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Antismoking advocates are taking the battle against cigarettes to the aisles of pharmacies as well as retailers with in-store health clinics, arguing that stores promoting health care shouldn\'t also be selling tobacco products.
Tuesday, San Francisco\'s city board of supervisors will v... |
| Speed is watchword for a stuttering Carrefour |
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In the Bois de Boulogne this morning, Carrefour shareholders will gather for the second time in three months to vote on changes at the top of Europe\'s biggest retailer.
At the extraordinary general meeting investors will have their say on Carrefour\'s proposal to replace its two-tier b... |
| Tesco to take on Aldi and Lidl at own game |
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With vague echoes of the Quinnsworth yellow-pack products of the 1980s, Tesco will this weekend unveil a line of 1,000 low-cost goods aimed at taking on German discounters Aldi and Lidl.
As consumers fight to make their pay cheques stretch further in a worsening economy, Tesco is launching ... |
| Retailer ordered to reimburse underpaid staff |
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Workers at a Sydney-based retail chain will be reimbursed almost $250,000 after the Workplace Ombudsman found they were underpaid.
The ombudsman\'s office refused to name the retailer, but said it was part of an international, multi-award winning franchise.
It said 15 Syd... |
| Employees: Stop & Shop's dumping Dunkin Donuts for Starbucks |
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Stop & Shop supermarkets is changing its logo, employee uniforms, adding more automation and may be swapping Dunkin\' Donuts for Starbucks, according to employees and a union president.
Faith Weiner, director of public affairs for Stop & Shop of Quincy, Mass, would not confirm statements by St... |
| Gloria Jean’s expands into Moscow and Qatar as Starbucks swings the axe |
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Australian coffee franchise Gloria Jean’s Coffee has opened its first stores in Moscow and Qatar as it continues its push into the Middle East and targets the fast-growing Eastern European market.
The openings in Moscow and central Qatar take the Gloria Jean’s international footprint a... |
| HP brings ‘store in store’ to Middle East retail |
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HP has announced the official launch of its ‘store in store’ retail concept in the Middle East. The initiative, which involves setting up a dedicated space solely for HP kit within a retail outlet, has kicked off in the CompuMe outlet in the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai, UAE. Further HP ‘stor... |
| The queue for speed-led business |
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The push among local retailers to promote and capitalise upon convenience has created blueprints for an explosion of new openings.
After months of whining among both retailers and consumers about customer service failures in the Middle East, as if by magic, announcements of new projects hav... |
| Tesco aims to combat Aldi effect |
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Tesco is developing a new range of own-brand products to counter the so-called Aldi effect, according to the Sunday Times.
The move is designed to prevent shoppers defecting to the German-owned discounter – and others such as Netto and Lidl – in the face of the economic downturn.
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| German retailer Metro starts work on Plovdiv outlet |
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Metro Cash&Carry, the German retail chain, has started construction works on a second outlet in Plovdiv, Bulgaria\'s second-largest city. The new hypermarket in Plovdiv, located on the Trakiya highway, will be the company\'s 11th in Bulgaria when it opens in November this year. The 10th Metro ou... |
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