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• Meet the middle-class shoplifters

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Britons steal more from stores than anyone else in Europe. And now the more affluent among us have got the habit Britain is no longer a nation of shopkeepers. According to the Centre for Retail Research we have become instead a nation of shoplifters. In the 12 months to June this year, customers stole almost £5bn of ...
  12 hours ago

• Holiday hiring slow for retailers

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 661
  Filed under: Employees , Economic data , Headline news Retail hiring for the holiday shopping season was expected to be slow, and now we have the data to confirm it. According to data from Bureau of Labor Statistics (supplied to BloggingStocks by Challenger, Gray & Christmas ), the retail sector ...
  14 hours ago

• Tesco increases market share

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Clubcard helps supermarket reverse loss of shoppers as slump hit, while Waitrose and Morrisons also increase their share Tesco has increased its share of the grocery market for the first time in nearly two years after doubling the points accrued to its Clubcard loyalty scheme. The latest data from the market ...
  16 hours ago

• Luella ceases trading

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Luella Bartley considers options for ready-to-wear label as financier pulls plug on acclaimed spring/summer 2010 collection Luella Bartley, one of the British fashion industrys biggest success stories, announced today that her Luella fashion label has ceased trading after a key financier pulled out. Club 21, the ...
  18 hours ago

• Maclaren pushchair recall: What does it mean for British customers

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  As Maclaren recalls pushchairs in the US, what does this mean for British parents? Maclarens "umbrella fold" pushchairs are under scrutiny after the company recalled the buggies in the US and announced it was offering owners free hinge covers to protect little fingers from being caught in the hinges; the move ...
  22 hours ago

• Brief encounters of the worst kind

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 155
  Having turned America on to the delights of day-glo thongs, Victorias Secret is exporting its trollop aesthetic to the UK Ladies of the United Kingdom: we, of the United States, are a benevolent and sexy people. We are constantly thinking up new little gifts to send your way, hoping to make your lives better and more ...
  22 hours ago

• Middle classes turning to shoplifting

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Fashion and speciality food stores the target for amateurs as thefts hit £4.88bn Ethical clothing shops – lock up your berets and cashmere sweaters. Waitrose be warned – keep a close eye on the " Brie le grand rustique ", shitaki mushrooms and organic coffee beans. Middle class people hit by the recession are ...
  22 hours ago

• House prices rising at fastest rate since 2006

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  • London market is strongest since 1996 • Retailers also report surge in October sales Britains estate agents today report the most widespread surge in house prices since the pre-crash days of late 2006, with cheap money and a shortage of properties creating boom conditions in parts of the country. In its ...
  1 day ago

• Windows of opportunity

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  The importance of mass commerce to postwar recovery led to a revolution in window display Retail street theatre was all the rage in the 1920s. "Audiences" would throng the pavement outside Selfridges store in London just to gawp at the display beyond acres of plate glass. As a show, it made any production of Chekhov ...
  1 day ago

• Motorola Droid Tips

  
  DigiBliss — Authority: 150
  Author: newslatest23 Keywords: business software supply chain supply chain management healthcare management supply chain logistics mobile pdam retail industry hand held gps symbol scanner supplier management mobile applications mobile phone toolssmart clip Added: November 9, 2009
  1 day ago

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 sparks price war

  
  Technology: Games blog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 139
  High street retailers battle for customers with Call of Duty set for midnight release at selected stores Read the review: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Retailers around the country will open at midnight tonight in a bid to attract gamers desperate to get their hands on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – and the ...
  1 day ago

• Sainsburys to cut carbon emissions from fridges

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Supermarket chain announces plans to change freezer technology to avoid use of polluting F-gases Sainsburys, Britains third-biggest supermarket chain, will tomorrow announce plans to cut its carbon footprint by one-third by 2030, by changing its fridge technology. The retailer will stop using so-called F-gases, ...
  2 days ago

• Brompton Bicycle: crafted for cult appeal

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Sales of the folding bikes are up more than 25% this year as multicoloured options win younger converts - many of them women The Brompton bicycle company is having a fashion moment – well, at least it was until last month when Lord Mandelson, the business secretary, was snapped whooshing around London on his ...
  2 days ago

• No change in India’s foreign investment policy in retail

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) There will be no change in the government’s policy of a ban on foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail industry, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said here Sunday.“I have advocated for a single brand retail chain. I do not see any need for change in policy,” Sharma said at the [...]
  3 days ago

• West End retailers given a bumper Christmas present by a weak pound

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Ovserseas shoppers flock to London as exchange rate means gifts at bargain-basement prices Central London stores are set to get a big boost to sales in the run-up to Christmas, as the weak pound lures in more overseas shoppers keen to cash in on prices that the exchange rate has turned into bargain-basement deals. ...
  3 days ago

• Victorias Secret group to expand into UK

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  • Parent company Limited Brands to open flagship lingerie store in the UK • Expansion plan includes European franchises for Bath & Body Works business Two of the best-known retail names in the US are heading for Europe in a move that could prove a big headache for Marks & Spencer, the Body Shop and ...
  3 days ago

• Readers views on bank handouts, quantitative easing and Ryanair

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Readers continue to hold the banks to account as well as taking aim at Labour, retailers and Ryanair Alistair Darling took the bulk of the flak this week for attempting to defend the changes at Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland, which will see the taxpayer stump up a further £40bn against a backdrop of ...
  5 days ago

• Primark soars, but at what cost? | John Hilary

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 155
  The economic downturn is clearly good news for the retailer. Maybe now it can afford to turn its ethical pledges into reality Recession? What recession? Primark has just announced a massive 20% jump in sales for the year to 12 September, and profits up 8% to £252m. As it prepares to celebrate the opening of its ...
  5 days ago

• Off-licence group cuts 1,700 jobs

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  KPMG announce 373 shops from chains including Threshers, Wine Rack and Bottoms Up will close by 2 December More than 1,700 staff at off-licence group First Quench are to lose their jobs within a month after administrators appointed last week to run the business announced they are to close 373 shops by 2 December. ...
  5 days ago

• Whats your Woolworths now?

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Three former Woolworths branches reopen as Allworths today. What became of your local store, asks Rebecca Smithers The Angel, Islington, is probably best-known as one of the cheaper (pale blue to be precise) property locations on the Monopoly board. In real life, this socially diverse corner of north London houses ...
  6 days ago

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