Interviews
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VideoWill December election spell retail blues or boom during peak?
A divided nation is heading to the polls for the first December general election in almost 100 years. Seasoned Peel Hunt retail analyst John Stevenson joins Retail Week executive editor George MacDonald to discuss the implications for peak trading and the industry’s wider Christmas prospects.
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Retail jobs wipeout – can new roles replace those lost?
More than 80,000 retail jobs were lost in the third quarter of this year and employment has now fallen for almost four years in a row.
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Watch: Nick Beighton - how Asos is overcoming 'bump in the road'
Asos chief executive Nick Beighton tackled how to maintain an innovative culture, taking over from a founder and how it is getting over its recent “bump in the road”.
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Watch: Dixons boss Baldock on investing £200m in staff
Dixons Carphone boss Alex Baldock tells Retail Week about his plans to quadruple investment in store staff in the next three years and turn its stores into “palaces of discovery”.
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Watch: Farfetch's David Grunwald shares top tips for start-ups
Farfetch vice president of innovation David Grunwald shares his top tips for start-ups considering pitching an idea and what makes a successful partnership.
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Watch: Instagram on the future of shopping via social media
Instagram’s shopping product marketing lead Ethan Arpi discusses how the online giant is “unlocking” the trend of shopping on social media.
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Watch: Boots boss Seb James on winning back beauty relevance
Boots UK boss Seb James talks about his ambition to make the retailer the UK leader in beauty personalisation and building its brand portfolio.
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Watch: Pets at Home boss on using Amazon's dominance for your gain
Pets at Home boss Peter Pritchard talks about what you can learn from etail giant Amazon and what other retailers can do better.
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Watch: Shop Direct boss Henry Birch on rebranding and strategy
Shop Direct chief executive Henry Birch talks about the etailer’s upcoming rebrand to The Very Group and the business’ new strategy.
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Matchesfashion.com boss on navigating a changing world
Matchesfashion.com has transformed in the 31 years since it was founded. Retail Week spoke to boss Ulric Jerome about its reinvention.
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Watch: Feelunique's Palix on finding the perfect tech team
FeelUnique chief executive Joel Palix talks about why online beauty is about to blow up and the impossibility of finding the perfect tech team.
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Watch: The latest robotics trends in retail
Robotics are increasingly being deployed in retail, particularly in warehousing and distribution.
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Watch: Mark Steel on the voice shopping and AR future
Sainsbury’s Argos digital director Mark Steel on what makes a great voice shopping experience and the importance of bringing together brilliant tech and brilliant staff.
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Watch: Ocado's Clarke on AI and 'self-disruption'
Ocado chief technology officer Paul Clarke drops into the Tech. studio to chat robotics, AI and “self-disruption”.
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Watch: Spoon Guru's Stripf on personalisation in grocery
Markus Stripf, co-founder and chief executive of Spoon Guru, discusses how personalisation and AI are changing shoppers’ habits and what is going to happen next.
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Watch: How tech is changing retail property
The rise of new technology is transforming not just retailers, but the wider industry including shopping malls and retail parks.
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Watch: Smiggle pledges ‘unwavering commitment’ to shops
At the opening of Smiggle’s biggest-ever store on Oxford Street, boss John Cheston speaks about the retailer’s “unwavering” commitment to bricks and mortar in the UK and why it’s “a bit like Beatlemania”.
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Watch: DFS' Filby on cushioning the blow of the market
DFS boss Ian Filby tells Retail Week what’s in store for furniture retailers and explains how the sofa firm is working to navigate the “moribund” market.
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Watch: Véronique Laury – disrupt yourself or be disrupted
Véronique Laury, chief executive of B Q and Screwfix-owner Kingfisher, speaks to Retail Week about how the DIY business, and others like it, can evolve to survive.
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Watch: ScS boss − We are Amazon and Brexit proof
ScS boss David Knight divulges how the sofa and carpet specialist is seemingly bucking the big-ticket blues and delivering like-for-like growth.
