Stockport-based schoolwear supplier Rowlinson Knitwear has implemented a new foreign exchange strategy to help protect the firm from currency volatility risk. Working with HSBC's Manchester Commercial Centre, Rowlinson has ensured ...
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John Lewis launched its first How We Shop, Live and Look report, which offers a fascinating insight into what and why we bought and how we bought it, over the past twelve months. It is the most comprehensive review of data that the retailer ...
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Restaurant chain YO! Sushi claims to have raised service efficiency and improved the payment process for customers through the adoption of Omnico's ClarityLive mobile payment solution. Run in a virtualised IT environment, the electronic ...
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To celebrate the final weekend of the UK's Wool Week, a flock of Australian/English Bowmont Merino sheep made a special appearance in the Royal Academy's courtyard over the weekend. Wool Week is the Campaign for Wool's annual UK festival to ...
The Constitution of the John Lewis Partnership provides that its democratically elected Partnership Council elects five Partners to the Partnership Board of the Company, known as Elected Directors. Following Noel Saunders' retirement from ...
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Analysing big data in order to make improvements is now the "normal way of working" for retailer John Lewis, enabling data from many different places to be used in order to improve online customer service. That's what Aleem Cummins, ...
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Recycling initiatives showcased at the fifth CRUK Conference in Birmingham highlighted the progress being made in developing value for waste carpet and embracing circular economy opportunities. "Active projects revealed how attitudes have ...
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David Jones Limited announced that it has entered into a department store exclusive agreement with UK high street fashion brand Phase Eight. Phase Eight is a womenswear brand renowned for its high quality, flattering fit and originality. ...
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Degree-level apprenticeships in cyber security have been launched in the UK as part of an employer-backed "Cyber Academy". The Cyber Academy, which was launched by the National Skills Academy for IT and e-skills UK, will see employers ...
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The deadline to submit project and product entries for the 2014 Lighting Design Awards is fast approaching. Companies have until 6 September to get their entry forms in. The 2013 Lighting Design Awards were a huge success and there has ...
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John Lewis outlined its support for UK manufacturing by setting a two-year 15 per cent growth target for all sales of goods in its shops that are made in the UK. Sales of UK-sourced products at John Lewis totalled £480m in 2012, ...
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Tesco, Amazon and John Lewis feature in celebration of e-commerce giants to be held on June 26th. The Internet Retailing Awards 2013 has unveiled its shortlist of industry front runners ahead of the ceremony next month. The list ...
Real life Barbie Dreamhouse gallery comes out on top for the week ending May 24th. Not had time to catch up with the hottest news of the week? Well, read on, because ToyNews has put together the top ten most read stories on the site for ...
The Entertainer, Toys R Us and Toy City among first to stock brand new outdoor toy from Wicked Vision. National retailers are taking stock of Wicked Vision's brand new outdoor toy, the Boomaring. High street names including The ...
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Family trivia game Linkee has hit the shelves of 20 John Lewis stores from today (Monday May 20th) - and will roll out nationally to all branches from the summer. The news comes just eight months after the game launched. It is alreadu ...
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