All Retail Week articles in September 26 2014
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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Analysis
Emerging retailer: $1bn personalised women’s apparel etailer JustFab
It seems a little incongruous to call JustFab an emerging retailer. The US ecommerce site expects to turnover $500 million in 2015, is eyeing an IPO, is valued at $1bn and already operates in seven countries.
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Analysis
Sainsbury's second quarter: What the analysts say
Sainsbury’s has revealed a 2.8% drop in like-for-like sales in its first trading update under new chief executive Mike Coupe. Retail Week takes a look at what the analysts say.
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News
Innovation: Menswear brand uses crowdfunding to create ultimate tech-enabled store
A menswear brand is seeking to create what it calls the store of the future, where technology will be used to tailor the shopping experience around a customer’s interests.
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News
Argos hires Matt Hobbs for new head of digital engineering role
Argos has appointed Matt Hobbs to the newly created role of head of digital engineering as part of its ambition to become a leader in digital retailing.
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News
Next warns unseasonably warm weather could hit full-year profit
Unseasonably warm weather in September has hit Next’s sales in its third quarter and the retailer said if it continues it will impact full-year profits.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on consumer confidence, Tesco and Apple
Retail news round-up on September 30, 2014: Consumer confidence falls in September, Tesco signed £2.5bn credit facility and Apple could be fined for potentially illegal tax deals in Ireland
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Analysis
Timeline: How Marks & Spencer has innovated over the past century
M&S has gathered together some of its best ideas of the last 130 years as it prepares to launch a course on commercial innovation with Leeds University.
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Gallery
Store gallery: How the hypermarket store format succeeds in France
French hypermarkets offer lessons to British retailers with large stores. How do they do it? Retail Week reports from Calais.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Puma’s Johannesburg store streaks ahead of the competition
Puma Select’s Johannesburg store uses adapted and repurposed store design principals to create an innovative and flexible visual design.
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News
Aldi says price war has played into its hands as sales and profits surge
Aldi has revealed surging full-year sales and profits and claims that the grocery price war has played into its hands.
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Mobile location start-up Localz wins John Lewis’s JLab
Localz, a start-up specialising in micro-location technology, has won John Lewis’ technology incubator competition JLab.
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Tesco boss Lewis: 'Culture, processes and proposition must change'
Tesco boss Dave Lewis has told staff that its culture, processes and brand proposition must change but progress is being made despite this week’s accounting storm.
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Opinion
Comment: Will digital innovation turn Mothercare around?
Following Mothercare’s plans to become a digitally-led business, will the retailer be able to understand its customers digital demands?
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Infographic: Consumer confidence experiences its biggest fall so far this year
Consumer confidence has experienced its biggest fall so far this year, with the hitherto continuous rise in confidence halting at the end of the summer.
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Opinion
Blog: An impressive crop of winners at the Hermes Retail Week Supply Chain awards
Returns are a long-term problem for online retailers. The proportion of returned products can reach 40% in some categories, with fashion particularly affected.
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News
Supermarkets face 'harsh reality' as spend drops 1.6%, Nielsen reports
Spend at the UK’s five biggest supermarkets fell 1.6% year on year in September as Tesco recorded the biggest fall in sales in the last 12 weeks, according to Nielsen.
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Analysis
Analysis: Why Sainsbury's has cut prices and changed Brand Match
Sainsbury’s has stopped comparing branded goods prices with Tesco and slashed prices, but will it be enough to stop customers switching to Asda and discounters?
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Opinion
Comment: The insight new leaders need to face the changing retail world
With new developments in retail technology and attitudes coming thick and fast, retailers need proper context to create the right strategy.
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News
Kingfisher boss receives novel leaving present from Charlie Mayfield
Kingfisher’s Sir Ian Cheshire received a novel leaving present as he stood down from the British Retail Consortium chairmanship.
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Contestants were absolutely hackered at the Retail Week Hackathon
Hats off to the tired hackers who took part in Retail Week’s Hackathon at the Emirates Stadium in London last week.