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 Waitrose, Lidl and Aldi post record market sharesLatest grocery share figures published today for the 12 weeks to 12 May 2013 show Waitrose, Aldi and Lidl achieving record market shares as the grocery market becomes increasingly polarised. |  Wiggle to offer Click and Collect delivery optionCycle retailer Wiggle is to offer its customers a Click and Collect delivery option through a partnership with store-based delivery and returns provider CollectPlus. |
 Amazon tops list of world's most valuable retail brandsAmazon has overtaken Walmart to become the world’s most valuable retail brand in 2013 according to the results of a new study. |  Smyths Toys Superstores to open new Kent storeSmyths Toys Superstores is to open a new superstore in Maidstone in Kent as part of a new store opening programme that will see the retail launch five to six new stores over the next 12 months. |
 Comment: The rise of the travelling Chinese consumerA shift in Chinese travelling habits has granted UK retailers access to a growing group of consumers demonstrating an impressive display of spending power, coupled with a voracious appetite for luxury items. By David McCorquodale |  Conference preview: Loyalty programmes are not a silver bullet but they do have myriad benefitsAs well as using its Coffee Club loyalty programme as a way of rewarding its most valuable customers Costa Coffee also uses it to collect a substantial amount of customer feedback that is largely actionable within the business. By Davis... |
Waitrose to revamp branches with concierge-style welcome desksWaitrose is investing in a multi-million pound programme to improve the shopping experience for its customers by introducing concierge-style welcome desks in its shops and offering a range of personalised services. |  Tesco announces international expansion of F&F clothing brandTesco has announced plans to open more than fifty new franchise stores for its F&F clothing brand over the next five years in new markets in the Middle East, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. |
 Footfall increases in April but empty shops reach new highWarmer weather boosted retail footfall in April to give the strongest performance since December 2011. However, the town centre vacancy rate reached a new high as some areas of the UK such as the South West saw a significant in... |  Debenhams signs up to new code for fair treatment of modelsDebenhams has become the first retailer to sign up to the Equity code for the fair treatment of models which will apply to models featured in all of its photo shoots, TV ads, PR ‘look books’ and images on website. |
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