All Retail Week articles in 13-19 October 2018
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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NewsAgenda: Debenhams and Travis Perkins update the market
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days with updates from Debenhams and Travis Perkins on the agenda.
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NewsIntu mulls potential bid from Whittaker-led consortium
Property giant Intu is considering a preliminary takeover offer from a consortium formed by Saudi Arabian and Canadian investors and led by John Whittaker.
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AnalysisOpinion: Will ‘Made By Humans’ become a USP?
Yoox Net-a-Porter’s (YNAP) chief executive Federico Marchetti predicts that ‘Made by Humans’ may become a product’s biggest mark of quality.
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AnalysisMove of the week: Fat Face's new chief executive
In a week featuring a number of senior level moves, the departure of Oasis and Warehouse chief executive Liz Evans to run Fat Face is arguably the standout.
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AnalysisData: Empty stores by parliamentary constituency
The business rates burden borne by retailers will increase by £180m, from next April. As high streets face further pressure, find out here how many stores lie empty in your area.
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NewsAmazon to open Manchester base, add 1,000 tech roles
Amazon has unveiled ambitions to bolster its research and development teams across the UK with 1,000 new roles and a new Manchester office.
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VideoThe Retail Week: How can fashion fix itself?
After a week of contrasting fortunes for the likes of Asos, Superdry, New Look and Oasis and Warehouse, the Retail Week team discuss whether fashion can fix itself.
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NewsEbay sues Amazon for ‘illegally luring’ sellers
Online marketplace eBay is suing rival Amazon amid claims that the etail goliath poached its third-party sellers.
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NewsOasis and Warehouse dealt credit insurance blow
Oasis and Warehouse have suffered a fresh blow after a clutch of credit insurers stopped offering cover to their suppliers.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Giving grocery IoT some bottle
Malibu owner Pernod Ricard is bringing the Internet of Things into the grocery store and into people’s homes. How does it work and how will it impact retail?
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NewsNew Look to exit China as 120 stores face axe
New Look is to pull the plug on its Chinese business as it focuses efforts on turning around its core UK division.
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OpinionHow to connect with consumers who want to be forgotten
Consumers want to disengage from irrelevant and impersonal communications – the key to keeping their attention is personalisation
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AnalysisWhat can we learn from Sears’ demise?
Sears’ collapse into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection may have been looming for a while, but it nevertheless led to sharp intakes of breath.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How Asos will win a ‘bigger prize’
Asos grabbed headlines last year when it revealed it was building capacity to achieve £4bn in sales, more than twice the revenue it racks up at present.
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NewsMorrisons finance boss Strain takes on commercial role
Morrisons’ finance chief Trevor Strain has taken on extra commercial responsibilities.
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NewsHomebase names ex-HMV boss Topping as chairman
DIY retailer Homebase has appointed former HMV chief executive Ian Topping as non-executive chairman as it seeks to deliver a turnaround.
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NewsGovernment hammers retail with £180m rate hike
Retail faces “yet another eye-watering rise in business rates” following the publication of September’s inflation figures.
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OpinionSingle category or catch-all store – which is better?
Ikea’s new Planning Studio, mainly for kitchen browsers, is a thing of beauty, but are other shoppers being short-changed in the retailer’s rush to please the urban elite?
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Asos profits soar as customer numbers rise
Asos has reported a 28% increase in full-year profits to £102m in “a year of substantial progress”.
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NewsJD Sports finance boss Brian Small steps down
JD Sports finance boss Brian Small is to step down at the end of the month.