All Retail Week articles in 5-11 December 2020 – Page 2
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Brexit: Supermarkets given grace period on Northern Ireland supply checks
UK supermarkets will be allowed to continue supplying Northern Ireland stores without checks at the border, deal or no deal, from January 1.
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Government extends commercial evictions ban until April
The government is extending the moratorium on commercial tenant evictions until March 31, 2021.
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Tesco gets green light to complete sale of Asia business
Tesco is poised to complete the £8bn sale of its Thai and Malaysian business after buyer CP Retail Development Company rubber-stamped the deal.
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Primark’s Paul Marchant: Anyone who thinks shopping in person is over is naïve
Primark boss Paul Marchant has launched a passionate defence of physical retail and called for more investment to be ploughed into Britain’s high streets in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
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Competition watchdog to investigate Issa brothers’ Asda acquisition
The competition watchdog has launched a probe into the Issa brothers’ £6.8bn takeover of Asda.
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Analysis
Analysis: Who will be retail’s winners and losers this Christmas?
It’s been a highly unusual year for retail, which has not been without its casualties. As ‘non-essential’ stores emerge from the second lockdown and shoppers swap Christmas parties for working from home and smaller gatherings, which retailers are set to reap the benefits of an unorthodox festive season?
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Analysis
How can retailers mitigate the £5bn returns headache?
RWRC’s Supply Chain 2021 report looks at how the coronavirus crisis has exacerbated returns rates and why it is imperative retailers act now to protect their bottom line
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The Big Question: Should retailers close their stores on Boxing Day this year?
After a tough year, retailers including Pets at Home, Beaverbrooks, Marks & Spencer and Asda have decided to give their colleagues Boxing Day off as a thank you. Retail leaders offer their view on whether the rest of the sector should follow their example.
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Grocers record highest sales on record in November
Supermarkets reported the biggest month of sales on record in November as shoppers stole a march on Christmas shopping.
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Studio Retail prepares for sale as profits boom
Online value retailer Studio has announced plans to explore its sale options as profits and sales soared during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Joules trading ‘ahead of expectations’ despite overall sales decline
Joules has recorded a strong uplift in ecommerce sales in its first half despite lost in-store sales throughout the lockdown periods.
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November retail sales dampened by lockdown store closures
Retail sales growth slowed in November as tighter government restrictions forced shoppers online.
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Opinion
Roger Wade: ‘We need to level the playing field between online and high street’
Last week brought the end of shopping restrictions as retail returned across the UK. Sadly, the second lockdown did more damage than we ever expected as high street retailers suffered a double blow of not only the pandemic, but online competition.
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Analysis
Who will be the retail CEOs of the future?
Retail Week speaks to a panel of industry experts to determine which executives will be in charge of the UK’s biggest retailers over the next five years.
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Analysis
How retail changed my life: Tesco’s Rimal Patel – no longer a fish out of water
The life of Tesco’s online director Rimal Patel and his extended family has been shaped beyond recognition by the retail industry over the past five decades.
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The Hut Group raises sales forecast for second time since float
The Hut Group has bumped up its sales forecast for the second time since it floated in September, citing strong Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales.
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Kingfisher agrees to return business rates relief in full
The board of home and DIY giant Kingfisher has agreed to return more than £130m in business rates relief in full, becoming the latest retailer to do so.
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Ted Baker slips deeper into the red as revenues fall
Ted Baker has reported deepening losses before tax as its revenues fell and costs associated with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic rose.
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