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Black Friday Has Overstayed Its Welcome For British Retail: Gadfly

British retailers were trying to go cold turkey on Black Friday. The trouble is, they just can't seem to kick the habit. Black Friday first crossed the...

Black Friday Phenomenon To Grow In 2016: Verdict Retail

The US shopping phenomenon Black Friday 2016 is set to smash previous sales records in the UK, Verdict Retail has predicted. The retail research agency...

Carrefour Publishes Christmas 2016 Toys And Games Catalogue

Carrefour has published its 2016 Christmas catalogue of toys and games – a 124-page selection that contains certain SKUs which are only to be availab...

Aldi Announces Plans To Launch Online Store In China

Discounter Aldi has unveiled plans to launch an online store in China, operated through its Australian subsidiary, Aldi Stores. Lebensmittel Zeitung rep...

Carrefour Poland Now Selling Food Online

Following the launch of its online portal in December 2015, Carrefour Poland has now made grocery SKUs available through the service. Initially the e-co...

Wal-Mart in Talks to Invest Up to $1 Billion in India’s Flipkart

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is in advanced discussions to invest as much as $1 billion into India’s Flipkart Online Services Pvt, as the two companies battl...

Morrisons Unveils Amazon Locker Collection Service

Morrisons has announced it is to rollout the UK’s largest collection of Amazon lockers in its stores, to enable customers to pick up items bought onl...

Lidl Launches Online Portal In Belgium

Lidl has launched its first online portal in Belgium, which will focus primarily on non-food items for the time being. Similar to what the retailer oper...