All Analysis articles – Page 108
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AnalysisAnalysis: October retail sales sector by sector
October retail sales dropped as non-food posted the steepest declines on record and grocery was buoyed by inflation rather than volume.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is retail suffering from digital brain drain?
When Retail Week unveiled our list of future chief executives last month one thing was stark – the lack of digital leaders in the running for retail’s top jobs.
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AnalysisThe disruptors: Who is giving grocers food for thought?
Grocery comes under the spotlight in the latest installment of Retail Week’s ‘The disruptors’ series, which looks at the businesses shaking up the industry.
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AnalysisInfographic: The world's best stores and Wilko redundancies
Words and numbers, November 3, 2017: We look at some of the best and best-loved stores in retail, while Jo Jenkins gets a warm welcome from White Stuff and Wilko makes redundancies.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Five lessons retailers can learn from Sky
If any company knows about adapting to meet changing consumer demands and resilience during testing times, it’s broadcaster Sky.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The brands making a play for the high street
Brands have always eyed opportunities to get closer to the consumer and now a generation of names are taking their own stores.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How the interest rate hike will affect retail
The Bank of England issued its first base interest rate rise in a decade earlier today, upping it to 0.5%.
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AnalysisSWOT analysis: Can Footasylum stay on the front foot?
On the day Footasylum floats on AIM, Retail Week Prospect analyses the retailer’s current state of play and its outlook for the future.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The five best examples of multichannel retail
Everything from touchscreen monitors to selfie-designated stations and offline fitting experiences feature in our best examples of multichannel retail.
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AnalysisAnalysis: When retailers go from friend to foe
Footasylum’s IPO represents a second sports retail payday for David Wardle and John Makin. The pair had previously founded, built and floated JD Sports before going into competition against it.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Where do retail leaders love to shop?
We ask some of the UK’s best retailers which bricks-and-mortar stores appeal to them most as consumers.
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AnalysisBuy, sell or hold? Sports Direct takes stock of shares
Sports Direct has drafted in a head of strategic investments to review the shareholdings the retailer has built up in other businesses.
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AnalysisInfographic: Retail job cuts and Harrods’ profits
Words and numbers, October 27, 2017: Retail job cuts, including Sainsbury’s plan to axe 2,000 staff, Shop Direct’s refinancing deal and Harrods’ full-year profits
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AnalysisSupply chain: Balancing profitability and experience
Retailers are having to rapidly re-adjust business models to keep up with the demands of the hyper-connected consumer.
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AnalysisIs Bucher’s grand plan for Debenhams paying off?
Looking at the numbers, it can’t be said to be the best first year a chief executive has ever clocked up.
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AnalysisBiotech will be the future of payments, say consumers
Fingerprint readers, eye scanners and selfie payments are the payment methods being demanded by consumers, an exclusive Retail Week survey reveals.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Who are retail’s next chief executives?
Retail Week speaks to headhunters and industry-watchers to determine who will be in the driving seat of Britain’s biggest retailers in the next few years.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Should retailers ditch gender labels?
John Lewis grabbed many headlines when it decided to remove the boys and girls tags from its kids clothing last month.
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AnalysisBoomerang CEOs: Leaders who returned to ex-employers
Flying Tiger Copenhagen co-owner Philip Bier is to return to the business as executive chairman, Retail Week revealed this week.
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AnalysisInfographic: Paperchase, WHSmith and Karen Millen
Words and numbers, October 20, 2017: Paperchase profits fall; WHSmith’s travel arm overtakes high street arm and Karen Millen boss talks the retailer losing its mojo.