Retail industry
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Fall in pop-up shops pushes UK retail vacancy rates above 10%Increase in empty units blamed on short-term lets failing to become permanent, says British Retail Consortium and Springboard -
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Every time an employer closes a final salary scheme and moves workers to a ‘defined contribution’ one, it shifts all the risk onto themThe scandalous changes to company pension schemes
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Poundland boss offered £2.7m in shares to stay on under SteinhoffShareholders will vote on whether to accept £610m bid from South African retailer, which is keen to retain Kevin O’Byrne
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Sports Direct's high staff turnover puts further pressure on Mike AshleyFigures in the retailer’s annual report reveal a rate almost three times higher than the average for UK employers of 8%
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New Ocado deal boosts Morrisons' online pushAgreement helps supermarket serve more online shoppers from its stores and access Ocado’s state-of-the-art warehouse
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UK retail sales rebound in July thanks to heavy discountsBritish Retail Consortium figures show that online and high street sales rose at fastest pace since January in four weeks to 30 July
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Four in 10 retailers sell e-cigarettes and vaping liquids to under-18s39% of outlets in England sold nicotine inhaling products to children and teenagers during Trading Standards tests
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Retailers benefit as sunshine sends post-Brexit spending soaringLatest figures show like-for-like retail sales rose more than 1% in July, the best performance since January
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Walmart splashes $3.3bn on Jet.com in hopes of jolting online retail salesSuperstore giant has fallen well off the pace of online retail leader Amazon and hopes Jet’s chief executive will provide ‘entrepreneurial sprit’
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UK consumers keep spending despite Brexit vote shockSurvey shows spending rose sharply in July helped by good weather but claims economic growth is slowing with the outlook still fragile
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BHS’s pension deficit has just got bigger. How will Sir Philip Green sort it?Last week’s cut in base rates has worsened the plight of the collapsed chain’s pensioners. But there are solutions available to its billionaire former owner
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Rising costs pile on the agony for Britain’s fashion retailersSterling’s post-referendum weakness means chains such as Next are paying more for stock, but how are they to pass on price rises in an age where spending on new threads has gone out of style?
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Sports Direct AGM to vote on review of firm's treatment of workersUnite union calls on board to commission independent inquiry after MPs find company has been run like a Victorian workhouse
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Osborne makes good point on economy – first thing he's got right this yearAs Bank of England fires its Brexit bazooka, former chancellor pops up on Twitter to call for supply side reform
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Former Tesco boss says Fresh & Easy could have succeeded in USTim Mason says chain’s meltdown could have been avoided had the supermarket directed more economic firepower at it
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No one size fits all: developing a global brand marketing strategyEach country, market, demographic and lifestyle is different and marketers must tailor strategies to local trends
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The web startups looking to cash in on 1 billion African consumersAttracted by a vast potential customer base, e-commerce startups such as Jumia Group are setting up shop
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Supermarket price promotions targeting less healthy food, survey findsMore than half of recent promotions at UK supermarkets offered deals on junk food, sweets and fizzy drinks
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What incentive do SoftBank's advisers have to question ARM deal?With banks and law and PR firms due to pocket £350m from the deal of the year, the interests of employees risk being overlooked
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