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 Top UK online retailers failing at mobile email marketing: new studyTop online retailers in the UK and US are underperforming when it comes to mobile email marketing, a new study has found. |  Retailers must utilise data better or risk losing younger shoppersAs the cost of running retail businesses continues to increase merchants must utilise their data more effectively if they are to compete successfully against their rivals in the future.By Glynn Davis in Monaco |
 Waitrose launches TV gardening channelWaitrose has launched a gardening TV channel that will feature the supermarket’s own secret garden at the Leckford Estate in Hampshire. |  Plans submitted for new £17m restaurant quarter at Eldon SquareShopping centre owner Intu has submitted a planning application to refurbish and redevelop two of the malls within its Eldon Square shopping centre in Newcastle. |
 Costa posts 8% increase in like-for-like sales as weather boosts tradeCosta Coffee grew its like-for like sales by 8% in its UK stores in its first quarter as the unseasonably cold weather in the period boosted coffee sales. |  Aldi, Lidl and Waitrose post record shares as grocery market continues to polariseLatest grocery share figures for the 12 weeks ending 9 June show Aldi, Lidl and Waitrose all stealing market share from the big four retailers as the market continues polarise. |
 Starbucks rolls out contactless payments to 550 UK storesGlobal coffee giant Starbucks has completed a large-scale roll out of contactless payment technology in its UK stores. |  Strong online retail performance in May despite decline in basket valueNew figures have revealed that the online retail market grew by 16% year-on-year in May and by 5% on April 2013 despite strong comparatives from the same month last year which included the build-up to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. |
 £90m Silk Street scheme in Macclesfield gets the green lightPlans to revitalise Macclesfield town centre through a new £90 million retail and leisure scheme have been approved by Cheshire East Council. |  Park Group raises £4.41 million to fund next phase of growthGift voucher and prepaid gift card provider Park Group has raised £4.41 million through a new shares placing as a means of funding its next phase of growth. |
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