All Retail Week articles in December 13 2013
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
-
NewsCarphone Warehouse eyes growth through licensing deals
The Carphone Warehouse is to license out its specialist IP, systems and services to retailers and businesses.
-
AnalysisPeople: Who went where in retail - November
It’s all change at Walmart - last month it was announced Doug McMillon will become chief executive, while Richard Mayfield will join from Asda as CFO.
-
AnalysisAnalysis: The 8 biggest people stories of 2013
Retail Week looks back over the 8 most popular people stories from 2013.
-
OpinionComment: Growth shoots have yet to bear fruit for retailers
Rumblings from the governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, that he is already “concerned” the country is heading for another real estate bubble may be hard to square in the boardroom of Carpetright
-
NewsFat Face appoints adviser Lazard ahead of possible IPO
Fat Face has appointed financial advisory and asset management firm Lazard to conduct a review of its business ahead of a potential float.
-
AnalysisAnalysis: The 10 most popular store galleries of 2013
Retail Week looks back over the 10 most popular store galleries of 2013.
-
OpinionComment: A Richer approach to doing business
I first met Julian Richer in 1995, when I arranged an inspiration trip to the UK for then-chief executive of Best Buy Brad Anderson and his senior executive board.
-
AnalysisRetail Week Live: John Lewis, Blinkbox and Google - the star speakers at next year’s event
Any retail event is only as good as its speakers, and Retail Week Live has the very best. Rebecca Thomson rounds up the big names set to appear at this year’s event.
-
NewsIn pictures: Sporting Pro opens central London flagship
Matalan’s sports fascia, Sporting Pro, opened its first London store on Kensington High Street this week.
-
OpinionWest Elm: What do retailers need to know?
The US furniture and homewares retailer has made its UK debut and its parent company plans to introduce other brands here
-
NewsSuperGroup makes 'progress on all fronts' as profits rise
SuperGroup said it was making “progress on all fronts” as underlying pre-tax profit advanced 21.8% to £17.9m in its first half to October 27.
-
NewsMoss Bros 'encouraged' by 5.3% like-for-like rise
Formalwear retailer Moss Bros’ like-for-likes advanced 5.3% in the 19 weeks to December 7 as it remains on course to hit anticipated market growth.
-
NewsDFS sales and profits hit by warm weather in first quarter
Sofas specialist DFS has posted a fall in first-quarter earnings and sales as it battled difficult market conditions.
-
NewsBroker blasts Tesco’s ‘unfocused strategy
The biggest stir of the week was created by broker Bernstein, which blasted Tesco in a bearish broadside penned by analyst Bruno Monteyne, who previously worked for the giant grocer for a decade.
-
NewsGraze launches US site after successful trial
Online snacks retailer Graze launched its first overseas operation in the US.
-
NewsBlack Friday effect fails to last
Shopper traffic was sustained in the week following Black Friday (November 29), but a continued rise in footfall that retailers hoped would follow the event failed to occur.
-
NewsBrandAlley faces shopper wrath following IT fault
Etailer BrandAlley is facing a barrage of complaints after it failed to process customer orders because of an IT gremlin.
-
NewsAnalysis: Dollar General is winning the US value retail battle
Dollar General is surely the envy of Walmart and Target right now. For the 13 weeks ended November 1 the value retailer reported like-for-like sales increased 4.4%, and total sales rose 10.5% to $4.38bn (£2.66bn).
-
NewsRetailers slash prices in fight for festive shoppers
Retailers are slicing prices with deeper discounts this Christmas as they battle it out to appeal to bargain-hungry shoppers.
-
OpinionVideo: Jessops' ad fails to capture real benefits of staff expertise
Jessops’ new campaign stars its owner and Dragons’ Den stalwart Peter Jones attempting to show off the camera retailer’s expert customer service.