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Morrisons Buys Kiddicare

Morrisons, the UK’s fourth largest supermarket chain, has announced the acquisition of Kiddicare, the online baby and childrens goods retailer in a deal worth £70m. Surprisingly, this is Morrisons first step into the world of e-commerce as it currently has no retail outlet online. Morrisons fought off competition from a number of private equity firms [...]

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John Lewis Graduate Takes Over Oxford St Store

John Lewis is a dream employer for countless graduates, and little wonder when we see success stories like that of Simon Fowler who is set to take over the retailer’s flagship Oxford St store as MD. Fowler secured a graduate job with John Lewis in 1986 and has worked up through the ranks to achieve [...]

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Aldi & Lidl Grow Market Share

Budget supermarket chains Aldi and Lidl have both recently seen increases in market share as money savvy shoppers reign in their spend on groceries. Aldi’s market share now stands at 3.1% and Lidl is just a little further behind at 2.4%. Expansion is on the cards for both retailers, with planning applications submitted for a [...]

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Brighton To Welcome 80 New Jobs With Marks and Spencer

Marks and Spencer will shortly be opening the doors to a new store in Brighton, creating around 80 new jobs. The store, which is a Simply Food branch will open in a few months in the unit left vacant by MFI. With a wide presence in Brighton already the additional 80 Marks and Spencer jobs [...]

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Why McDonalds Makes Great Sense to the Career Hungry Candidate

McDonalds, one of most recognised brands in the world, has a huge presence in the UK and provides jobs to around 75,000 staff who serve around 3 million customers each and every day. Far from simply “flipping burgers” all day long McDonalds’ staff are encouraged to progress and this makes the restaurant chain a great [...]

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Sainsburys Set to Hire 500 New Staff

New plans revealed by Sainsbury’s this week look set to create around 500 new jobs. The retailer is looking to expand its Cafe and counter services in stores throughout the UK and is also opening 6 food colleges that will train around 8500 staff annually. These unique colleges are for Sainbury’s sole use as the [...]

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Asda Commits To Significant Job Creation In 2011

Asda has committed to increased job creation within the next 12 months, revealing forecasts of up to around 7500 new jobs throughout the UK. The jobs will mainly be store based, in both new and existing Asda stores plus the newly acquired Netto outlets. The majority of these new Asda jobs will be retail focused [...]

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Northern England Set To Welcome First John Lewis Home Store

John Lewis is expanding its Home stores into northern England, with a new store set to open in Chester in the autumn of 2011. The £7m store will be located on the Greyhound Retail Park on the fringe of the city and will cover around 38,000 sq feet. It will stock a mid to high [...]

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Over 1700 Apply for Seasonal Jobs with Tesco in N Ireland

// Tesco, the UKs leading grocery retailer, received a staggering 1700 applications for just 230 vacancies this week. The jobs, which are a mixture of full time and part time have all now been filled as Tesco steps up efforts to cope with peak Christmas trading patterns. Around 9,200 people work at Tesco in Northern [...]

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HMV Pop Up Stores Provide new Job Opportunities over Christmas

To cope with increased seasonal demand over the Christmas period retailer HMV is opening 18 new “pop up shops” across the country. With trading starting now, these stores will remain open until the end of Dec/early January and will provide welcome employment for those looking to earn some extra cash in time for Christmas. These [...]

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