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Marks & Spencer Launches International Delivery Service

LONDON – Britain’s top clothing retailer, Marks & Spencer announces the launch of its international delivery service to France, Germany, Spain, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand from its shopping website at marksandspencer.com.
The group, which also sells food and homewares, said customers would be able to order clothes, lingerie, as well as selected [...]

Co-op to give mini-bank utility inside its convenience stores

The Co-operative is to put banking operations inside its convenience stores to encourage customers to use more services within the sprawling mutual group.
The move follows similar strategies by Tesco, Marks & Spencer and J Sainsbury. It marks a new campaign by the Co-op to compete with mainstream competition by pushing its ethical message.
The Co-op began [...]

Formalized Services in Retail Stores

Retail stores have always given away advice along with selling products. Now some stores are turning helpful services into a profit center. Medical services are leading this move into retail stores. Medical clinics are popping up in pharmacies across the nation, and thousands of new clinics are planned to open in stores over the next [...]

Visual merchandising (VM): a makeover or a massacre?

VM is an art, science and business of presenting merchandise in a state of the art retail environment. It is a very powerful tool that can be effectively used to program, channel, and lure customer into impulse buying in the world of cut-throat competition. It is a silent communicator and a bridge of a retailer [...]