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AnalysisData: Week seven of trading post-lockdown – the data you need to know
Footfall across all shopping destinations in the UK inched up marginally last week due to a combination of mandatory face masks in stores and the unpredictable weather conditions.
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Back to HQ: Tesco, Primark, John Lewis and more unveil plans to reopen offices
With the majority of retail stores reopened to the public as lockdown restrictions ease in the UK and employers allowed to tell staff to come back to the office, Retail Week finds out what retailers’ plans are for returning colleagues to HQ
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Marketplace melee: Amazon vs eBay vs Shopify – who won in the pandemic?
Retail Week examines the three big marketplaces’ second-quarter results to understand who traded best over the tumultuous coronavirus lockdown period.
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Dispatch: German shoppers stay local in fightback against coronavirus
As coronavirus takes its toll on economies and businesses across the globe, Retail Week brings you regular dispatches from international retailers and experts who provide their insights into how they are coping with the pandemic.
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The Big Question: Will an online sales tax level retail’s playing field?
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is reportedly considering an online sales tax to raise £2bn a year. Industry experts offer their views on whether this mooted move could level the playing field between digital and high street businesses.
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Four must-see graphs from Next reveal lockdown trading pattern
Fashion giant Next’s latest update showed “a much better position than anticipated three months ago” . These graphs eloquently tell the story of how performance has played out and the impact of store reopenings.
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Retail’s new lipstick effect: what products will fly off the shelves post-Covid?
During past recessions, consumers have snapped up small luxuries, such as lipstick, to make themselves feel better. But with face masks making a lipstick uptick unlikely, which treats will shoppers indulge in now?
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Amazon delivery offensive: grocery game-changer or false dawn?
Online powerhouse Amazon is taking on the big grocers with a free delivery service. Here, Retail Week’s executive editor and editor debate whether the new offensive will change the grocery landscape.
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Analysis: Will mandatory face masks muzzle retail’s recovery?
Last Friday the government made face coverings mandatory for the public in all retail stores. Retail Week analyses what effect this will have on consumer confidence and economic recovery.
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Data: Week six of trading post-lockdown – the data you need to know
Footfall levels continued to inch up last week, despite the introduction of mandatory face masks and unseasonably wet weather over the weekend in England.
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Borrowed time: Is retail hurtling towards a credit crunch?
When the government shut all non-essential retail stores in March many businesses were forced to increase borrowing to simply stay afloat. But are these levels of debt unsustainable? Retail Week looks at whether retail is facing a ticking liquidity time bomb.
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The Big Question: What should the government do to stop retail job losses?
Marks Spencer this week became the latest big retailer to cut jobs. M S will cut 950 roles , adding to the recent toll at retailers including John Lewis and Boots . Industry experts offer their views on what the government could be doing to stem the ...
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Analysis: Forget fast fashion, is slow fashion the future?
As modern slavery allegations blight the world of fast fashion and the world pauses to think about the impact of consumerism in lockdown , is this the turning point to change the fashion industry for the better?
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Dispatch: How Saudi Arabia’s VAT rise sparked a retail sales boom
As coronavirus takes its toll on economies and businesses across the globe, Retail Week brings you regular dispatches from international retailers and experts, who provide their insights into how they are coping with the pandemic.
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Goodbye Piccadilly, farewell Leicester Square: Where are retail’s new property hotspots?
People are travelling less, working from home more and less inclined to congregate in busy public spaces – will this change where retailers want to open stores?
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The Big Question: Should fashion retailers stop sourcing in Leicester?
Leicester is in the spotlight again following allegations of unsafe working conditions and suppliers paying below minimum wage with links to Boohoo and Quiz. Industry experts weigh in on whether it is time for fashion to pack up in Leicester or double down on tackling the problems.
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Algorithmic retailing: four steps to success
Retailers had to pivot at breakneck speed to meet the demands of the lockdown consumer, and those that found it easiest were the ones that took an algorithmic approach
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Analysis: How Dixons Carphone’s new model will supercharge bricks and clicks
Dixons Carphone was set to fulfil its promises before coronavirus struck and chief executive Alex Baldock remains certain the retailer is on the right track as it builds an omnichannel proposition.
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Retailers must improve data analytics to win consumer spend, experts warn
The ability to perform data analytics at speed is going to unlock growth in these uncertain times, a panel of leading experts has told Retail Week.
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Analysis: Has Ocado’s ecommerce promise failed to deliver during coronavirus?
With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic totally reshaping the way people shop for groceries and pushing hundreds of thousands of consumers online, how has the UK’s only pureplay grocer really fared in lockdown?
