All Retail Week articles in August 1 2014
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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OpinionRetail surgery: Should I still approach each of my channels individually or as one?
âThe reason this question still gets asked is simply because integration remains a challengeâ says Adam Fulford, strategy and planning director at creative engagement agency Rufus Leonard.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can retailers use the cloud to road-test innovation?
Itâs no secret that retailers are under increasing pressure from online competitors.
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OpinionComment: Dixons Carphone could be a truly customer-centric company
The merger between Dixons and Carphone Warehouse could prove one of the most significant chapters in the journey to the connected world.
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OpinionComment: Sainsburyâs is to dabble in discounting, but will it work?
Sainsburyâs recently announced a joint venture with Netto, to launch later this year and reach 15 stores by the end of next.
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CartoonBlowerâs retail cartoon: Retailers profit from the sweltering summer
Retail Weekâs cartoonist Patrick Blowerâs take on how retail sales have performed as temperatures rise during the summer season.
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AnalysisStore review: Tesco Extra Watford Vs Tesco Extra Portsmouth
Jacqui Boast â senior vice-president, sales and marketing at Displaydata â investigates two Tesco Extra stores, and exposes a void in class.
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NewsDiscounters cause third consecutive month of grocery sales decline
Grocery sales growth fell for the third consecutive month and for the sixth time in seven months as discountersâ influence strengthens.
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OpinionComment: Low levels of profit warnings are testament to restructures' success
An unusually low level of profit warnings among retailers makes interesting reading as warnings across all companies hit three-year high.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Where has Waitrose made its 'unprecedented investment'?
Waitrose boss Mark Price said first-half profits would be impacted by âunprecedented investmentâ. Retail Week looks where it has invested.
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NewsFrenchgate shopping centre launches ÂŁ10m investment plan
Frenchgate shopping centre in Doncaster has signed up a raft of retailers including Schuh and Pandora as part of a ÂŁ10m investment plan.
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NewsRising energy prices are homeowners' biggest fear, says Kingfisher report
Rising and unpredictable energy prices are homeownersâ biggest fear across Europe, according to Kingfisherâs European Home Report.
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AnalysisStore gallery: Monsoon Accessorize share stores to reposition brand
Monsoon and Accessorize share a unit in Wimbledon that puts the customer at her ease and hits the contemporary fashion mid-market.
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AnalysisIn pictures: Adidasâs World Cup marketing was the biggest in the brandâs history
Discover the strategy that design agency Fitch used to mastermind Adidasâs biggest ever marketing campaign for the World Cup.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Seven problems with personalisation and how to solve them
Retailers using data to target customers often come up against some common hurdles. Retail Week looks at how to overcome them
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NewsHomebase circled by turnaround firms Apollo and OpCapita
Homebase has attracted the interest of turnaround investors Apollo and OpCapita, who are understood to be working on a takeover bid.
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NewsOffice is believed to be preparing for stock market flotation in 2015
Office is believed to be preparing for a stock market flotation of the business that would value the company at ÂŁ300m.
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NewsSir Stuart Rose to be handed peerage by Conservatives
Sir Stuart Rose, the former Marks & Spencer boss, who currently chairs Ocado and Fat Face, is expected to be handed a peerage.
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OpinionComment: Online retailers becoming physical retailers, the juryâs out
Pro Directâs first physical store shows that the barrier between the real and virtual retail worlds may be higher than many imagine.
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NewsOne half of Wilko founding family sells 50% stake to other
One half of the family behind value chain Wilko has sold its 50% stake to the other, as joint chairman Karin Swann has left the board.
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NewsCo-op sells farming business for ÂŁ249m to focus on retail business
The Co-op is selling its farming business for ÂŁ249m to the Wellcome Trust as it seeks to focus on its core retail and consumer services.