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AnalysisRevealed: The 25 most vibrant retail locations in the UK
Location, location, location. Whether you’re opening another store to better serve your core market or looking for new eyeballs to thrill and excite with an experiential flagship, where to open is a topic bandied around boardrooms up and down the UK all year long.
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AnalysisRanking: The fastest-growing value retailers revealed
In the cost-of-living crisis, affordable retailers have never been more relevant to price-conscious consumers, but which have been making the most of the mood of the nation? And which are set to turn market share into future growth? To find out, the Retail Week analyst team has tracked group sales across 15 of the biggest value retailers and analysed their compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to predict how much bigger they’ll be in five years’ time
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AnalysisRanking: The UK retailers with the biggest international sales
After several years of staying close to home, it’s no surprise that, even with the cost-of-living crisis, more than 60% of Brits are planning an overseas holiday this year – up by 10% on last year, according to research by American Express.
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AnalysisShopfloor pay ranking: How much do UK retailers pay?
Our ranking of shopfloor pay at the UK’s biggest retailers shows a rapid pace of change, but with shrinking volumes and rampant inflation to consider, how high can it realistically rise?
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AnalysisRanking: The 50 most-loved retailers in the UK for 2023
Shoppers have had a tough time of late. Leaping from a global pandemic to an economic crisis has meant many have had to take a closer look at how much they spend and who they’re spending it with. For retailers, that means yet another obstacle course, forcing them to roll up their sleeves and navigate their customers through it.
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AnalysisRanking: Meet the 30 UK retailers forecast to dominate ecommerce
A new report draws on exclusive Retail Week analyst data to rank the country’s most successful ecommerce retailers by FY2022 predicted online sales. Discover who they are, how they’re winning and the strategies to follow their lead
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AnalysisAnalysis: How The Range went from market stall origins to cracking UK’s top 30 retailers
In Retail Week’s recent ranking of who the top 30 retailers in the UK will be by 2026, The Range and Adidas were the two new entries that are set to take the 28th and 30th spot respectively.
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NewsExclusive: Two new players to enter top 30 biggest retailers by 2026
A ranking of the biggest retailers in the UK and a five-year forecast of the top 30 has revealed two new retailers will be joining the list.
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AnalysisRanking: Who will be the biggest retailers in the UK in 2026?
Offering a glimpse of what lies ahead, Retail Week analysts reveal which retailers will sit at the top of the food chain in 2026, which will be overtaken by their closest rivals and which will lose their spot in the ranking altogether
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NewsExclusive: M&S to overtake John Lewis by 2026, forecast reveals
Marks & Spencer is set to supplant the John Lewis Partnership in the ranking of the biggest retailers in the UK, an exclusive forecast by Retail Week Prospect reveals.
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AnalysisRanking: Amazon, Tesco and Asda offer best customer experience, say shoppers
Amazon, Tesco and Asda have come out on top of an exclusive consumer poll asking which retailers offer the best customer experience, but Aldi isn’t far behind.
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DataRanking: Christmas trading 2022 league table
Find out how retailers fared during the critical 2022 Christmas trading period with our league table benchmarking sales performance across the industry.
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AnalysisRanking: The UK’s busiest retail websites on Black Friday 2022
Retail Week’s ranking of the UK’s busiest Black Friday sites reveals another reserved year for what was once one of the busiest weekends of retail’s promotional calendar
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AnalysisRanking: Aldi and Pets at Home top list of retail’s best frontline wages
Aldi announced this week that it was hiking its staff pay for the second time this year, reclaiming its position as the UK’s highest paying supermarket – but how does it compare to the rest of retail?
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AnalysisRanking: The top 20 retailers to work for in the UK in 2022, according to employees
Recipe box subscription business Mindful Chef, which focuses on healthy eating, has emerged as the top retailer to work for in the UK, according to employee reviews.
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DataData: The 15 most improved retailers for gender pay equality 2022
Retail Week ranks the top-performing and most improved retailers for gender pay equality this year.
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DataRanking: From Halfords to The Hut Group – how Covid has boosted and battered retail share prices
Two years after the UK was plunged into its first national lockdown, Retail Week analyses how the Covid crisis has impacted the valuations of Britain’s listed retailers.
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DataRanking: The top 50 most vibrant retail locations
The impact of the pandemic means local and commuter towns have dominated the ranking of the healthiest shopping locations for the second consecutive year – but city centres have seen a strong recovery.
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AnalysisRanking: The top 20 companies bossing customer service
The Institute of Customer Service has released data ranking the top companies in the UK for customer service. Retail Week explores what the sector could learn from these businesses.
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