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AnalysisAnalysis: What Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal means for retail
Whatever your opinion of Boris Johnson’s Brexit negotiating team, one thing is clear. After months of the EU saying “the deal is the deal, there is only one deal”, another one has miraculously been conjured up.
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Can middle-market players capitalise on second-hand fashion?
The second-hand clothing market is booming. Retail Week looks at how some retailers are already taking advantage of this growing trend and why it’s important to get on board.
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Analysis: Are market halls like M&S’ the future of grocery retail?
M S’ new market hall store concept looks good, but is it economically viable on a large scale? John Ryan explores whether this is the future of grocery retail.
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Retail weather: Retailers spooked by unseasonable warmth
The retail weather forecast from Saturday October 26 to Friday November 1, 2019
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Long read: Sustainable retail – the businesses making a difference
Ask any retailer what the main issues are facing their business today and you’ll be hard-pressed to find one who doesn’t mention sustainability. But who is doing good things here and how are they getting results?
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Data: John Lewis’ look at how we shopped in 2019
John Lewis’ latest retail report has delved into the trends that have driven sales in 2019 and those that fell by the wayside.
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AO.com and Lush setting the video benchmark
AO.com and natural beauty brand Lush are among the businesses named video leaders by Retail Week and Brightcove in the new Video Oscars report
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Analysis: WHSmith takes off with transformational travel deal
WHSmith’s travel business should soar even higher following a landmark US deal.
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Analysis: John Lewis’ restructure – bold or baffling?
When John Lewis Partnership chair Sir Charlie Mayfield unveiled a restructure of the bellwether retailer, so radical was the overhaul that jaws dropped across the industry.
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Analysis: How Asos plans to get back on trend
This time last year signalled the start of a very bumpy road for Asos. After a difficult autumn – a peak trading period – the unthinkable happened.
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Analysis: Why are UK retailers coming off Alibaba’s Tmall?
Alibaba’s Tmall platform has been heralded as the gateway to sell to the Chinese consumer, but many notable British brands have left it in recent years. Retail Week looks into why.
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Retail weather: Light rain to start then drier
The retail weather forecast from Saturday October 19 to Friday October 25, 2019
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Profile: Is Ken Murphy the right man for Tesco?
The news that Dave Lewis was stepping down from the top job at Tesco was met with almost as much surprise as the identity of his successor. Retail Week analyses what incoming chief executive Ken Murphy will bring to Britain’s biggest grocer.
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Interview: Gousto founder’s ingredients for grocery success
Gousto’s chief executive and founder Timo Boldt talks attracting tech talent, democratising home food delivery and how the big four supermarkets have “lost the licence to innovate”.
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Analysis: Do furniture retailers face big-ticket blues?
After mixed results from furniture retailers DFS, Eve and ScS, Retail Week looks at how the big-ticket furniture retailers are performing and what their prospects are in uncertain times.
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Analysis: Social media and partnerships will shape tomorrow's world
Highlights from the second day on the Retail Re-engineered stage at Tech. 2019 included a debate on what makes a tech leader and whether digital transformation really exists. Following on from day one’s five lessons , here are five more takeaways from day two.
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Retail weather: Warm for some, but lots of rain
The retail weather forecast from Saturday October 12 to Friday October 18, 2019
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Greggs’ Whiteside on digital, deliveries…and dicing with death
It’s the food-to-go specialist that is number one in the UK lunch market, number two for breakfast, and clocks up coffee sales that outstrip those of Starbucks.
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Analysis: Virtual fashion, gamification and AI ambivalence
“Business models is one of the biggest areas of innovation happening today. Uber, Rent the Runway, Airbnb – they didn’t invent anything, they just changed the business model and that changed the market.”
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Analysis: How to achieve cult brand status
This summer, Gwyneth Paltrow’s wellness brand Goop held its first summit in London, hot on the heels of the brand’s first UK shop in Notting Hill.
