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 Whiteley shopping centre opens for businessThe new Whiteley shopping centre in Hampshire will welcome the first shoppers through its doors this morning as it officially opens for business. |  New software transforms The Health Store's businessNatural and organic products wholesaler The Health Store says its business has been transformed after it introduced enterprise resource planning and voice directed warehouse management software within its operations. |
 Tesco outlines social ambitionsTesco has set out its social ambitions for the business as part of its first ‘Tesco and Society Report’. |  Mothercare appoints Imelda Walsh as non-exec directorMothercare has appointed former Sainsbury’s HR director Imelda Walsh as a non-executive director. |
 River Island bring their experience to Payments Summit 2013E-commerce is increasingly proving a route in for criminals to commit fraud in-store, which is being made possible by most retailers' lack of integration of fraud solutions across their multiple channels. by Glynn Davis |  Amazon’s private label grocery opportunity biggest in shelf stable categoryNew shopper insight research finds that 35.8% of shoppers would consider buying Amazon private label grocery products, if they were offered on the site. |
 Study shows supermarkets doing best job of getting close to customersA new survey has revealed that supermarkets are doing a better job of communicating with their customers in a meaningful way than other businesses. |  Retailers need to do more to get consumer buy-in for contactless paymentMark Hale, KPMG’s Head of Payments comments on the latest trend. |
 Retail sales hit by cold weather in AprilRetail sales volumes fell by 1.3% in April compared to March as the cold weather in the month impacted sales of spring and summer ranges. |  Laura Ashley to pay shareholders special dividendFashion and homewares retailer Laura Ashley is to pay its shareholders a special dividend in celebration of the company’s 60th anniversary. |
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