All Retail Week articles in February 2024
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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Interview
Q&A: B&Q marketing director Tom Hampson on the power of ‘You Can Do It’
As B&Q dusts off its ‘You Can Do It’ slogan for a new advertising campaign, we spoke to marketing director Tom Hampson about the power of the catchphrase, balancing innovation with heritage, and influencer marketing
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Boots appoints former Asda strategy head to lead transformation
Boots has appointed Preyash Thakrar as strategy and transformation director as it “embarks on a significant period of change”.
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Asda denies union claims as new store gets set to vote on strike action
Asda has denied the GMB union’s numerous claims of an unsafe working environment, allegedly prompting another Asda supermarket to vote on industrial action.
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Analysis
After years in the doldrums, is Croydon finally back on the retail map?
After nearly a decade of big talk and little action, the collapse of the £1.4bn redevelopment of Croydon town centre left many wondering whether the site was dead and buried. Until last week, when URW announced 12 new retail signings.
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The Body Shop: full list of store closures
The Body Shop will be closing 75 stores in a phased process over the coming weeks cutting its store footprint to nearly half in the country.
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The Body Shop to shut 75 UK stores and cut more jobs
The Body Shop will shut a further 75 stores resulting in nearly 500 job losses over the coming weeks as administrators take measures to restructure the UK business.
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Ocado boss Steiner won’t rule out legal action over M&S payment row
Ocado Group boss Tim Steiner has vowed he won’t “walk away” from money Ocado is owed as part of its retail joint venture with M&S, with an ongoing spat over performance-linked payments showing no end in sight.
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Footasylum sales rise across all channels in year of ‘record growth’
Footasylum has posted sales growth across all business channels as it marks another year of “record growth”.
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Homebase reports heavy losses but on track for profitable 2024
Poor weather and consumer caution left Homebase with heavy losses last year, but the group says it is on track to deliver double-digit profits in 2024.
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Hammerson reports growth in footfall as rental income increases
Hammerson, which owns and operates shopping centres including Brent Cross in London, posted a rise in rental income as occupancy and footfall increased in the full year ending December 2023.
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Ocado loses remain despite sales rise
Pureplay grocery retailer Ocado has posted sales growth as its retail business returned to profit for the full year ending December 2023.
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Analysis
Tech List 2024: The definitive index of the world’s top 50 digital retail leaders
Retail Week’s annual celebration of the most influential leaders behind 50 businesses progressing digital retail has landed. Innovative minds from Boots, Tesco, EE, Sephora and Walmart are among those recognised in The Tech List
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Analysis
Tech List 2024 in numbers: Who are the world’s digital commerce leaders?
Retail Week’s annual celebration of the 50 global tech leaders driving retail innovation is back. From start-ups to brands and collaborators, The Tech List celebrates the individuals powering digital transformation across the industry
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Analysis
Tech List 2024: What makes Cider, Zalando, Facewatch and TikTok leaders so inspiring?
Retail Week’s definitive annual index of the people powering tech transformation at 50 influential businesses has been published. We look at what retailers can learn from four of the individuals celebrated in The Tech List
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Report Store
The Tech List 2024
Retail Week’s definitive index of the world’s top 50 digital leaders has published. Find out who you should be learning from and working with when it comes to tech transformation
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News
February footfall ‘saved’ by half-term holiday shoppers
Retail footfall across all locations increased in February as the school half-term drove shoppers to stores.
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Analysis
As Halfords warns on profits, have the wheels fallen off the cycling market?
After sales at Halfords dramatically hit the skids, Retail Week looks at why the wheels have fallen off in the motoring and cycling retail category, and what brands are doing to turn things around
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Tesco launches Accelerator Programme for new brands
Grocery giant Tesco has today launched its Accelerator Programme for up-and-coming brands, naming the first 27 suppliers to benefit from the scheme.
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Interview
Q&A: BP's Joanne Hayward on why food is the future of forecourt retail
As news emerges that BP is rolling out a fresh, made-to-order food pilot across its stores, vice president of convenience Europe Joanne Hayward talks to Retail Week about these new Wild Bean Cafe pilots, the transition to electric vehicles, and how BP is growing its convenience offer.