All Analysis articles – Page 92
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AnalysisAnalysis: What Sports Direct's swoop spells for HoF
Sports Direct tycoon Mike Ashley realised his dream of owning a department store business with an audacious £90m pounce on House of Fraser. Retail Week considers the implications.
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AnalysisAshley vs Day: The tycoons who clashed over HoF
Philip Day and Mike Ashley came head-to-head in the battle to save House of Fraser, with the latter eventually triumphing after a £90m swoop.
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AnalysisThe disruptors: The businesses revolutionising returns
Returns have long been a conundrum for retailers, increasing costs and shrinking availability. Retail Week profiles the businesses shaking up returns.
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AnalysisAnalysis: After the iPhone, what will be next $1trn idea?
The smartphone changed the way people live but might it be the beginning of the end for the once pioneering technology and, if so, what comes next?
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AnalysisAnalysis: How retailers can create a digital culture
In this exclusive extract from his new book, 100 Practical Ways to Improve Customer Experience, Martin Newman highlights how businesses can stay relevant in the new environment.
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AnalysisFour steps to solve the online profitability problem
Growing digital sales used to be all about land-grabbing. But as online matures, retailers need to ensure that growth is profitable.
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AnalysisHow can retailers prepare for a ‘no deal’ Brexit?
Retailers are being forced to treat a ‘no deal’ Brexit as a real possibility, so what can they do to prepare themselves for it?
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AnalysisAnalysis: The DNA of the new retail CEO
Private equity firms with high expectations. Angry shareholders ready to vote you out if you’ve had a disappointing year. Spreadsheets with budgets tightened. Loyal staff with 30 years’ experience, pensions and lives pinned to their jobs.
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AnalysisMove of the week: Tesco's formidable top team
Charles Wilson’s decision to step down as Tesco UK and Ireland chief executive as he recovers from illness has caused a reorganisation of the grocer’s top team.
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AnalysisHammerson's new strategy and the future of shopping centres
Hammerson is jettisoning its retail parks as part of a radical new strategy based on market trends it believes will shape shopping.
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AnalysisIn numbers: The best digital retailers in the UK
Retail Week Indicator, launched last week, highlights the best digital retailers in the UK. Here we look at what it takes to get into the top 20.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How to fix the broken property model
With both landlords and retailers seemingly unhappy, what can be done to make the UK’s property model fit for purpose? Mark Faithfull reports.
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AnalysisObituary: Retailers pay tribute to Don McCarthy
Retailers have paid tribute to respected retail industry veteran Don McCarthy, who died aged 63 at the weekend.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Facebook's plan to rip up the retail rulebook
It may only have been an application to the US Patent Office, but it is one that indicates Facebook has big plans to revolutionise ecommerce.
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AnalysisCan Sports Direct’s new stores elevate profits?
Sports Direct posted a healthy rise in underlying earnings in its preliminary results, which the retailer largely attributed to its next-generation store portfolio.
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AnalysisIn pictures: The products and trends of Christmas 2018
In an ultra-competitive retail environment, the golden quarter is make or break for many, but what products and trends will win out?
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AnalysisMove of the week: Wilko hires a CEO in waiting
I often hear people touted as future stars of retail, mostly with good reason.
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AnalysisRetail Reimagined: Welcome to the supermarket 2.0
In part two of our Retail Reimagined series, examining how traditional formats would look if they were redesigned today, Luke Tugby explores the supermarket of the future.
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AnalysisThe disruptors: The bridal businesses catering for millennials
The once stagnant bridal market is changing fast. In Retail Week’s latest instalment of ‘The Disruptors’ series, we profile the retailers shaking up bridalwear.
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AnalysisProfile: Sainsbury's new chairman Martin Scicluna
When Sainsbury’s revealed earlier this year that it was shopping for a new chairman, plenty of potential candidates would have been keen to put themselves in the proverbial shop window.