to take over our wardrobesAs Charli xcx declared last week, brat summer is officially over. It is being exorcised by a new mood more befitting of the UK’s darkening autumnal skies: goth winter. So put away your lime green garb and reacquaint yourself with the more shadowy side of your wardrobe, because the realm of the weird, Angela Carter and ghouls is set to take over our wardrobes.This inky mood is taking hold, in part,

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