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Despite click & collect's popularity it seems it does not suit every type of retail (image ©iStockphoto.com/Huchen Lu)
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Feature: Is the UK a click & collect nation?

- With multichannel sales now forming a vital part of overall retail trading, an increasing number of UK retailers are running click & collect services for their high street operations.Many thought 2011 would be the year ordering online and collecti...
09:29AM - Thu 26th January 2012
Ocado saw double digit rises in sales and orders over the Christmas period

Ocado gross sales up 23.8% in 7 days to Xmas

- Online grocer Ocado has seen its stock price rise this morning following a strong Christmas trading statement that revealed double digit growth.While the four weeks ending December 25th 2011 delivered a sales total of £59 million, an annual increa...
11:36AM - Thu 12th January 2012
Retail is full of interesting characters with a lot to say (image ©iStockphoto.com/Marko Kovacevic)
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Quotes in retail - 2011

- Over the last year Retail Gazette has spoken to many of the top names in retail. Our Big Interview section has included the likes of Superdrug Commercial Director Steve Jebson, Waitrose Managing Director Mark Price and high street guru Mary Portas...
12:32PM - Tue 3rd January 2012
It's been a tough year for UK retail but there have been both winners and losers (image ©istockphoto.com/asli barcin)
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Retail Review of the Year 2011

- It has been a very tough year for the British retail industry with a number of established high street names going under and many businesses operating in the sector struggling to record sales growth against a difficult economic backdrop.What is cl...
01:57PM - Fri 30th December 2011
British children are unlikley to miss out on what they really want this Christmas despite the state of the economy (image ©iStockphoto.com/David Sucsy)
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Over half of parents to buy toys online this Xmas

- Parents will not significantly cut back on their present buying this Christmas, despite the current economic uncertainties, but it seems that they will be doing more shopping online then ever before.In another blow for traditional high street trad...
10:52AM - Tue 13th December 2011
Delia's Christmas Cake recipe at Waitrose is proving popular with festive shoppers in the run-up to December 25th
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Tough Christmas sales comparisons can be overcome

- Retailers are set for tough sales comparisons this Christmas due to the ongoing economic gloom and the lack of pre-VAT incentives unlike last year, though there are a number of ways that these problems can be overcome.Over the last 12 months, cons...
03:40PM - Fri 2nd December 2011
Candidates lucky enough to be offered a role at a major retailer will find there is much to learn in this evolving sector (image ©iStockphoto.com/Pali Rao)
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A retail career still offers fantastic opportunities

- News that one of the biggest retail organisations in the UK, Arcadia Group, may not renew its leases on as many as 260 of its existing stores is enough to give young retail employees lumps in their throats.As if youth unemployment were not high en...
04:00PM - Fri 25th November 2011
One of the entrances to St David's shopping centre, Cardiff's biggest retail attraction
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Retail City Focus: Cardiff

- When asking a friend of mine who used to live in Cardiff where the best shops were in the city, she gave a long pause before informing me that there was not much to see there.This person had not been back to the Welsh capital city in a number of y...
09:38AM - Mon 14th November 2011
Halloween is set to make more money for retailers in years to come as young adults are the most likely to get involved with the festivities (image ©iStockphoto.com/kzenon)
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Halloween spending not dampened by economic woes

- UK consumers celebrating Halloween in 2011 are unlikely to spend less than last year and over half now believe that the event is an important celebration in the UK calendar, according to new research commissioned by Retail Gazette.In a survey of 1...
05:57PM - Mon 31st October 2011
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