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Marks & Spencer Leads E-commerce Expansion
Marks & Spencer (M&S) is making a lead for expansion in the international markets. The brand will adopt e-commerce route which the company estimates that it will give Britain’s biggest clothing retailer a better chance to succeed than earlier...
Retail
Number of retail employees falls despite store increase
The number of UK workers employed by retail firms fell by over 3,000 in recent months despite an increase in the number of stores, a new study says. The cut was mainly in non-food retailers, among full and part-time...
Retail
Mobile searches ‘driving’ online retail boom
Mobile retail searches are the driving force behind the current boom in online sales of goods for parcel delivery, new figures have revealed.According to the latest report from the British Retail Consortium and Google, total retail search volumes in...
Retail
Chain retailers ‘closing 20 stores a day’
The gravity of the high street downturn is spelled out in new research published on Friday which shows UK retail chains have been closing stores this year at a rate of about 20 a day.The alarming statistic comes as...
Retail
Tesco boss: internet sales and stores can work together
Clicks and bricks are the way ahead, says new Tesco chief executive Philip Clarke, as he explains vision for world's third-largest retailer.The most powerful man in British retail says the industry is entering a new era as the worlds...
Retail
UK retail jobs growth falters
The British Retail Consortium (BRC)-Bond Pearce Retail Employment Monitor Q4 2010 has reported that in the last quarter of 2010, there was the equivalent of 3,900 more full-time jobs in UK retail than the same quarter a year earlier,...
Retail
QSR’s mantra for success
Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) business is growing at a fast pace in India. The organised QSR business in the country is estimated to be over Rs 20 billion and has been growing at a CAGR of around 40 per...
Retail
Interest rate held at five per cent
The Bank of England has held the interest rate at five per cent for the fifth month running despite increasing fears of an imminent recession.The British Retail Consortium said that although it agrees with today's decision, the bank should...
Retail
London outnumbers UK in overall sales
According to the figures revealed by British Retail Consortium (BRC), retail sales in London were 8.7 per cent higher than a year earlier on a like-for-like basis. This was slightly weaker than the 11 per cent rise in June...
Retail
Retail majors pledge to save enviornment
Retail giants including Asda, Sainsbury's and Tesco are set to announce a new, industry wide set of climate change pledges.It is the first time the sector has come together to make such a wide range of pledges.British Retail Consortium...
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New Balance opens 2nd store in Pune
The latest New Balance store is located at Phoenix Marketcity Mall, Viman Nagar, PuneBengaluru: US-based sports footwear and apparel...
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