All articles by Caoimhe Gordon – Page 9
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Data
Data: September retail sales grind to a halt as fuel and driver shortages bite
Retail sales growth in September slowed as fuel shortages, supply chain issues and poor weather conditions impacted consumer confidence.
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News
N Brown profits rise as core brands clock up growth
N Brown has posted a jump in profits during its first half as increased investments in its key clothing brands bore fruit.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Situ Live aims to ‘fundamentally change’ retail with immersive store
Situ Live, which has promised to reinvent bricks-and-mortar retail with experiential and technology-led offerings, has opened its first store in Westfield London.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Amazon unveils first 4-star store outside the US at Bluewater
Amazon has opened its first 4-star store outside of the US, offering a curated range of Amazon.co.uk’s most highly rated products in categories such as books, toys and games, home and consumer electronics.
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Interview
Interview: Beauty Bay’s founder David Gabbie on building a digital community to democratise beauty
When Beauty Bay founder David Gabbie left school, he was on a mission to create a business – and the world of retail looked like the perfect match for him. “I grew up in retail,” Gabbie tells Retail Week in a video call from his native Manchester.
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News
Exclusive: Dreams’ profits increase as online sales surge
Beds specialist Dreams reported a surge in underlying profits during the pandemic as online sales picked up the slack from closed stores.
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Analysis
Analysis: The solutions retailers are putting in place to navigate the supply chain crisis
A shortage of HGV drivers, increased Brexit red tape, not enough warehouse staff, high freight costs and a shortage of food-grade CO2. It feels that, from week to week, the supply chain issues facing UK retail have only piled up further, posing big questions for the industry.
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Analysis
The Disruptors: Five sporting brands going for gold
After more than a year of cancellations, postponements and empty stadiums, 2021 marked the victorious return to the summer of sport.
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Data
Data: Shop price inflation looms as supply chain crisis worsens
While shop prices fell in September, the rate of decline slowed following an increase in pressures from transport and commodity costs and labour shortages.
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News
River Island swings to a loss following pandemic store closures
River Island has reported a loss following a challenging 2020 as sales tumbled during periods of enforced store closures due to the pandemic.
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News
Boohoo unveils global supplier list as part of transparency pledge
Boohoo has published the names of around 1,100 factories it uses around the world following a pledge to share the list within 12 months of the Independent Review produced by Alison Levitt.
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News
JD Sports snaps up stake in Hairburst as it takes aim at beauty market
JD Sports has taken a stake in online hair and beauty brand Hairburst, marking the sports retailer’s first foray into the beauty market.
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News
Aldi profits slip as it presses ahead with £1.3bn expansion plans
Aldi has suffered a dip in profits but plans to press ahead with an aggressive £1.3bn investment into the UK market over the next two years, as it targets 100 new stores.
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News
Temporary visa scheme ‘will do little’ to tackle HGV driver shortages
The UK government has revealed plans to issue 10,500 temporary visas to lorry drivers and food industry workers as supply chain challenges and fuel shortages escalate.
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News
Exclusive: Very Group hires ex-Fenwick boss as retail managing director
The Very Group has appointed former Fenwick chief executive Robbie Feather as its retail managing director, Retail Week can reveal.
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Data
Data: Consumers ‘slam on the brakes’ as confidence hit by rising living costs
Consumer confidence fell in September with the combination of rising fuel and food prices, supply chain challenges, inflation and the end of furlough stoking fears of a looming cost of living crisis.
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News
Fenwick losses widen amid ‘most difficult trading conditions in living memory’
Fenwick has suffered widening full-year losses after enforced store closures drove a slump in sales during the coronavirus pandemic.
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News
Pret to open 200 new stores and target overseas markets in £100m expansion drive
Pret a Manger will open more than 200 new stores across the UK and turbocharge its international expansion over the next two years following a £100m investment from owner JAB and founder Sinclair Beecham.
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Analysis
Data: Retailers bear brunt of increased costs as pandemic accelerates death of cash
New research has found that debit and credit cards accounted for more than four out of every five transactions in the UK last year, saddling retailers with spiralling processing costs as cash use dwindled during the pandemic.
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Analysis
Robot wars: Five companies rolling out autonomous delivery around the world
As Wilko unveils plans to begin autonomous home deliveries by 2023, the UK retailer joins a growing group of companies already using robots to deliver products to customers globally.