All Retail Week articles in February 2021 – Page 7
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Video
Face time: Dixons Carphone’s Ed Connolly on consumers’ new relationship with tech
With tech at the forefront of consumer’s lives to keep in touch and keep working during lockdown, Dixons Carphone chief commercial officer Ed Connolly talks to Retail Week about this behavioural shift
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Analysis
Data: 78% of global shoppers will wait for promotions in 2021
More than three quarters of consumers say they will be likely to wait for promotional offers post-pandemic before they make a purchase, a Retail Week report reveals.
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News
Retail footfall slides in January amid UK's third lockdown
Retail footfall dropped in January across all destinations as the UK went into lockdown for the third time since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Analysis
Amazon’s new boss Andy Jassy – the man filling the biggest shoes in retail
The international business community was shocked last night when Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced he’d be stepping down as chief executive of the company he built. Retail Week looks at what Andy Jassy will bring to the role and the challenges he may face.
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Opinion
‘Bezos hasn’t killed the high street – he’s transformed retail for the better’
Put the customer first. Invent. Be patient.
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News
Sainsbury’s short-selling rises despite GameStop phenomenon
There has been an uptick in shorting of grocer Sainsbury’s and shopping centre operator Hammerson’s shares in the past week, despite the targeting of hedge funds in the US by private investors organising on Reddit.
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News
EG Group to buy Asda’s petrol forecourt business in £750m deal
EG Group will buy Asda’s petrol forecourt business in a £750m deal following the completion of the supermarket giant’s sale to the Issa brothers.
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News
Alibaba sales surge amid China’s ‘rapid’ Covid-19 recovery
Alibaba has posted a spike in sales during the final quarter of 2020 following the “rapid recovery” of the Chinese economy in the wake of Covid-19.
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News
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos steps down as quarterly sales pass $125bn
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will resign as chief executive later this year and step into the role of executive chair.
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Opinion
Jonathon Ringer: ‘Next wave of digital transformation will be inside retailers’
Even before the Covid-19 crisis, retail had been transformed by the impact of digital.
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Retail Voice
Dispelling the ‘free and fast’ myth is the first step to a smarter strategy
It’s easy to get caught up in the hyperbole regarding the meteoric rise of ecommerce. But for thousands of independent online retailers, the last 12 months have been a rollercoaster, not a procession.
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Data
Data: How Brexit has hit supermarket availability
New data shows the big UK grocers have struggled with availability issues since Brexit.
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Data
Data: Grocery sales soar as record Christmas stretches into January
The festive cheer has rolled on into the new year for grocers, with data showing that customers’ record food and drink spending from December continued into January.
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News
Central London economy battered by lack of tourists, says Khan
Research published by Sadiq Khan has revealed the Central London economy has been hit hard by a lack of tourism during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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News
Moonpig valued at £1.2bn as float begins
Moonpig has begun trading on the London Stock Exchange with a market capitalisation of £1.2bn.
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News
Ocado trials electric and pedal-powered deliveries
Ocado has launched a trial of electric-assisted and pedal-powered vehicles to deliver groceries.
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Opinion
Alex Baldock: ‘Raise rates for warehouses to save the high street’
We’re now only weeks away from the end of the government’s business rates holiday. I’m sure many of us are grateful for a decisive and vital measure that, for some retailers, has made the difference between surviving the pandemic and not.
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Retail Voice
Why Cyprus needs to be on your radar in 2021
With the new UK-EU trade agreement meaning no tariffs or quotas have been introduced following Brexit, Cyprus is a great sourcing destination for the year ahead boasting a fast-developing export trade and a reputation for high quality and competitive pricing.
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Analysis
Analysis: How Asos will make Topshop live up to its name again
Asos this week swooped on Arcadia’s Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT brands in a bid to reach new heights with the iconic names under its umbrella
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Analysis
JD Sports boss Cowgill: How ‘monumental’ DTLR deal turbocharges US ambitions
JD Sports boss Peter Cowgill tells Retail Week why the retailer’s latest $495m acquisition has set it up to crack America.