All articles by Becky Waller-Davies – Page 12
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News
Karen Millen puts 100 head office roles into consultation
Karen Millen has put 100 head office roles into consultation following its acquisition of Coast, Retail Week can reveal.
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Video
The Retail Week: Does Debenhams have a future?
This week, the team discuss Debenhams’ financial situation as the department store business announced its biggest ever statutory loss.
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Watch: Amazon Fashion sets up shop in London
Amazon opened its first ever European fashion pop-up store on London’s Baker Street this week. Retail Week finds out more.
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Debenhams could close one third of stores
Debenhams could close one third of its stores following a string of profit warnings and poor trading.
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Zara UK profits rocket as shoppers flock to Spanish giant
Zara’s UK arm has reported soaring profits and sales as shoppers flocked to the fast-fashion giant.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Mike Ashley makes his mark on HoF
When Sports Direct acquired House of Fraser for £90m in August, boss Mike Ashley immediately vowed to save 80% of its store portfolio.
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The Retail Week: How can fashion fix itself?
After a week of contrasting fortunes for the likes of Asos, Superdry, New Look and Oasis and Warehouse, the Retail Week team discuss whether fashion can fix itself.
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Analysis
Analysis: How Asos will win a ‘bigger prize’
Asos grabbed headlines last year when it revealed it was building capacity to achieve £4bn in sales, more than twice the revenue it racks up at present.
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Analysis
Opinion: Superdry shows fashion operates on knife edge
Superdry’s profit warning is just the latest in a series of bad updates from fashion retailers.
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Video
The Retail Week: Is the 'Amazon tax' right for retail?
Tesco CEO Dave Lewis has called for the Government to bring in the ‘Amazon tax’ – a 2% charge on online retailers’ revenue. The team discusses whether this is the right thing for retail right now.
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News
N Brown sustained by financial services as product flops
N Brown was carried by its financial services performance in its half years with product revenues falling.
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WHSmith to close high street stores amid falling profits
WHSmith’s high street profits and sales fell during its last year, with the business boosted by its travel arm.
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Asos launches voice shopping with ‘Enki’
Asos has launched voice shopping on Google with its shopping assistant ‘Enki’, becoming one of the first fashion retailers to do so
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Interview
Interview: Seasalt – the next Joules?
With soaring sales and an ever-increasing customer base, Joules has become a darling of the high street but it has competition on its hands in the shape of Cornish brand Seasalt.
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News
MySale to take buy-now, pay-later scheme to market
MySale is planning to offer its proprietary buy-now, pay-later technology to the rest of the industry.
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Video
Matchesfashion.com boss on navigating a changing world
Matchesfashion.com has transformed in the 31 years since it was founded. Retail Week spoke to boss Ulric Jerome about its reinvention.
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Analysis
Inside retail's global giants: Zalando
Retail Week looks inside German online fashion giant Zalando, which despite recent trading pressure is vying to become an ‘operating system for the fashion industry’.
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News
BHS to return to British high streets as Beales concession
BHS is set to return to UK high streets as a concession in regional department store group Beales.
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News
Intu deputy chairman plots takeover after share price plummets
Intu’s deputy chairman John Whittaker is plotting a takeover of the group following a fall of more than 40% in its share price this year.
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News
Waitrose to deliver groceries while customers are out
Waitrose is piloting a delivery service which will allow drivers to let themselves into customers’ homes while they are out and put their groceries away.