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Retail Trust details 2012 ReWork programme
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- 20 January 2012 10:13
Retail Trust has released details of its 2012 ReWork programme, a series of free workshops to help people who have been made redundant from retail. The half day workshops in central London are led by professional trainers and coaches who will focus on different aspects of redundancy and job hunting. ...read more
Online error leads to sofa mix-up at Next
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- 19 January 2012 10:09
Next has apologised to customers for having to cancel orders after the cost of sofas was inaccurately displayed to customers visiting its online store. According to a report in the Mail Online, a pair of sofas worth £1,198 was listed on its website for just £98.Mail Online said internet shoppers ...read more
Ocado Christmas sales boosted by own-labels
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- 12 January 2012 10:33
Online grocer has said that Christmas trading was "encouraging", in a rare good-news story for retail sales in January. In the seven trading days to Christmas, gross sales were up 23.8% from 2010 at £18.7 million, with customer orders up 21.8% on 2010, boosted by an 88% rise in own-label ...read more
Tesco "disappointed" after weak Christmas
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- 12 January 2012 10:30
The UK's largest supermarket group, Tesco, has revealed a worse-than-expected drop in sales in the run-up to Christmas as it admitted its Big Price Drop low price campaign had failed to pull in the anticipated number of customers. The grocer triggered a price war with its £500 million price-cutting campaign ...read more
Rivals "reduce Tesco market share"
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- 11 January 2012 10:14
Rival supermarkets took a slice out of Tesco's market dominance over Christmas, according to figures released today.Ahead of the retailer's festive update on Thursday, research firm Kantar Worldpanel said the chain's share of the market for the 12 weeks ending on Christmas Day dropped from 30.5% a year ago to ...read more
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