All Retail Week articles in 6-12 October 2018
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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OpinionOpinion: Customers will hold irresponsible retailers to account
There is serious commercial and reputational risk to not addressing social responsibility head on. But for most retailers it is frequently treated as a tick-box exercise.
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VideoWatch: Inside Instagram's London pop-up
Instagram launched its first UK pop-up store to showcase its commerce capabilities. We spoke to the platformâs head of brand development about its retail ambitions.
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NewsTesco boss Lewis urges tax on products sold online
Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis has urged a tax on products sold online to prevent bricks-and-mortar retailers being destroyed by etail competitors.
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NewsFrench Connection sale on cards as Marks eyes exit
French Connection founder Stephen Marks is seeking to sell his 42% stake in the fashion retailer.
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NewsAmazon seeks UK properties for Go stores
Online powerhouse Amazon is on the hunt for UK retail properties for its checkout-free grocery arm, Amazon Go.
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Boux Avenue appoints first chief executive
Lingerie and womenswear retailer Boux Avenue, which is owned by retail entrepreneur Theo Paphitis, has appointed Michael Kerr as its first chief executive.
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NewsM&S boosts food leadership team with key hires
Marks & Spencer has made a number of senior appointments to its food team as food managing director Stuart Machin aims to transform the division.
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NewsMountain Warehouse abandons Zakti store format
Mountain Warehouse is abandoning its Zakti standalone store format and will rebrand all of its existing shops in a reshuffle of its estate.
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NewsTapi losses widen amid rapid store expansion
Tapi has suffered widening full-year losses as it pressed ahead with its aggressive store expansion plan.
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NewsRetail sales suffer âsummer hangoverâ in September
Retail sales dipped in September as constrained consumer spending drove the industryâs poorest performance in five months.
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AnalysisInside retail's global giants: Zalando
Retail Week looks inside German online fashion giant Zalando, which despite recent trading pressure is vying to become an âoperating system for the fashion industryâ.
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VideoMatchesfashion.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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NewsMaplin creditors braced for huge losses
Maplinâs creditors will receive just a fraction of the cash they are owed following the electricals specialistâs collapse into administration.
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NewsSelfridges Group names Pitcher boss amid senior changes
Selfridges had made a raft of changes to its top management team as it prepares for further growth.
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NewsMySale to take buy-now, pay-later scheme to market
MySale is planning to offer its proprietary buy-now, pay-later technology to the rest of the industry.
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OpinionOpinion: Follow Lewis' lead and pressure MPs on rates
Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis was on the nail when he called this week for radical change to the business rates regime, which is holding back the retail industryâs success.
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NewsWilko swings to red as exceptional costs rack up
Wilko posted a pre-tax loss due to one-off costs as sales rose, in what chief operating officer Sean Toal described as a âtough trading environmentâ.
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NewsPets at Home poaches Royal Mail exec for new data role
Pets at Home has snapped up the Royal Mailâs chief data officer Robert Kent to take on the same role, which is a newly created appointment for the retailer.
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NewsTK Maxx profits drop as it ramps up store estate
TK Maxx has recorded a decline in its full-year profits as it ploughed investment into its IT proposition and bolstered its bricks-and-mortar network.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: BHS back from the dead
Patrick Blowerâs spooky take on BHS being revived as a concession in Beales department stores.