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FTSE 100-listed Next is the largest clothing retailer by sales in the UK, As well as stores, it has a growing marketplace platform selling brands such as Calvin Klein, Reiss, Fat Face, Joules, Dorothy Perkins, Warehouse and Ralph Lauren. It also launched its Next Total Platform, offering an online, tech and logistics solution that can be licensed by smaller fashion brands to give them an online presence. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about Next and the fashion sector.

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Data
Ranking: the retailers with the greatest estimated media value on their social posts
2026-04-01T06:00:00+01:00By Ellis Hawthorne
As the cost of paid social marketing rises, we’ve teamed up with Sprout Social to show you the retailer social media posts with the highest earned media value (EMV). In other words, what the brand exposure of a post is worth in cash.
News
Investment in AI will pay off in two years, say European retailers
2026-03-31T00:01:00+01:00By George Arnett
The new study by Retail Economics and Voyado also claims that £3.7bn of UK spending in retail marketing and ecommerce will be in areas exposed to AI-driven disruption by 2030
Chart of the Week
Charts of the Week: Retail sales, Next costs and consumer confidence
2026-03-30T01:00:00+01:00By George Arnett
Three charts give us an idea of what to expect over the next few months as the impacts of the Iran war truly begin to take hold

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Opinion

‘AI may not be threatening jobs right now. But in future..?’

2026-03-27T11:53:00+00:00By George MacDonald

As Marks & Spencer unveiled a new AI initiative and Next detailed how it is using the technology, AI is clearly creating both opportunity and value – as well as acknowledgement of a challenge, for those looking to join the workforce, George MacDonald reflects

Data

Chart: Consumers brace for price rises as appetite for major purchases drops

2026-03-27T00:01:00+00:00By George Arnett

Consumer confidence was down two points in March, according to the GfK consumer confidence tracker, with appetite for major purchases dropping sharply

Next chief executive Lord Wolfson on the impact of war in the Middle East
2026-03-26T17:06:00+00:00By George MacDonald
Next sales and profit rise but it warns on potential Middle East impact
2026-03-26T07:31:00+00:00By Megan Robinson
In a time of permacrisis, have retailers forgotten the art of trading?
2026-03-23T16:09:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev
‘Next will set the tone on retail’s prospects when it reveals results as war rages’
2026-03-19T16:05:00+00:00By George MacDonald

Zalando says AI is improving output, announces Levi’s partnership
2026-03-12T06:20:00+00:00By George Arnett
M&S tops YouGov UK fashion brands ranking – but Nike rules among Gen Z
2026-03-12T00:01:00+00:00By George Arnett
Russell & Bromley losses nearly doubled in run-up to collapse
2026-02-16T12:01:00+00:00By Aoife Morgan
Chart: Vinted now has more customers in the UK than all but two fashion brands
2026-02-10T00:01:00+00:00By George Arnett and Aoife Morgan

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