All Retail Week articles in February 7 2014 – Page 2
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Opinion
Blog: Retailer medal list from the 2014 Omni-lympic Games
As Team GB celebrates its first Winter Paralympic gold medal, the results are in for the 2014 Omni-lympic Games which saw over 50 retailers compete in range of events from the supply chain slalom to the personalisation half-pipe.
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Opinion
Comment: Why retailers don't need to worry about Bitcoin
It’s coming. Soon the Bitcoin economy will exceed the value of a smaller real world currency and within a decade the BitCoin economy may exceed that of the British pound. At least that’s what the proponents would like us to believe.
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Opinion
Blog: Retailers compete in the personalisation half-pipe
With the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games due to start this Friday, over 50 UK retailers have been competing in the final event of our retail omni-lympics – the personalisation half-pipe - which judges their ability to cater to all customers in an engaging way.
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Opinion
Blog: Retailers compete in the snow cross channel omni-lympics
While Team GB enjoyed their most successful Winter Olympics since 1924, retailers have locked horns in the second event of our retail omni-lympics - the snow cross channel experience.
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Opinion
Blog: Retailers compete in the supply chain slalom in Retail Week's 2014 Omni-lympics
As the Winter Olympics are in full swing, we turn our attention to round one of the Retail Week 2014 Omni-lympics - the supply chain slalom.
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Opinion
Comment: There's nothing cut-price about Poundland's ambitions
Poundland has pushed the button on its IPO. The single-price retailer has bolstered its board and could achieve a valuation of up to £700m.
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News
Supermarket format the ‘tortoise’ of grocery, says Booker boss
The supermarket format has become the laggard of the grocery industry as technology and changing habits have driven custom away from big stores, retail chiefs have warned.
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News
'Super Shoppers' contribute 70% of all UK retail spending, eBay study shows
Almost three quarters of the money spent on shopping comes from just 18% of consumers or ‘Super Shoppers’, a new by Deloitte and commissioned by eBay shows.
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News
AS Watson's luxury division records 2013 sales up 3%
Global health and beauty group AS Watson has recorded sales up 3% last year in its luxury division with cosmetics driving its growth.
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News
BRC unveils options for future of business rates
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has laid out ideas including linking business rates to energy use and scrapping it as a property tax as it pushes for reform of the burdensome existing system.
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News
Marks & Spencer unveils new website as it switches from Amazon platform
Marks & Spencer has today taken a step towards achieving its multichannel ambitions with the much-anticipated relaunch of its website.
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News
Poundland presses button on Stock Exchange flotation
Poundland has officially confirmed its intention to float on the London Stock Exchange.
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Analysis
Analysis: How Freemans and Redcats are tackling the growth of online
Home shopping specialists Freemans Grattan and Redcats are both working to revamp their businesses as online sales grow. Retail Week takes a look at how the companies compare.
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News
Online retailers record strong start to 2014
Online retail sales rose 18% year on year in January as etailers achieved a strong start to the year and shoppers spent an estimated £8.1bn online.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Poundland, Dixons, Northern Ireland footfall and Tesco
Retail news round-up on February 18, 2014: Poundland publishes intention to float, Dixons launches counter-attack against Ao.com after share price falls, footfall in Northern Ireland drops 2% in January and Tesco loses 6.6% market share in Ireland
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News
Arcadia inks £50m software deal with Oracle
Arcadia has signed a £50m deal with technology giant Oracle to aid its expansion online and overseas.
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News
Karen Millen hires former Jacques Vert director as commercial boss
Karen Millen has appointed a former Jacques Vert director Nicola Carr Mathews as its commercial director to help bolster its international growth.
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News
Asos’ Australian arm hit by technical glitch
Asos left its Australian customer base frustrated last weekend when an IT fault meant orders were delayed or were not delivered.
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News
Etailer My-Wardrobe launches ‘try before you buy’ service
Luxury etailer My-wardrobe.com is to introduce a “try it, keep it, buy it” scheme which allows shoppers to receive items for free and only pay for them if they want the product.
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News
Poundland hires former Carpetright boss ahead of float
Former Carpetright chief executive Darren Shapland is to join the board of Poundland ahead of the value retailer’s IPO.