All Retail Week articles in 6-12 October 2018 – Page 2
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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