All Retail Week articles in February 21 2014 – Page 2
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GalleryIn pictures: Euroshop gives retailers a vision of the future of stores
Euroshop in Dusseldorf is in full swing and currently thousands of visitors are walking the many massive halls of the Messe in search of the next big thing.
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NewsJack Wills appoints Richard Nicoll as creative director
Jack Wills has hired designer Richard Nicoll as its new creative director to help prime it for global growth.
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OpinionComment: M&S can now make the most of multichannel
Marks & Spencer opened its new flagship store on Tuesday. Unlike its predecessors it’s built not of bricks and mortar, but of bits and bytes.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The retail IPOs in focus
Pets at Home today became the latest retailer to confirm its intention to float as a raft of businesses look to take advantage of favourable market conditions. Retail Week takes a look at the retailers with firm plans to go public.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The benefits and pitfalls of public and private ownership
As a raft of retailers gear up for City flotations this spring, Alex Lawson and Tiffany Holland consider the differences between public and private ownership.
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NewsH Samuel owner Signet snaps up US jewellery giant Zale for $1.4bn
H Samuel owner Signet has bought US jewellery giant Zale Corporation for $1.4bn.
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NewsPets at Home's 'staff culture comes first' says boss Nick Wood
Pets at Home chief executive Nick Wood said ensuring a good culture among colleagues is a priority as the pets specialist offers staff the chance to buy shares in the business when it floats.
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InterviewQ&A: Facebook head of retail global vertical strategy Nicolas Franchet
Facebook head of retail global vertical strategy Nicolas Franchet talks about Facebook’s developing role in retail
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GalleryStore gallery: La Rinascente Milan, Italy
When it comes to windows things are usually simple. The shopper stands in front of the glass and stares in.
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AnalysisIn the news: Aurum chief executive Brian Duffy profiled
New Aurum chief executive Brian Duffy hopes to give the jeweller added sparkle.
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OpinionComment: Imagine a world where nothing has a price tag
This world already exists in the high-priced, high-end markets: crazy 24 bedroom houses with their own cinemas, moats and swimming pools list ‘Price on Application’; fancy jewellery stores or performance motor cars choose not to be as vulgar as to talk about price, reminding shoppers of the saying ‘If you have to ask, you can’t afford it’.
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NewsMarks & Spencer to open Dutch flagship tomorrow
Marks & Spencer will open a Dutch flagship store tomorrow in The Hague.
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GalleryStore gallery: Dunelm, Milton Keynes
The homewares stores may not be the most aesthetically pleasing, but they have a lot to offer. John Ryan visits the Milton Keynes shop.
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NewsAo.com to be "significantly oversubscribed" as book-building kicks off tomorrow
Etailer Ao.com expects to be “significantly oversubscribed” as book-building on the offer is scheduled to begin in earnest tomorrow.
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NewsJeweller Beaverbrooks upgrades systems to enable multichannel growth
Beaverbrooks the Jewellers selects K3 Retail to fulfil multichannel ambitions.
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NewsAnn Summers boss Jacqueline Gold bins unwanted Valentine's gifts
Ann Summers boss Jacqueline Gold held an amnesty at its Bluewater store collecting unwanted Valentine’s gifts from consumers on Saturday.
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NewsLovehoney to turn on viewers with new TV series Frisky Business
Sex toy etailer Lovehoney is the latest retailer to take centre-stage in a TV series, with a fly-on-the-wall documentary named Frisky Business to debut next month.
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OpinionComment: Why it's right that retail buyers are tough customers
You never think that the buying team needs anyone to speak up for them, do you? Always pretty streetwise people who seem, well, just a bit more resilient than most.
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OpinionComment: Malcolm Walker on lessons learned from letting TV cameras into Iceland
These days social media might be more effective than TV coverage, says Iceland chief executive Malcolm Walker
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NewsVideo: Smiggle makes UK debut as it plans rapid store expansion
Smiggle, the Australian stationery retailer, opened its first UK store in Westfield Stratford City today as it plans a rapid roll-out across the country.