All Retail Week articles in 17-23 October 2020 – Page 2
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AnalysisTV or TikTok? Where should marketers spend their budget right now?
Marketing teams have been met with a tough challenge throughout the pandemic as consumers’ lives and behaviours change. Retail Week explores how best to reach customers right now.
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AnalysisSix ways Amazon, Levi’s and more are transforming their businesses
With retailers forced to rethink their operations to meet new customer demand, cut costs and ultimately survive, RWRC’s latest report reveals where retailers should be placing their time, money and energy in the year ahead.
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OpinionThe Secret Retailer: ‘Colleagues doubt my ability because of my upbringing’
I always knew I was different to my colleagues, but about eight months ago I realised just how much.
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Opinion‘Alibaba’s $3.6bn splurge cements value of stores in retail’s future’
Alibaba, one of the world’s largest ecommerce players, this week splashed $3.6bn on its latest big-money acquisition.
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Retail VoiceThree big decisions retailers make when choosing a new logistics facility
The growth of the online retail sector had already resulted in a surge of warehouse enquiries before the pandemic, but with the busy Christmas period fast approaching, the demand for fulfilment is about to get even greater.
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AnalysisDigital tools have empowered staff during the pandemic, says M&S stores boss
New technology and tools have helped store staff to make quicker decisions and better serve customers, a panel of experts told Retail Week’s Building tomorrow’s workforce: how to work smarter’ virtual event.
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NewsIceland ramps up same-day delivery plans with ‘Swift’ trademark
Iceland has ramped up plans to offer a rapid grocery delivery service after registering the ‘Swift’ trademark with the Intellectual Property Office (IPO).
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NewsRetail footfall slumps as three-tier Covid restrictions take effect
The government’s three-tiered Covid restrictions have had an “immediate impact” on retail footfall across the UK after coming into force late last week.
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NewsEdinburgh Woollen Mill tycoon Philip Day plots bid to buy back Peacocks
Edinburgh Woollen Mill tycoon Philip Day is plotting a bid to save budget fashion chain Peacocks and jettison the rest of the group.
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NewsBoohoo auditor quits over corporate governance concerns
Boohoo’s auditor PwC is stepping down amid concerns over the online retailer’s corporate governance.
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NewsStore closures hit record levels as 11,000 shut in first half of 2020
A record number of stores closed during the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus crisis hammered high streets, shopping centres and retail parks across the UK.
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NewsMike Ashley’s Frasers Group makes fresh bid to buy Debenhams
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has revived its efforts to buy struggling department store chain Debenhams.
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Retail VoiceRetailers can't delay making customer experience effortless
Customers are not waiting patiently for laggard retailers to catch up with their digital offerings. Capita explains why agility and adaptability is not a nice-to-have but a prerequisite for success – and is easier than many may think
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NewsEx-Tesco boss Dave Lewis to speak at Virtual Leaders' Summit
Tesco’s former chief executive and chair of the WWF’s board of trustees, Dave Lewis, has joined the line-up for Retail Week’s Virtual Leaders’ Summit in association with Be Inspired, running from November 9 to 13.
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AnalysisRecovery 2021: How retailers can emerge stronger in the year ahead
As we race towards the end of the year and strategies for 2021 start to take shape, we take a look at how retailers can make easy wins and face the year ahead with confidence – themes that are central to RWRC’s Recovery 2021 masterclass
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Opinion‘John Lewis’ non-retail ambitions rely on restoring retail success’
One of the most striking aspects of today’s strategy update from the John Lewis Partnership was the extent to which the retailer is staking its future on what strategy director Nina Bhatia termed “non-retail”.
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NewsAmazon appoints new European fashion boss
Amazon has promoted Ruth Diaz to the role of head of Amazon Fashion Europe.
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NewsPret to axe another 400 jobs amid ‘setback’ in Covid recovery
Pret a Manger is to axe another 400 jobs and shut six more stores as it wrestles with the damaging impact of the coronavirus crisis.
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