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: How we changed our stores for people with autism
As Autism Hour Week draws to a close, The Entertainer co-founder Catherine Grant reveals why the retailer is backing the initiative.
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NewsBooths hails 'progress' as full-year losses narrow
Booths has narrowed its losses as the retailer’s bosses ramp up plans to “transform the business”.
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NewsAgenda: Asos, Footasylum, Gear4Music and grocery sales
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days with updates from Asos, Footasylum and Gear4Music, plus the latest grocery sales data, all on the agenda.
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NewsSports Direct acquires HoF Glasgow property for £95m
Sports Direct has bought House of Fraser’s property on Glasgow’s Buchanan Street outright in a bid to create the ‘Harrods of the North’.
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NewsDecathlon drops into the red despite sales rise
Decathlon has fallen to a loss in its full-year as competition from supermarkets hampered its like-for-like sales.
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NewsBoots' fourth quarter sales fall as beauty stutters
Boots has recorded declines across its beauty and pharmacy sales, which Walgreens Boots Alliance attributed to “lower prescription volume and a decline in UK pharmacy funding”.
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NewsHamleys plunges to £12m loss as sales fall
Hamleys has swung to a full-year loss in what chief executive Ralph Cunningham described as “one of the most challenging years in UK retail history”.
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AnalysisMove of the week: M&S Food's new top team
It’s taken six months for Stuart Machine to assess the landscape of Marks & Spencer’s food business and decide what personnel changes need to be made.
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VideoThe Retail Week: Is the 'Amazon tax' right for retail?
Tesco CEO Dave Lewis has called for the Government to bring in the ‘Amazon tax’ – a 2% charge on online retailers’ revenue. The team discusses whether this is the right thing for retail right now.
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AnalysisCan M&S' new food dream team reverse ailing sales?
Marks & Spencer’s grocery arm is fighting to get the recipe right after a troubling 18 months. What fresh ideas can its new high-profile team cook up?
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NewsCoast collapses into administration, 300 jobs at risk
Coast has tumbled into administration following “difficult trading conditions”, putting 300 jobs at risk.
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VideoWatch: Ikea unveils city centre format in strategic shift
Ikea has launched its first new-format city centre store on London’s Tottenham Court Road.
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NewsN Brown sustained by financial services as product flops
N Brown was carried by its financial services performance in its half years with product revenues falling.
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NewsWHSmith to close high street stores amid falling profits
WHSmith’s high street profits and sales fell during its last year, with the business boosted by its travel arm.
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NewsAsos launches voice shopping with ‘Enki’
Asos has launched voice shopping on Google with its shopping assistant ‘Enki’, becoming one of the first fashion retailers to do so
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InterviewInterview: Seasalt – the next Joules?
With soaring sales and an ever-increasing customer base, Joules has become a darling of the high street but it has competition on its hands in the shape of Cornish brand Seasalt.
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OpinionHow artificial intelligence is disrupting retail
The sooner retailers start experimenting with artificial intelligence and learning more about how it can improve their customer experience the better.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: BHS back from the dead
Patrick Blower’s spooky take on BHS being revived as a concession in Beales department stores.
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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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NewsPets at Home poaches Royal Mail exec for new data role
Pets at Home has snapped up the Royal Mail’s chief data officer Robert Kent to take on the same role, which is a newly created appointment for the retailer.