All Retail Week articles in February 13 2015
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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NewsBrightHouse launches price promise and seeks to allay misselling fears
BrightHouse has launched a price promise and introduced an insurance opt-out as it seeks to provide reassurances around its business practices.
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NewsRetail investor Alteri hires Magnus Mattsson as chief investment officer
Retail investor Alteri Investors has appointed Magnus Mattsson to the newly created chief investment officer role to drive its activity across Europe.
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NewsSainsbury's trials electronic tags as it seeks to automate pricing process
Sainsbury’s is trialling electronic pricing tags as it seeks to cut out the use of paper and update prices automatically.
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OpinionComment: Vloggers can provide retailers with the authenticity they often lack
Consumers engage with video content like no other form, but brands’ efforts to go it alone have been patchy.
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OpinionComment: A year and counting… when will Sports Direct hire a finance director?
Sports Direct gets curiouser and curiouser and it is surely time the lack a finance director is addressed at the retailer.
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NewsTesco to pay £20,000 to support towns affected by store cutbacks
Supermarket giant Tesco will pay out a £20,000 ‘community fund’ to two Cambridgeshire towns affected by the grocer’s store cutbacks.
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NewsEtail giant Amazon hit by intermittent website outages
Amazon shoppers struggled to complete their online orders yesterday after the etail giant’s website was struck by intermittent outages.
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NewsBreakfast Briefing: Retail news on Amazon, Tesco and business rates
Retail news round-up on February 17, 2015: Amazon shoppers hit by website outages, Tesco pays £20,000 community fund, Hammerson calls for fairer business rates and more.
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AnalysisOutgoing Foyles boss says company is "hungry for expansion"
Sam Husain says the company is “hungry for expansion” but the opening of new shops depend on the deals it can strike with landlords.
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NewsNew rules threaten to derail Amazon drone delivery plans
Amazon’s plans to deliver packages by unmanned crafts have been dealt a blow after draft regulations from the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) prohibit remote piloting.
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NewsAndy Bond backed fashion retailer Pep & Co to open one of first stores in Kettering
Andy Bond backed fashion retailer Pep & Co has chosen Kettering to open one of its first stores.
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NewsModa Operandi raises $60m in latest investment round
Luxury ecommerce site Moda Operandi has pulled in $60m (£39m) of funding, with the US etailer plotting to bolster its presence overseas.
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OpinionComment: Supermarkets should be striving to feel different
Much time and money is expended on making our supermarkets look the way they do, but does the effort make things better for shoppers?
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NewsFrance passes law to lift restrictions on Sunday trading
A bill to allow shops in tourist areas in France to open on Sundays and stay open until midnight on weekdays has been approved.
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NewsMorrisons reduces prices as it fires latest salvo in grocery price war
Morrisons has unveiled a further round of “deep” price cuts as it aims to compete in the challenging grocery market.
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NewsTesco to swing axe on 10,000 jobs as it cuts out management layer
Tesco is set to cut up to 10,000 jobs across stores and head office as Dave Lewis plans to reduce costs as part of a turnaround of the grocer.
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NewsFoyles reports full-year loss after property overhaul write-offs
Foyles has recorded an operating loss of £600,000 for the year following write-offs including relocating its flagship store.
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NewsRetail Diary: Boxpark draws a line in the sand and Britain's greatest fraudster
Boxpark gets hot under the collar; JD Sports loss prevention director comes face to face with ‘Britain’s Greatest Fraudster’; and B&Q ruffles some feathers.
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NewsTesco staff given deadline to apply for voluntary redundancy
Thousands of Tesco head office staff have been offered the chance to apply for voluntary redundancy as the grocer continues to cut costs.
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NewsAmazon lands India Fashion Week sponsorship
Amazon has fended off competition to sponsor the 25th edition of India Fashion Week in a bid to expand its remit in the country.