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AnalysisSeven tech innovations to help run stores in a post-coronavirus world
While store reopenings are set for June 15, retailers are aware that it will not be business as usual. In order to prepare retail spaces to be both safe and efficient, here are some new technologies retailers could use to bolster their reopening plans.
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Analysis: The steps retailers need to take before reopening stores
Non-essential retailers are gearing up to reopen stores in two weeks’ time. What action should they be taking to make sure staff and customers are safe?
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Data: Retailers expect post-pandemic recovery to take up to a year
Retailers expectations about the length of time for recovery following the coronavirus pandemic have lengthened, despite some easing of lockdown measures.
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Analysis: How WHSmith is preparing for travel retail to take off again
The world’s travel plans have gone awry during the coronavirus pandemic, depriving WHSmith of shoppers in its travel stores, but boss Carl Cowling is confident he can pilot the retailer to a safe landing.
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Coronavirus Consumer Pulse: How lockdown is shaping Covid-19 consumer habits
Amid the coronavirus crisis, it has arguably never been more important, nor more difficult, for retailers to understand their customers.
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Deep dive: Retail Darwinism – who will emerge from Covid-19 as retail’s fittest?
Coronavirus may be hitting retailers across the world indiscriminately but the most powerful – those with the strongest financial footing, robust business models and omnipresent appeal – will emerge in a far better position than the rest. Retail Week delves into which businesses – both on a global scale and ...
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Data: Grocery out-of-stocks edge down as stockpiling eases
As lockdown restrictions begin to ease, data from Edge by Ascential shows that grocery retailers are starting to see more stable demand spread out throughout the week, helping them to better manage their online stock levels.
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Data: Retailer sentiment worsens over coronavirus recovery time
Retailers have become more pessimistic about how quickly the industry can recover from disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Need to know: What the government’s Covid-19 recovery plan means for retail
Following Boris Johnson’s address to the nation last night, the government has today published guidance on how the UK might move out of lockdown assuming the pandemic is kept under control.
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Data: What search trends reveal about shopping in lockdown
As the retail industry edges slowly towards the resumption of business, online search data shows UK search habits have dramatically changed since the lockdown began. As well as seeking out essential goods, consumers have made the most of forced time at home to take up new hobbies and DIY projects. ...
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The Big Question: Should Sunday trading hours be relaxed during coronavirus crisis?
The coronavirus outbreak has again put the extension of Sunday trading hours on the agenda and business secretary Alok Sharma has launched a review. Retail Week asks industry experts for their views.
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Analysis: Can Next become a force to be reckoned with in beauty retail?
Hours after Debenhams confirmed that it would exit its five store across Hammerson-owned shopping centres, Next unveiled details of an unikely swoop.
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Analysis: Coronavirus – the devastating impact on fashion’s supply chain
As shuttered fashion retailers cancel orders, suppliers around the world face a bleak future. Grace Bowden looks at the impact of the coronavirus crisis on retail’s supply chain.
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Dispatch: Six of the best global innovations sparked by coronavirus
As coronavirus takes its toll on economies and businesses across the globe, Retail Week brings you regular dispatches from international retailers and experts, who provide their insights into how they are coping with the pandemic.
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John Lewis and Waitrose reveal consumer trends of lockdown life
From cocktail happy hours at home to more shopping online, a new report from John Lewis and Waitrose reveals how day-to-day life and habits have changed during the coronavirus lockdown.
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Data: Grocery promotional activity returns as availabilities stabilise
As the UK enters its seventh week of coronavirus lockdown, some grocers have cautiously introduced price promotions, but multibuys remain a thing of the past amid fears of stockpiling.
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Warehouses at war: Has Covid-19 transported industrial relations to the 1970s?
When Britain went into lockdown at the end of March and the shutters were drawn down on almost all shops, many retailers were left reliant on a single trading lifeline – their online operations.
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Analysis: Amazon sales rocket during coronavirus crisis, but at what cost?
Online titan Amazon posted quarterly figures that showed both the agility of its response to demand during the coronavirus pandemic and the massive cost – in dollars and perhaps reputation – that accompanied that.
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Lockdown boom: Five retailers given a boost by housebound shoppers
Although coronavirus is hitting most non-food retailers hard, some businesses have been given a boost by the lockdown. Retail Week looks at some of those winning right now.
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Analysis: Will Dixons Carphone’s ShopLive be retail’s answer to Zoom?
As people spend more time at home during the coronavirus lockdown, digital technology has taken on a central role in life, whether video conferencing with colleagues or shopping online.
