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NewsOnline sales hit record high as lockdown eases
Multichannel retailers led the way as online sales soared in the week beginning June 15, despite stores reopening their doors to the public.
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Studio Retail Group sales soar in lockdown
Value group Studio Retail has recorded a 55% sales increase year on year in the 11 weeks since April 23.
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Analysis
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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Coronavirus: Multichannel retailers' online sales soar in lockdown
Multichannel retailers have registered a larger spike in sales than their pureplay counterparts as online revenues surge overall due to the coronavirus lockdown.
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Face time: AO boss John Roberts on the ‘new world of retail’
AO.com chief executive John Roberts discusses how the coronavirus crisis is shaping the “new world of retail” and why company culture will be increasingly important in the post-pandemic future.
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AO expects profits in line with predictions as coronavirus boosts online growth
AO said it expects sales and profits for the financial year to be in line with analyst expectations and said the coronavirus has created a ‘new normal’ in terms of online electricals’ share of the market.
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Analysis
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.
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Dixons Carphone hails strength of online channel as it cancels dividend
Dixons Carphone has said its ecommerce channels in the UK and Ireland have recovered around two-thirds of sales lost to store closures as it cancelled its full-year dividend for shareholders.
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Has retail changed forever? Inside the mind of the post-coronavirus consumer
The coronavirus pandemic has already sparked a seismic shift in the way people behave and shop, but what longer-lasting effects will it have on the retail industry and its customers?
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Coronavirus: Government urges retailers to continue ‘vital’ trading online
The business secretary wants UK retailers to continue trading online “as a vital lifeline” for the nation during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Opinion
Opinion: Retail must act now to help its people through this crisis
Retail always has been and always will be a people industry. People are the heart and soul of this sector and help make it such a vibrant and dynamic trade for us, as journalists, to have the pleasure of covering.
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Coronavirus: Shoppers move online at ‘phenomenal’ rate during lockdown
Consumers are switching to online shopping at a “phenomenal” rate during the coronavirus lockdown, new research has revealed.
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Analysis
Data: How online demand has changed since coronavirus lockdown
As Next and TK Maxx suspend online operations , the latest data shows the UK’s online spending habits have shifted since the coronavirus lockdown began and are now skewed towards essential provisions and the home, garden and electricals categories.
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Dixons Carphone, Quiz and Topps Tiles warn of coronavirus-induced sales falls
Dixons Carphone, Quiz and Topps Tiles have all removed their guidance on profits following the government mandate that they shut all their stores to stem the spread of coronavirus.
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Analysis
Analysis: As UK enters coronavirus lockdown, how should retailers respond?
The country is in lockdown and retailers of goods and services not deemed essential have been ordered to shut stores. As the industry finds itself in uncharted territory, Retail Week analyses how businesses can operate and what it means mean for the future of multichannel retail.
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Opinion
Opinion: Putting people before profit will count long after coronavirus crisis
So here we are. Lockdown. It was a move we all anticipated, but Boris Johnson’s words on Monday night still hit home harder than a Tyson Fury uppercut.
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Analysis
Analysis: Should Dixons Carphone call time on its mobile business?
Dixons Carphone has revealed plans to shutter all 531 of its standalone Carphone Warehouse stores in a bid to revive its mobile business, but the move alone may not be enough to return the struggling division to profitability.
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AO.com co-founder Alan Latchford dies
AO.com co-founder Alan Latchford has died at the age of 61.
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Opinion
Move of the Week: JLP's Ed Connolly faces new challenge at Dixons Carphone
When Ed Connolly joins Dixons Carphone from John Lewis Partnership in May he will trade one retail transformation project for another.
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Dixons Carphone hires ex-John Lewis exec Connolly as commercial chief
Dixons Carphone has named former John Lewis Partnership executive Ed Connolly as its new chief commercial officer.
