All Retail Week articles in 19-25 September 2020
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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Analysis
John Lewis Partnership’s strategy: Has Sharon White got it right?
As John Lewis Partnership unveils its full-year resuts, Retail Week looks back at the strategy outlined late last year by chair Dame Sharon White to transform the business. Will it work?
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Analysis
Seven big mistakes that retailers keep making online
Online is a more important channel for retailers than ever. But far too many businesses are still making mistakes that irritate customers and hinder conversion. Retail Week highlights seven of them
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Retail Voice
How smart retailers help their managers shine
Retailers know more than most about the importance of finding the right blend between online and physical presence.
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Data
League table: Who have been Covid’s retail winners and losers?
Retail is in the midst of one of the most challenging periods in its history as the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc across the industry.
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Events
Consumer 2021: Customers value community and the personal touch
Customer feedback via live chats and social media has proved invaluable this year agreed a panel of experts during RWRC’s Consumer 2021 week.
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Video
Watch: Leahy, Lord Price, Lea and Roberts back No Limits social mobility campaign
Retail is an industry long admired for the shop floor-to-boardroom career path it can offer workers from all walks of life.
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News
Next boss Wolfson: Thousands of retail jobs ‘unviable’ post-Covid
Next boss Lord Wolfson has warned that thousands of traditional retail jobs have become “unviable” in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
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News
Boohoo probe uncovers ‘many failings’ in Leicester supply chain
An independent review into Boohoo’s UK supply chain has uncovered “many failings” in its work with garment manufacturers in Leicester.
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News
Tesco and Morrisons reinstate rationing as stockpiling concerns mount
Tesco and Morrisons have reinstated rationing of essential products amid fears that customers are starting to stockpile again.
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Events
Consumer 2021: Right messaging is critical to drive growth, say retailers
The right messaging at the right time will be critical to driving sales this Christmas and next year, a panel of retail experts warned during RWRC’s Consumer 2021 week.
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Digital edition
Retail Week magazine: September 25
This week’s issue looks at Dame Sharon White’s turnaround plan for John Lewis, Lord Wolfson’s reasons to be cheerful over the future of Next and remembers retail legend Sir Terence Conran.
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News
Retail industry decries ‘missed opportunity’ in Sunak’s winter economy plan
Retail membership organisations and stakeholders have said the chancellor has missed an opportunity to help the retail sector with his winter economy plan.
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News
Morrisons unveils food box subscriptions to meet growing grocery delivery demand
Morrisons has launched home delivery subscription boxes for customers to keep up with the growing demand for grocery deliveries.
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News
Rishi Sunak unveils new support scheme to protect ‘viable’ jobs
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled his new job support scheme in Parliament, in a bid to stave off a spike in job losses once the current furlough scheme ends.
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News
Next to sell Ted Baker lingerie and nightwear
Ted Baker has entered a licensing agreement to release its lingerie and nightwear collections in partnership with Next.
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Analysis
Consumer 2021: Five ways to get the future shopper spending more with you
The way people shop has undergone a total transformation this year with retailers having to take heed and step up. Retail Week scrutinises the business characteristics required by retailers to cater for the new consumer.
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News
Pets at Home raises full-year expectations as sales climb
Pets at Home has said that sustained strong sales growth in its current financial year mean that it now expects profits to exceed market expectations despite wider economic uncertainty.
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News
Indian giant Reliance Retail mulls Debenhams bid
Reliance Retail, which is owned by India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, is reportedly considering a bid for part or all of Debenhams.
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News
Tesco’s Dave Lewis calls for post-Covid crackdown on food waste
Tesco’s departing chief executive Dave Lewis has called on companies and countries to tackle food waste, which currently counts for 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
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News
DFS swings to loss as sales slump in ‘disappointing’ year
DFS has fallen into the red in its preliminary results as sale declined, but boss Tim Stacey has stressed that the retailer’s performance has improved since stores reopened.