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			<description><![CDATA[Brands should use their online divisions as a laboratory, testing products and ideas in a risk-free environment, as Retail News investigates.]]></description>
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			<title>Clicking the potential</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Retailers should use their online divisions as a laboratory, testing products and ideas in a risk-free environment.]]></description>
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			<title>Put cards up your sleeves</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Small retailers should systematically beat the lower prices of global players with massive buying powers by investing in loyalty.  ]]></description>
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			<title>War and peas</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As the UK’s credit crunch forces more supermarkets to enter the price battle, Middle East retailers are moving in a totally different direction.]]></description>
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			<title>Tesco set to plough millions into India</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Retailer signs hypermarket deal and plans to invest £60 million (US $112 million) on cash-and-carry debut.    ]]></description>
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			<title>The danger of irresponsibility</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Many retailers in the Middle East appear to be more committed to maximising profits than contributing to social welfare.]]></description>
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			<title>Speculation mounts over Tesco’s motives </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Critics probe retailer’s long-term aims for the states after la launch of fresh and organic-led concept.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Why sharing is caring for the environment</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[My near-death experience crossing the road in Bur Dubai this week prompted my thoughts on congestion in Dubai.]]></description>
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			<title>UK hypers under fire for alleged bullying of suppliers</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Tesco and Asda, the UK's two biggest supermarket groups, are under scrutiny from competition watchdogs for alleged unfair practices in dealing with their suppliers.]]></description>
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			<title>Tesco’s reveals US expansion plans</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Tesco, the UK's biggest retailer, expects to have 30 ‘Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Markets' convenience stores in the US by December 2007, and 20 more open before the end of its fiscal year in February, according to a report from Supermarket News.]]></description>
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			<title>Tesco sales soar on back of global ops </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  UK’s biggest retailer announces double-digit sales growth with Asian operations gaining momentum.   ]]></description>
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			<title>Tesco puts $3 bn cap on US venture</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Tesco, the UK's biggest retailer, will retreat from the US market quickly if its Fresh & Easy retail concept fails in the country, according to The Business magazine.]]></description>
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			<title>UK stores go electric</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Amid rising concerns over global warming, two of the UK's biggest retailers, Tesco and Sainsbury's have introduced electric powered vans to their home delivery service fleets.]]></description>
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			<title>Eye on the environment</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[While international hypermarket groups are vying to prove their green  credentials, retailers in the Middle East seem  less enthusiastic.]]></description>
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			<title>Retail market’s wind of change</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Middle East retailers could be missing out by not  following in the steps of their more eco conscious Western  counterparts.]]></description>
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			<title>Organic freight ban proposed</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The UK's Soil Association may withdraw its approval of products transported by air due to eco concerns.]]></description>
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			<title>Tesco details US expansion plans</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Tesco, the UK's biggest retailer, has announced that it intends to enter the USA market by developing a new convenience format, beginning on the West Coast in 2007.]]></description>
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			<title>Tesco increases its stake in Chinese firm</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Tesco, THE UK’s biggest supermarket group, has  announced plans to extend its partnership with Ting Hsin group, increasing its stake in its Chinese operations from 50% to 90%, according to IGD Retail Analysis.]]></description>
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			<title>Tesco to buy Makro’s Malaysian stores</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Tesco is set to acquire eight cash and carry stores from Makro in Malaysia for an undisclosed sum]]></description>
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			<title>Hypermarket set for Cairo Festival City</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai-based Al-Futtaim Group's has confirmed that its US$3 billion Cairo Festival City development in Egypt will include a hypermarket covering at least 20,000 square metres, although it has not yet announced which operator will open at the site]]></description>
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			<title>Tesco pushes re-use of carriers</title>
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			<title>Tesco supports organic dairy farmers</title>
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			<title>Tesco going soft</title>
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